Karl Sanders

Karl Sanders is seen with a Jackson Kelly Pro, featuring a fully scalloped fingerboard and Seymour Duncan pickups, in the referenced image.

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."

From the Metalsucks article Rigged: Nile’s Karl Sanders: "Another secret Nile weapon!"

From the Metalsucks article Rigged: Nile’s Karl Sanders: "This beautiful axe has a Darkened Shrines album graphic. It’s a 27½” scale baritone maple neck thru with an ebony scalloped fingerboard. It hasn’t appeared on a Nile record since Annihilation of the Wicked; it plays like butter and sounds deep, rich and warm, but I don’t play it much because it’s too expensive to dare risk damaging it further by taking it on tour again. Even at artist courtesy pricing I couldn’t afford to replace it. Life is full of irony."

From the Metalsucks article Rigged: Nile’s Karl Sanders: "I have had this guitar FOREVER. I got it from a friend who traded it to me in exchange for some guitar lessons. It had been butchered with a Kahler tremelo bridge which I immediately had replaced with a brass block and non-tremelo bridge. This later became the guitar I used all the time on tour with Nile in the early days. I toured it so much that I wore the original Fender neck out, so I replaced it with a Warmoth scalloped maple neck (with Jackson sticker). I use it on Nile records for classic single coil neck position Strat/Plexi Marshall tones like the break in “Enduring the Eternal Immolation of Flame.”"

In this photo we can see Karl using the Dean XL Guitar.

From the Metalsucks article Rigged: Nile’s Karl Sanders: "This guitar sports an incredible-for-the-price flame maple top, fully scalloped fretboard, brass nut, Seymour Duncan pickups and TonePros Bridge. Like all my guitars, the volume and tone knobs are bypassed yielding a much hotter and less cloudy tone. These 79 series V’s are war-horses; I take them on tour all over the planet. On the new record I used this guitar for many of the rhythm tracks."

In the Digital Tour Bus episode of "GEAR MASTERS," Karl Sanders discusses his use of the Karl Sanders V Floyd Gate of Sethu electric guitars, featuring both 6 and 7-string models.

This is one of Karl's signature guitars, it has a 25.5" scale length with a scalloped fingerboard. It has a Seymour Duncan invader with no volume knob because if you aren't on 11 than you aren't metal. I am not sure if he uses this one on tour since he has several with nice graphics but he owns at least 1, it is his signature guitar after all.