NEWS: Dave Mustaine signs a deal with Gibson Guitars

The Megadeth frontman has finally confirmed the rumors that have been flying around about a possible Gibson collaboration. The rumors were confirmed a few days ago resulting in a Trifecta of new Gibson's spread across the Gibson, Epiphone, and Kramer brands.

Firstly there is the Dave Mustaine Flying V 30th Anniversary ‘Rust in Peace’ Edition, after a teaser trailer was uploaded to Gibson's YouTube channel showing Megadeth's mascot, Vic Rattlehead, removing a katana with the words 'Rust in Peace' scratched onto the blade, the name of Megadeth's iconic album. See the trailer HERE

Secondly we see the Gibson Dave Mustaine Flying V EXP in Metallic Silver and lastly, the Kramer Dave Mustaine Flying V Vanguard in Natural. We picked up that all 3 guitar are sporting Seymour Duncan Mustaine signature sets, whether these are his existing Thrash Factor humbuckers or all-new designed humbuckers is still to be confirmed. The partnership will also see the design of a 24 fret acoustic model the Dave Mustaine CF-100 Blood Burst.

In the press release Mustaine explained how he bought his first album 'KISS Alive' and saw the Gibson logo.

“One of first albums I ever bought was Kiss Alive. On the back of that LP was the Gibson logo, followed by ‘Kiss uses Gibson Guitars because they want the best’. Period,”

The Epiphone models have yet to be revealed but the Gibson and Kramer models will be released later in 2021

Check out Cesar Gueikian (Gibson's Chief Merchant Officer) chatting to Dave Mustaine about their partnership.