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Finally! After 6 years of waiting, searching, dreaming, the stars aligned right and I finally am a proud owner of a 1999 Jackson KV1 WITH the LSR Tuners! And, the real obsession and knowledge and even the deal finally landing, is thanks to this place! So, here are some pics.
It all started with this thread, 6 years ago, dreaming to get a perfect King V. I learnt so much there. And I was so stupid as well
Thanks to everyone Maybe some of you remember it? But thanks for guiding through 
Plans changed, plans with funds changed, and I had to settle with a King V Pro, which is a great guitar, but this, is a total different beast! And, my hunt for a KV1 kept going, until, this happened (glad it did). It drove me crazy, angry, and I got obsessed and looked on the forums, eBay, and reverb day and night. And finally, I have one! Now, about the guitar.
The LSR tuners look super rad. Though, they are quite tight, and kinda hard to turn. Especially the bottom strings. The Kahler bridge feels good. I might change the string spacing though to resemble a Floyd, the previous owner (who is around on the forum too, I think, don't remember his username though) had it set up like a TOM. Feels kinda off arpeggiating. The bridge pickups sounds awesome. Total Megadeth tone, and sustains for ages. This guitar has the most sustain out of all I've owned (but they're both Floyd Rose equipped). The body size seems a little smaller than my King V Pro. Will compare when I go back to Russia. Apparently, they're all supposed to have speed necks, the neck shapes are radically different. The KV Pro is rounder, and the KV1 is a lot flatter and slimmer! The frets are not Jumbo, kinda thin, and I am loving this new feeling. I now know what do I want when I get my KV Pro refretted. And, last but not the least, THE STRAPLOCKS. An often overlooked feature, but these straplocks are the best thing ever. Part of the body, so sleek looking. Love them.
Now, the sad part, case got damaged, I'll post pictures of that in a later post. It was mint and now it's broken
Which sucks. Maybe someone could give me tips on how to make it like new again?
The other thing I wasn't very impressed by was the neck pickup (but this is after two hours of fiddling around with it), which I might replace with a Seymour Duncan Jazz or Alnico II Pro. Or may keep it stock. We'll see. And when I am on that, might just change it to a 5 way rather than a 3 way. I love single coil tones. Other than that, this thing slays. And, it's my first USA made guitar as well.
PS - I had to wait two weeks for the guitar (maybe there's where the case got damaged) because they wanted a $450 import duty on the guitar. Thankfully, India is a corrupt country, my parents have some good connections, and we didn't have to pay a penny.
It all started with this thread, 6 years ago, dreaming to get a perfect King V. I learnt so much there. And I was so stupid as well
Thanks to everyone Maybe some of you remember it? But thanks for guiding through Plans changed, plans with funds changed, and I had to settle with a King V Pro, which is a great guitar, but this, is a total different beast! And, my hunt for a KV1 kept going, until, this happened (glad it did). It drove me crazy, angry, and I got obsessed and looked on the forums, eBay, and reverb day and night. And finally, I have one! Now, about the guitar.The LSR tuners look super rad. Though, they are quite tight, and kinda hard to turn. Especially the bottom strings. The Kahler bridge feels good. I might change the string spacing though to resemble a Floyd, the previous owner (who is around on the forum too, I think, don't remember his username though) had it set up like a TOM. Feels kinda off arpeggiating. The bridge pickups sounds awesome. Total Megadeth tone, and sustains for ages. This guitar has the most sustain out of all I've owned (but they're both Floyd Rose equipped). The body size seems a little smaller than my King V Pro. Will compare when I go back to Russia. Apparently, they're all supposed to have speed necks, the neck shapes are radically different. The KV Pro is rounder, and the KV1 is a lot flatter and slimmer! The frets are not Jumbo, kinda thin, and I am loving this new feeling. I now know what do I want when I get my KV Pro refretted. And, last but not the least, THE STRAPLOCKS. An often overlooked feature, but these straplocks are the best thing ever. Part of the body, so sleek looking. Love them.
Now, the sad part, case got damaged, I'll post pictures of that in a later post. It was mint and now it's broken
Which sucks. Maybe someone could give me tips on how to make it like new again? The other thing I wasn't very impressed by was the neck pickup (but this is after two hours of fiddling around with it), which I might replace with a Seymour Duncan Jazz or Alnico II Pro. Or may keep it stock. We'll see. And when I am on that, might just change it to a 5 way rather than a 3 way. I love single coil tones. Other than that, this thing slays. And, it's my first USA made guitar as well.
PS - I had to wait two weeks for the guitar (maybe there's where the case got damaged) because they wanted a $450 import duty on the guitar. Thankfully, India is a corrupt country, my parents have some good connections, and we didn't have to pay a penny.
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