Category Archives: Signature Guitars

Derek Trucks is one of my all time favourite guitar players, nobody can make a guitar sing quite like Derek with his incredibly lyrical style of slide playing often fused with Indian influences. Derek is very well known for playing a certain Gibson SG as his main guitar and so I think it is quite… continue reading

Nearly everyone in the entire band Whitechapel got new LTD Signature Series models for 2012. The LTD AW-7 (Alex Wade) is a 7-string model based on the M Series, with a neck-thru-body design, alder body with flamed maple top with a Blood Red Sunburst finish. The guitar also features DiMarzio pickups and a fixed bridge… continue reading

The new LTD BUZ-7 is the first signature series model for Unearth guitarist Buz McGrath. Based on the MH-Series, this 7-string guitar has a newly-designed slim MH body contour with a maple fingerboard, reverse headstock, and alder body, and comes in a Snow White Sunburst finish. The guitar features EMG 707 active pickups and a… continue reading

Based on Anthrax’s Rob Caggiano’s customized ESP Horizon, the ESP Rob Caggiano and LTD RC-600 are being offered in a STP (See Thru Purple) finish. The guitars use a bolt-on construction at 25.5” scale, and have an ash body, maple neck, and rosewood fingerboard with custom inlays and glow-in-the-dark side markers. The instruments also feature… continue reading

ESP Jeff Hanneman EC The ESP Jeff Hanneman EC and LTD JH-600EC are customized versions of the Eclipse model, with a traditional thick body, black finish, and custom red upside-down star inlays on the neck. Also, a new limited edition model, the LTD SLAYER-2012, is being offered this year only, with graphics celebrating the 25th… continue reading

Celebrating his 25th year as an ESP player, Metallicaʼs Kirk Hammett has three new models for you. The ESP KH-DC and LTD KH-DC are a brand new double-cutaway body style based on the Eclipse/EC, with a set neck design at 24.75” scale, and an attractive STBC (See Thru Black Cherry) finish on its flamed maple… continue reading

In recent years, Allan Holdsworth has requested a guitar design that combines the superior tone and playability of his Carvin Holdsworth Signature H2 and HF2 Fatboy guitars, but in a more compact, headless design. After extensive research and development by the Custom Shop, and “on the road” testing by Allan, the HH Series is born!… continue reading

Press release from Fender: Fender is very proud to introduce the Johnny Marr signature Jaguar guitar, which puts the inventive ringing sounds and highly distinctive design mods of one of the U.K.’s greatest modern-era guitarists into a truly unique variation on a classic Fender guitar model. Marr is best known, of course, as the strikingly… continue reading

Peavey® is celebrating the upcoming release of the Peavey PXD™ Vicious™ Devin Townsend Signature Model, the renowned guitarist’s new 7-string baritone guitar, by presenting an exclusive online concert event featuring The Devin Townsend Project on Tuesday, December 20. Peavey and Guitar World are joining forces to bring The Devin Townsend Project live performance to music… continue reading