I pulled the Duncan Designed pups out and popped in an EMG-81 and 85. I was actually surprised at how beefy the tone was.

I also changed out the stock neck, but that's only because I have used the same neck for years and prefer it to anything else. The bridge is a simple, Gibson-style tune-o-matic and serves it's purpose well.

As always, Jackson delivers quality guitars at all price points. The finish is beautiful, the parts are of good quality, and it just felt like a more expensive guitar right out of the box.

Excellent guitar for the price, as are all Jacksons.

How killer are V's? The King V is named as such for a reason, this guitar is the king!

Hobbyist

Thrash, Grindcore, Punk

Change out the stocks pups as soon as you can. I put a JB4 in the bridge and a SH2 in the neck and this thing absolute screams now.

Actually has decent hardware for a guitar under $800, the bridge is decent quality and the tuners aren't loose like many lower end guitars.

Very well made instrument for what it cost. Very sturdy, nice paint, and again decent hardware. The strings that came with it sucked, but that took all of 5 minutes to remedy.

You aren't going to get more guitar than this at this price. Excellent value.

The low end is what I like. It isn't muddy like lots of guitars. I recommend changing the bridge pickup to a Seymore Duncan JB for the perfect metal tone

All good, but prefer better pickups, but the Duncan Designed do very well for stock

Actually alot nicer than I expected. Fast neck, very light. I will say though, its difficult to play while seated due to the shape

For what I paid, there are 0 complaints

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Great metal axe if thats what your into. I have a Les Paul and would much rather play the Jackson for metal