KxK (also spelt KXK and Kxk) Guitars, established in 1997, is a

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

company whose specialty lies mainly in custom guitars for heavy metal artists. All their instruments are made in the

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and are handcrafted. The company will start doing a new KK Downing signature series.

Notable musicians

KK Downing Kenneth Keith Downing Jr. (born 27 October 1951) is an English guitarist and a former member of the heavy metal band Judas Priest. Early life and career Downing was born in West Bromwich, West Midlands. In the late 1960s, he developed a p ...

( Judas Priest) *

Karl Sanders Karl Sanders (born June 5, 1963) is an American singer and guitarist, most widely known as the founding member of the ancient Egyptian-themed technical death metal band Nile. Early life Before creating Nile, Sanders was in a thrash metal ...

(

Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest ...

) *

Manni Schmidt Manfred "Manni" Schmidt (born 27 November 1964) is a German heavy metal guitarist, best known for having been a member of Grave Digger and Rage. History Born in Andernach, West Germany, Schmidt begun his career starting his own band Facto ...

(

Grave Digger A gravedigger is a cemetery worker who is responsible for digging a grave prior to a funeral service. Description If the grave is in a cemetery on the property of a church or other religious organization (part of, or called, a churchyard), ...

) * Steve Swanson ( Six Feet Under)

Prominent guitars

* KK Downing Custom V (As used by KK Downing, Judas Priest) * WarfaceV (As used by Laura Christine, Warface) * SSV Series (As used by Steve Swanson, Six Feet Under) * WarriorV (As used by Karl Sanders, Nile) * V1 Series * 7 String V * New 7 string * BSG (As used by Tommy Gibbons, Koama)

Custom guitars

* Karl Sanders double neck WarriorV * V1 with recessed "The Mandrake" logo * Custom SSV (different variants) * OM-1 with Bat/Moon inlays * V1 black with neon green bevels * Graveside's custom left hand guitar * 7 string prototype. Tone pros bridge, Dimarzio X2N-7 * 6 string prototype with Kahler bridge EMG 81/85 * 7 string 27 fret Warrior V reverse head. * 8 string Prototype

External links

KxK Guitars official Website

KxK MySpace
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