Let's talk about flying V's please. (and post'em if you got'em!)

[Lasse Lammert]

Lasse: I've seen pics of your KV2, looks gorgeous! There is one exactly like that for sale locally to me, I'm heavily considering it.

Since you are in a position of owning both the Kv2 and the ESP NV, which would you say comes up on top?



Damn son! That's tasty!

Sound wise I always prefer ESPs, at least for metal rhythm guitar, for hard rock I prefer Jacksons (in generally the ESPs seem to sound smoother and the Jacksons a little grainier), not sure why that is, my suspicion is the position of the bridge pickups, on the ESPs it seems to be a tiny bit closer to the bridge than on the jacksons....and closer to the bridge= tighter more controlled sound.

Both are great guitars though.
I prefer OFR over kahler....
The kahler is a great trem for sure, but I'm more used to how the FR feels, so I sold my nv and got an sv

 

[Mattayus]

Hmm. The Jackson KV2 is definitely screaming my name. I'll just have to trawl the web until I find a second hand one at a reasonable price.
There's always the King V Elite that they did a limited run of, but finding one is a motherfucker. Plus they only did really bland colours

 

[Mattayus]

FWIW I played a Gibson V today, and only ever having played the Epiphone version I was expect it to feel head and shoulders above it. It didn't. It was horrendous

 

[ex-250]

I got some.

Thars the Edwards. I also have a LTD Alexi that I don't have any recent pictures of.

 

[KillDivision]

Grassroots (by ESP) has a KKV for you.

Sold on Ebay

 

[Mattayus]

Haha fuck man, that's awesome. Not quite what I'm looking for though, don't dig the headstock!

Any one got any experience with the Fernandes Vortex Elite?

 

[MOSHWITZ]

Sup?

With the exception of a Set neck Vrs. neck thru,,,your specs describe an Agile Hornet pretty well.

Light weight Mahogany flat top body
USA Made EMG 81/85 Pickups
Hardshell Case Included
25.5" scale 1 piece maple set neck
Ebony fret board with no markers. Position markers are located on the side of the neck.
24 Extra Jumbo 2.9mm frets and a 16" radius neck for fast play
Grover Die Cast tuners
Reverse Headstock
Licensed Floyd Rose Tremolo
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 22st fret: 2 3/16"
Overall length 45.5"; Scale length: 25.5"
Width at the widest point: 17", body thickness at the edge: 1.5"
Actual Weight is only 8 lbs


... and it only $400 with case.

http://www.rondomusic.com/hornetpro6wh.html

I had a neck thru Hornet 727 7 string that was pretty killer..

But always end up just playing my true love...

MOSHON
DAVE

 

[Mattayus]

I'm actually on the fence about the 7 string version of the Hornet as I'm not really happy with my current 7 string. Certainly something to consider, especially at those prices!

 

[jkkkjkhk]

Best V I've ever played was my 1990 Jackson Rhoads Pro.

I've played many new Jacksons and even quite a few custom shops and IMO they can't touch mine. They were made out of poplar back in the 80s and early 90s, then they moved to alder and just sounds different now. I got it last summer for $800 which is actually pretty high for these. Same exact specs and parts as the USA's, just made in Japan also overwatched by the USA custom guys. I got it in damn near mint condition too. The picture is from right after I got it, since then I've put dual EMG 81's and most recently a custom wound set of Dean DMT pickups in white. The EMG's will go back as soon as I get another white guitar to put the DMT's in.

 

[KillDivision]

ESP Vee

An ESP V-II in Holland, no trem. 1000 euro's, almost brand new.
I don't know the owner.