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Jonathan Horsley

“The old-school Jackson logo, that’s pretty much the pièce de résistance! And it plays even better than it looks”: Jackson gives its metal thrashing X Series Scott Ian King V a super-classy makeover

Jackson and Scott Ian have teamed up again to refresh the Anthrax riff-master’s King V signature guitar in gloss Black finish, with gold hardware, and a super-cool old-school logo on the headstock.

Not that we are an easy mark but we would legit buy this on the strength of that headstock aesthetic, the gold marker pen-style Jackson logo, the angular six-in-line profile… It’s magnificent. But the rest of the guitar isn’t bad either. And at £739/$799, this Indonesian made X Series model makes for a pretty sweet deal.

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