With supercharged active pickups, the Peavey PXD Series is the ound of full-on aggression and the perfect complement to the Peavey 6505 Series guitar amplifiers, already a metal legend in the arsenals of bands like Trivium, In Flames, Bullet For My Valentine, Machine Head, Darkest Hour and more. True to the music that inspired them, the new PXD Series guitars are built for speed, slicing leads and razor-sharp riffs.
24.75 in. scale
24 frets
Set-neck with maple neck and rosewood fretboard
Basswood body
Two VFL Active ceramic pickups
Two Volume and one tone controls with 3-way toggle switch
Precision tuning machines
String-thru-body bridge
Aluminum pickguard and truss rod cover
Black hardware
Specially designed case included
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Completely satisfied with the sound.May convert to EMG`s later.But not in a hurry to do so,cause it has a good quality clean (no buzz or hum)distortion sound!Has great harmonics when need be.Full bodied active "Charvel" sound.Suits my music style great.I play Heavy Metal,Death,to 70`s style Rock/Metal.Very good quality for the price I paid.I use a Peavey Bandit Transtube amp.Sounds awesome with the gain,and clean channels.
Not sure of the year but it has to be from late 80`s,early 90`s.Made in the USA.It has 22 fret bolt on neck,solid body electric.Has 1 vol,1 pre amp volume controls.Single active humbucker(Peavey).Neck is maple with rosewood fretboard.22 Jumbo frets.Not sure of the body wood,feels like Basswood.White paint finish.Strat shape.Kahler 2700 trem Spider(Floyd Rose style,single locking).Peavey non locking tunning keys.Locking nut on neck.25 1/2 scale neck I believe.Bought used with no case.Check Peavey web site for specs.
Action is very well set up on this guitar.Did some minor tweaking to it when I bought it.It needed to have the locking nut bolts replaced.Other than that,no trouble as of yet.Pickups did not need an adjustment in heigth.The trem is a natural feel with this guitar.Some guitars the bridge feels poor in quality (won`t stay in tune,doesn`t move well ect)This bridge is very good in staying in tune.I don`t have to really force the trem down when bending notes and harmonics.The trem itself was one of the selling points of this guitar.I love the single locking feature.It gives it great sustain,that Kahlers have.String through trem design was a big plus in me buying this product.The neck was the first.The sound was the second.Another feature I love about this guitar is the neck adjustment,where the neck bolts on to the body.It has an alen screw to further adjust angle of the neck.Like a Fender style adjustment.
No waranty.Bought used.Never had to deal with Peavey.Never had trouble with any Peavey products.Good reputable products.That was another buying factor.
Jason (11/26/2002)
The pickup is hot, to say the least. In fact, it's almost too hot, too quick to distort. It cleans up when the volume is dropped, but I'd say that this was pretty much a one trick pony.
Mine was made in 84. Solid alder body, one passive humbucking pickup, one volume, Kahler bar with the awful locking nut. Red poly finish.
I bought it used, so the action and fit were completely screwed up. You know the guitar is set up wrong when you go to bend the high E string, and it gets caught on the polepiece of the humbucker. Once set up, the neck has a nice feel to it, not as thick as an old Gibson, and not as wide as a Charvel, but still comfortable.
The Kahler is okay, though the G string keeps slipping through the lock. The adjusters on the bridge are a bit bent, but the guitar is twenty years old.
I haven't dealt with them.
Sam (04/29/2004)
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ESP LTD Viper guitars have already become a favorite among players around the globe. The Clockwork Graphic Viper is no exception to this rule. The Viper Zombie has a face that only a mother could love; morbid displays of bones, rib cage and clockwork give this guitar a face fit for the darkness that metal provides. As visible as it is audible, the Clockwork graphic is a morbid tribute to both death and time.
Neck: Set-Neck
Scale Length: 24.75 inches
Body Material: Mahogany
Neck Material: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Nut: 42mm Earvana Compensated Nut
Neck Contour: Thin U
Frets: 24 Frets (XJ)
Hardware: Black Nickel
Tuners: Grover Tuners
Bridge: Tune O Matic
Pickups:
- Bridge: Active EMG 81
- Neck: Active EMG 85
Finish: Black with Clockwork Graphic
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This is a metal machine. I run it through a marshall avt150h and cab with a podxt in the effects loop to spice things up. I had a schecter seven string and the low end on this blows that away. Since I put in a 81 this guitar cannot be touched for bonecrushing tone. It can also get a nice blues sound though. Since the 81 is probly the hottest pickup on the market it creates for a nice gain boast for blues solos. The Hz that was stock was good but the 81 took it to the next level.
made in korea and is a very nice guitar. it has the two humbuckers that came stock with EMG Hz's, but i throw a 81 in the bridge and then the guitar came alive. It has a mahogany body with a set neck and a rosewood fingerboard. It also has a tune o matic bridge and ltd deluxe tuners.
Set up at DrumCity GuitarLand and is awesome. The action is great and the intonation is perfect. Everthing was great when i got it so i dont know how it came out of the box since drum city setups every guitar they have, but i dont have any complaints.
never dealt wtih them but the warranty ESP has is annoying. Since i ordered the the guitar i got it 15 days after the sale so i couldnt get a warranty on it. Since their policy is to send in the warranty 10 days after purchase.
Dan S. (03/25/2005)
The EMG HZ set pickups sound suprisingly good, even for the heavier distorted tones. I run it through a Line 6 Flextone II Head , a rocktron hush super C, multiple boss effects(i also use a lot of the built in effects), to 2 Marshall 1960b Cabs. I can get pretty much any tone im looking for with this combination. But the great thing about this guitar is the Afterburner system. when its at the max it gives you a sound with a lot higher output that sounds more like the active EMG's, without having to spend the cash on them. With that afterburner on its a little noisy, but my rocktron takes care of that. Overall a great sounding guitar.
VB-300 Viper Baritone, 2001 Model, EMG-HZ pickups(H1 set), with the EMG "Afterburner" system, meaning the tone knob on the guitar acts as a push/pull switch that will give you a 20db variable gain boost when turned all the way up. Has a 27" extended scale set neck, mahogany body, maple neck and rosewood finerboard, black hardware, tune-o-matic bridge with a stop tailpiece, white binding on the neck, 24 XJ frets. Very cool guitar.Has
Set up fine, adjusted even better by my bro's at DrumCityGuitarLand. Everything seems to be of a fine quality and the routing was perfect.
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Daniel (10/29/2001)
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