In a career spanning four decades, veritable thrash godfather Scott Ian has pummeled audiences with his huge sound and formidable chops.
The USA Signature Scott Ian King V™ KVT features a24.75 scale length, mahogany body, through-body mahogany neck, 12″-16″ compound radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and pearl block inlays, ivoroid neck and headstock binding and traditional Jackson 6-in-line headstock.
This signature King V’s commanding and distinctive voice is driven by a pair of modern Seymour Duncan® pickups – a crisp JB™ SH-4 humbucking bridge pickup and warm ’59™ SH1N humbucking neck pickup that combine for highly balanced, flexible tone, with plenty of high output for immaculate cleans and raw, raunchy distortion.
Equipped with a TonePros® adjustable TOM-style bridge with Gotoh® stop tailpiece and tuners, the Scott Ian KVT is available in an Ivory finish with a white pickguard, set off by chrome hardware.
Specs
Type |
Solid Body |
Colour |
Ivory |
Orientation |
Right Handed |
Number of Strings |
6 |
Body Shape |
King V™
|
Body Material |
Mahogany |
Body Finish |
Gloss Polyurethane
|
Neck Material |
Mahogany |
Neck Finish |
Gloss / Painted
|
Fretboard Material |
Rosewood |
Number of Frets |
22 |
Fretboard Inlays |
Mother of Pearl Block
|
Fret Size |
Jumbo |
Fretboard Radius |
12″-16″ Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
|
Nut Material |
Graph Tech TUSQ XL
|
Nut Width |
1.6875″ (42.86 mm)
|
Neck Pickups |
Seymour Duncan® ’59™ SH-1N
|
Bridge Pickups |
Seymour Duncan® JB™ SH-4
|
Controls |
Volume, Tone
|
Bridge |
TonePros® Adjustable Tune-O-Matic™ Style with Gotoh® Stop Tailpiece
|
Tuners |
Gotoh® Die-Cast
|
Strings |
Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.052 Gauges)
|
Case/ Bag |
Deluxe Jackson® Molded |