Slash, Guitar Center unveil new Gibson Slash sig guitar
(Dave Molter | Posted 2010-05-16)
Guitar Center and the Gibson Custom Shop have announced the
new Gibson Custom "Appetite" Les Paul Guitar, a limited-edition guitar
made to honor Slash, and the same model that he used to record his
recent chart-topping solo album SLASH. Guitar Center will carry both
the hand-aged and signed model along with the VOS (Vintage Original
Spec) version.
The Appetite is crafted in the image of
an original 1958-'60 Les Paul Standard, and available in strictly
limited numbers. The guitar was crafted to honor Slash and his
devotion to the Les Paul Standard guitar since 1987 with the debut of
Guns N' Roses' album, Appetite for Destruction. All
Appetite Les Pauls come with a lined hardshell case, a Certificate
of Authenticity, an owner's manual and adjustment literature, and a
rare bonus of a deluxe vinyl LP edition of Guns N' Roses' "Appetite for
Destruction." The VOS model went on sale Friday, May 7th at 1pm EST,
while the hand-aged and signed model went on sale Friday, May 14th.
"This guitar plays and sounds very unique," said Slash. "It is a
beautiful piece of work."
Slash, as well as representatives from Guitar Center, announced the
guitar's debut at Guitar Center Hollywood. Slash and Guitar Center are
also in the midst of conducting Guitar Center Presents Your Next
Record with Slash, an initiative created to foster growth and success
within the music community by providing emerging artists the chance to
win the ultimate career-altering opportunity: record a 3-song EP with
legendary producer, Mike Clink and have Slash write, record and
perform on the winning artists' single - www.YourNextRecord.com.
About Slash
Slash is widely considered one of the greatest rock guitar players of
all time. He has received countless accolades and awards including a
2007 star on the Rock Walk of Fame at the Guitar Center store in
Hollywood alongside his idols Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. He has
sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, is a Grammy Award winner,
and his recent solo album Slash debuted atop the Billboard charts in
more than a dozen countries. An original member of iconic rock band
Guns N' Roses, Slash helped the band create signature sounds like the
guitar riff of #1 hit "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "Welcome To The
Jungle." The band dominated the 1980's and 90's music scene selling
more than 100 million albums worldwide and ushered in a decade of hard
charging rock music. After the band's break-up, Slash went on to
critical acclaim in his personal project Slash's Snakepit, and global
success with supergroup Velvet Revolver. He has been widely sought
after by the biggest musicians of all time, performing with everyone
from Michael Jackson to Stevie Wonder to Ray Charles. Slash is one of
the marquee playable characters in Guitar Hero III, has two signature
Gibson guitars in his name, and authored his own top-selling biography
Slash in 2007. For more information please visit www.slashonline.com.
From a press release.
