Kerry King

Blood Crackle finish, Reverse Bananna Headstock, EMG 81/85 pickups, Kahler tremolo, neck-thru construction. Kerry Played these guitars during the period of time when bc rich wasn't making guitars.

Kerry playing on a B.C. Rich Mockingbird

Kerry can be seen here playing on a Dean ML 79.

He used this Gibson Flying V in 1981

Kerry King is pictured with the ESP Custom Kerry King Explorer in promotional photos from around 1990, as seen on Laweekly.

In a video by theraptors79, Kerry King receives a Dean Dime Razorback V from Dimebag's family and Dean Guitars.

At 1:56 of this "Rig Rundown" Kerry shows this guitar where he says it is one of his main guitars! Premier Guitar writes in this accompanying article that this is a "2nd generation B.C. Rich Kerry King V loaded with his signature EMG KFK 85 in the bridge and a Sustainiac in the neck (which he uses on the intro to “Dead Skin Mask”) along with a Kahler 2315 tre."

Kerry King is shown using a B.C. Rich Bich in his live rig, as evidenced by the image from Guitareuromedia.

At 0:44 of this rig rundown Kerry shows and talks about his signature Warlock 6 in a custom fire finish. This particular guitar is set to drop B.

At 1:10 of this "Rig Rundown" Kerry talks about this original signature V that he uses on any songs that needs a clean sound.

in this pic, you can see him using his dean signature guitar

Kerry here playing on a B.C. Rich Warlock.

you can clearly see him playing his dean signature guitar here

As of late october 2019, Kerry King has moved on to an endorsement with Dean guitars after being with BC rich for so long.

"I'm super stoked to be part of the Dean Guitars family. This has been an insane long time coming! Together we're going to create some amazing guitars that Dean, Slayer, and Kerry King fans will be as excited as I am to play them. It's gonna be a wild ride for years to come!

Kerry King"

In an interview featured on B.C. Rich Guitars' YouTube channel, Kerry King mentions that he started playing guitar on a Gibson ES-175.

From the November 2009 issue of Guitar World magazine:

Q: Kerry, what were your first Instruments? Kerry King: [...] My dad had a Gibson ES-175 [...] and I learned to play on that for a while. He also had a Fender 1963 L Series Strat with a tobacco sunburst finish.

Kerry demos at NAMM this when it came out back in 2009.

He is seen holding one at 2:49 as part of an MTV interview circa 1986

Kerry has been seen often playing a custom painted version of his signature Dean Overlord

He is seen playing a grey Destroyer live in the early 80s with Slayer