I would say that any of the concerns about this guitar’s issues could be addressed with a few additional upgrades that would still make it much cheaper overall than a full-on premium.
@@ordohereticus3427 I owned 5-6 X series guitars from different years and for the beginning you’re right but after 5 years of active playing, keeping the guitar alive will be a challenge in economical aspect.
@@WrathVault Sure, but would these be issues with the guitar itself (like wood falling apart), or something like tremolo and frets not being good? Because I meant upgrading those in my comment. Buying a quality Schaller tremolo and getting the guitar regretted with a new setup should deal with those two issues and probably within the $500 range.
@ordohereticus3427 Let me explain it in detail. You went to Sweetwater and purchased a KVXMG for 800 USD and spent another 500 as you mentioned for bridge and frets. Now you have a guitar with a basswood body, laurel fretboard, fine pickups (EMG81-85), and a fine bridge for 1300 USD. All I'm saying is instead of spending 1300 on this, why don't you buy a 1000 USD Pro KV with mahogany or alder body, ebony fretboard, FR1000 (which will survive way longer than special), SD JB/59 and if you're not happy with the frets you can spend 150 - 300 for refretting and at the end of the day instead of Basswood/Laurel you can get Alder/Ebony with slightly better QC for the same price. Maybe slightly cheaper. Finding good examples for the X series is kinda hard compared to the Pro series and the price gap between them isn't logical. Also, I couldn't find the product on Jackson's official website but there was a KVX with Jackson-branded pickups for the same price so if you purchase a KVX instead of a KVXMG, just add another 200 - 300 for the SD, EMG, or a similar pickup set. To sum up, the "a few additional upgrades" feels kinda meaningless for the X series guitars. And it won't be labeled as a value when you're selling the product as used. No one prefers an X just because of its Schaller or Gotoh bridge when there's a Pro for the same price. The only acceptable way is finding a used X for a steal price and making those upgrades, but you can bump into a Pro for a steal price too :) Also, I meant the hardware issues, all the rust, unstable tuning, broken tremolo socket, easily worn-off frets, etc.
