Gus G interview: LTD Gus-600 EC signature guitar explained

Ozzy/Firewind guitarist talks new signature six-string

Stuart Williams, Sat 18 Dec 2010, 5:30 pm GMT

Gus g interview: ltd gus-600 ec signature guitar

Issue 210's (on sale 24 December) Rocked & Rated section contains the first UK review of Gus G's new signature LTD. Gus has been using the guitar onstage with Ozzy since its announcement earlier in 2010, and we caught up with Gus – one of the most envied guitarists in rock – to get the skinny on his new axe.

What made you go for the Eclipse shape?

"For my role in Ozzy's band I thought it'd be cool to go a bit more old school with the Eclipse shape. Obviously, there's a big history there with Zakk and Randy playing Les Pauls, but I didn't want to be just another guy that plays a Les Paul shape, you know? I've had my own thing for about the last six years with my ESP Random Star shape – it's very identifiable – so I thought I'd do something a bit more unique."

And what about the finish?

"My friend from Sweden, Patric Ullaeus, he's a top video director and has done videos for Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy, Lacuna Coil, but he's also been Firewind's director and official photographer for the last six years or so. He originally got into art with another guy called Bjorn Johansson. They started doing all of these paintings and galleries, and they call it rock art, and that's what it is. Very dynamic and very strong. Patrick sent me one of his designs and I was like, 'Hey, that's my guitar finish right there!'"

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