NGD: Jackson Elite KV QSLVR (pics incl.)

[fidelis]

Hi,

I've just received this "monster of tone" this morning and I felt like sharing it with you all.

It came with a pair of pretty regular seymour duncans' (JB bridge, Jazz neck) and some sort of an active circuit which i can't really identify yet. Any further info on the subject from your part will be highly appreciated.

Silver 6-in a row gotoh Jackson machine heads

Silver German made OFR with stainless steel string block screws and locking nut screws.

24 Jumbo stainless steel frets (that's what's stated in various websites but to be honest they feel nickel to me)

Silver Shark Fin inlays (a strange short of plastic thing)

Reaaally good Ebony fingerboard

3 way blade pickup switch

1 master volume
1 master tone
1 master of something like an eq enhancer... -ish

I should also mention that it came with Dunlop strap locks
Silver pickup bezels.
Some short of a black brushed aluminum tremolo and electronics cavity covers.

It feels really lightweight, it plays like hell and it sounds like nothing else I've ever heard, this thing is huge.

Anyway enjoy.

PHOTO LINK

[Corpsegrinder88]

Im looking forward to getting one of these.. Its like the Upper Pro series of the early 90's.

[Devotee]

I saw one on thomann.de and instantly fell in love with it. Wish i had a job.

[CowboyFromHell]

He has a link to the pics at the bottom of the post.

[wilkinsi]

Didn't delete my post fast enough. Some PC's in here block photobucket. Nice guitar BTW.

[thebigz]

Nice! I played one of the elite Rhoads' they had at NAMM, it played really awesome. Couldn't plug it in so I'm not sure on sound, but it sounds like it does not disappoint! Very good looking as well

[ken]

Congratulations. That's a sweet guitar. Love the matching headstock.

Silly question, but is the back-cavity cover plastic or metal?

[fidelis]

Its Metal, brushed aluminum.

[ken]

Its Metal, brushed aluminum.

Great. That's like USA guitars. The J2 or TN02 Jackson Stars had plastic.

[fidelis]

After some research i found out that the eq thingy is a Jackson JE 1200 mid booster.
It also adds sustain.

[StealthPro]

@fidelis:
Does this King-V nose dive?

[adoxtater]

Is this the one from Sweetwater? I was about to pull the trigger on that and it was gone Looks SWEET as hell. I'm wondering what those inlays are all about. Are they as dark as they look in photos? Also does anyone know if these are the last of the MIJ models?

[fidelis]

@fidelis:
Does this King-V nose dive?

Not at all, quite the contrary i would suggest, It's my first KV i can play sitting down without having the strap on.

[fidelis]

Is this the one from Sweetwater? I was about to pull the trigger on that and it was gone Looks SWEET as hell. I'm wondering what those inlays are all about. Are they as dark as they look in photos? Also does anyone know if these are the last of the MIJ models?

No, I got it from thomann, I'm from EU.
The inlays are silver but they aren't metal, plastic is my guess. It does look a tinny tad darker (nothing dramatic).
The cool thing's that in certain angles the fingerboard looks totally black, but only in certain angles and very few ones.
Otherwise it looks pretty standard, no-one would notice even from a close distance.

[Twitch]

Im intrigued. I dont see these on the Jackson site, are they/it a one off or something?

[adoxtater]

I was gonna pull the trigger on the quicksilver model KV on Sweetwater but I was too slow and now it's gone. Anyone know of another quicksilver KV in the USA? Also, how many of each were made?

Thanks!!

[aconti2]

Everything looks awesome about those guitars except for the silver inlays, I just can't dig them. However with this silver guitar it works really well.

[StealthPro]

Everything looks awesome about those guitars except for the silver inlays, I just can't dig them. ...

Absolutly. The silver inlays and logo but especially the chrome hardware still keep me from getting one of those elite guitars,
as i really prefer black hardware.
However i'm still struggling with myself, cause otherwise the specs look great.

[Hellbat]

Wow, if they are still sticking them in guitars, I wonder how many JE-1200s are sitting on the shelf still?!? Jackson could profit huge putting those on ebay.

[manu80]

HI there ! Congrats for your KV !
I wanted to order also the KING V quiksilver but they're apprently discontinued on thomann site (so you took the last one huh? ). The black version is said to be available on mid march but I'm not confident, as I read the japan stuff from jackson will soon be over.
Si I decided to order an elite RR.The silver sparkle version. Received it last week.
Those elite models are really gorgeous. Great finish, the ebony is smooth, everything is good looking, except the floyd that is not 100% parallel to the body. My only concern is the boost.Personnaly I don't see some big differences. I'd rather had a split or something else. It will join my SLS3 and my DK bengal
So if you guys can get some of those series, go for it !
If you want some pics, I can open a topic
Just wanted to add my point of view about the elite