Jackson/Megadeth Project King V complete!

[Brian]

So it's finally finished. I must say I am quite pleased with how it turned out. Looks great and it plays great. Was a fun project. Anyway... pics!


Before: 1993 Silver Metallic King V Custom




After:

[KBRR]

Damn that thing is sweet!! very nice job

[Brooke]

Wicked....

[metalchurch79]

Nice job dude! Looks great! I love the Kahler Flatmount also, that was a nice touch.

[Torgreen]

Looks awesome!!

What are the pickups?

[Brian]

Looks awesome!!

What are the pickups?

Thanks.

It's a Bill Lawrence L-500 in the neck and a Seymour Duncan Distortion TB-6 in the bridge.

[dangerous_dave]

Fuckin' awesome, man!

[AK47]

That looks awesome!

Cant wait to see it with the Jackson pickup cover.

[Brian]

That looks awesome!

Cant wait to see it with the Jackson pickup cover.

Hehe, that's for the Silver KV in the works .

[Brooke]

Nice job dude! Looks great! I love the Kahler Flatmount also, that was a nice touch.

That's what they come with (Kahler flat mount)

Time for me to hijack

[Brian]

Yup.

Tried to make mine as close to Dave's original as possible.

The main differences are:

A. Dave's Kahler had brass saddles. Mine are steel.
B. Dave's has a very thin back shape for the neck. Mine is "standard".
C. Dave's has small/medium fretwire. Mine has extra jumbo.
D. Dave's has an 80's style Jackson logo. Mine is 90's style.
E. The headstock on Dave's was apparently damaged and repaired a few times which is why it has a unique look to it.

I considered getting brass saddles for the Kahler but they're $90 bucks. Didn't feel like spending that much on saddles lol.

My new one on order will have the thinner neck and smaller frets like the majority of the KV1's that came out. I'm still waiting for color samples though before I decide on the finish.

[Trem]

Awesome man looks wicked!

[Stinkbug]

Wow man, very cool!

[zeegler]

Looks awesome! Something weird though, look how far from the bridge the bridge pickup is. Looks at Brooke's pic above. The USA KV-1 has the pickup right next to the bridge, but on the pro, it's farther away like on the USA Custom. I wonder why the inconsistency in bridge PU location. My KV-1 has the bridge PU closer too.

[gtrbuyer]

nice going....she looks perfect!