Guitars To Look Out For
February 21, 2007 by Jo Minor
Let’s take a look at some of the greatest and most sought after guitars from some of the biggest names in guitar manufacturing – this is bound to make any guitar aficionado drool and dream in delight!
Jackson 25th Anniversary King Kelly and King V
The skillful guitar makers from the Jackson Custom Shop proudly introduce this special 25-instrument run of the King Kelly and the King V. Besides looking absolutely mouth watering, these guitars boast some quality hardware and features (classic 80s Jackson logo on headstock, Seymour Duncan pickups, Gotoh tuners and Schaller bridge – among other things).
Manufactured to celebrate 25 years of Jackson Guitars in business, these instruments will be the most sought after Jackson Guitars collector’s items. For those who aren’t willing to dish out for these babies, then the easier to obtain X Series Jenna Jameson King V might be on the cards for you.
I know I’m going to have a hard time sleeping tonight.
Dean Razorback
The Dean Razorbacks were designed by Dimebag Darrell before his tragic demise in 2004, and are basically based on the guitarist’s favored Dean ML body shape. These super pointy guitars have been the most sought after items for years – some harder to obtain models cost the price of a small car.
There are at least 10 different models of the Dean Razorback (including several models of the Dean Razorback V) and while some of these are priced to fit the budget of the average guitar player, most of the Razorbacks would require a potential purchaser to collect his/her hard earned cash for at least several months to pay for one.
Ibanez MTM Series
Strictly for the fans of Slipknot and Ibanez guitars (there are a lot of you guys out there, I know).
Recently released by Ibanez (and by recently, I mean relatively recently – most of us weren’t even born when Jackson came out with their Randy Rhoads signature guitar some 25 years ago) the MTM 1 and MTM 2 were designed in collaboration with Slipknot masked horror Mick Thomson, and boasts some fine craftsmanship.
While other guitars might boast the same specs as the MTM 1 and MTM 2, we have yet to see a guitar with Mick’s signature “seven” emblem inlayed on the fret board of a guitar – and this, ladies and gentlemen – is enough to for some hardcore fans of the band to snap these guitars up.
B.C. Rich Exotic Classics
B.C. Rich Exotic Classics are blasts from the illustrious past of rock ‘n roll and heavy metal!
The company has been making top quality guitars with truly original designs for 3 decades, some of which have been important pieces of weaponry for many heavy metal bands for many years. 2 of the bands nominated for ‘Best Metal Performance’ at the Grammy Awards recently have in their ranks guitarists who are B.C. Rich endorsees; such is the company’s influence in hard rock and heavy metal. The winner of the Grammy was Slayer for ‘Eyes Of The Insane’ – who’s guitarist Kerry King has signature B.C. Rich guitars.
30 years after the inception of B.C. Rich guitars, they have decided to look back and come up with some retro looking guitars – named the Exotic Classics – targeted to fit the budget of the everyday guitarist. Some of these models were only previously available through their Custom Shop and would cost an arm and a leg to obtain one.
In November of 2006, however, the company was given due credit by Guitar World Magazine who awarded their Platinum Award for Quality and Design to B.C. Rich for the newly released Exotic Classic Mockingbird and the Exotic Classic 10 String Bich guitars.
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