Karl Sanders – Saurian Apocalypse

As stated by Karl himself about the models he uses:

"08. KXK Warrior V7: This unbelievable work of supreme guitar building is an ungodly 7-string shred machine that served as great inspiration for the guys in the Dean custom shop. It sounds incredible, like liquid high-speed flamethrowers, and it plays like melted butter. In fact, it plays WAY TOO easily so I don’t dare practice on it, as it would undoubtedly subconsciously discourage me to pick up any of my other guitars. I have the action on most of my guitars set fairly high because I love the tone that way. I use this guitar for many of the guest leads I play on other folks’ records."

"11. KXK Gold Warrior V “Spear”: Despite the weapon-like appearance of this axe, it actually has an incredibly brutal tone and punishing “note center.” It has 27½” scale length maple neck-thru design, which aids greatly for the drop A tuning Nile uses. Another go-to tracking guitar in the Nile arsenal, this one has been used on countless rhythm tracks since Annihilation of the Wicked."

"12. KXK Warrior V natural finish: Under the hood this is essentially the same axe as the Gold Spear except that it has a Cocobola neck instead of maple, a 25½” scale neck, no volume or tone knobs and no icky finish to cloud up the tone whatsoever. This guitar has merely the lightest of oil sparingly applied instead of the mountains of glossy polyurethane or laquer finishes usually applied to guitars. This lets the natural tone of the guitar resonate freely without the inhibition of layers of finish. The neck position Duncan single coil on this guitar has the most otherwise-unobtainable old school vintage Strat/Marshall plexi-type tone EVER when run through the Splawn head; you can hear this guitar/amp combo on “The Chaining of the Iniqutous” guitar solos."