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Jon Chappell

Fret-King® guitars is delighted to announce its newest Black Label artist model, designed in cooperation with UK blues legend John Verity.

by Community Manager on ‎01-20-2013 01:25 PM

 

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A tone hound and perfectionist, John has embedded in his very soul the ultimate tone for the classic, double-cut 3-single coil pickup guitar. His knowledge and Trev Wilkinson's design expertise have created what is John’s ultimate personal guitar.

 

With a two piece centre-joined American alder body coupled to a Canadian hard rock maple neck and fingerboard, the tonal heart of the JV is a balanced, calibrated set of three custom-wound, vintage voiced, single coil alnico V pickups wound to an authentic Trev Wilkinson recipe.

 

As ever, there’s the Fret-King twist. On the JV, it's the hidden Power-coil™, which eliminates hi-gain noise, making the pickups just that bit hotter, even with the power backed off, and maintaining that all-important single coil tone. Meanwhile, the Wilkinson WVP vibrato system, with its heat-treated solid steel saddles, steel block and E-Z Lok locking machineheads, ensures pitch stability and rock solid tuning.

 

In Original Classic Burst finish, with gold hardware and parchment scratchplate, the Fret-King JV looks as good as it sounds, and, as John himself says: "It's the sound I've had in my head all these years – the best guitar I’ve ever played!"

 

The Fret-King Black Label Corona 'JV' is available now, so make sure you check it out at your local dealer, and visit the JV page on the Fret-King website to see John introducing his new toy: www.fret-king.com/john_verity.html

 

Fret-King is distributed worldwide by John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. For more information, visit the JHS website.

 

Fret-King Black Label Corona 'JV' specs:

Body: American alder

Neck: hard maple

Fingerboard: maple

Scale: 25.5”/648mm

Nut: Graphite

Pickups: Wilkinson WVS60 single coils and hum cancelling
single coil

Controls: volume/tone/tone tone, 5-way lever switch

Hardware: Wilkinson WV9SB

Tuners: Wilkinson WJ07 E-Z Lok

Carry bag: luxury padded Fret-King carry bag included

 

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Useful links:

 

Fret-King Black Label JV:

www.fret-king.com/john_verity.html

 

John Verity:

www.johnverity.com