NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) showcased a guitar that couldn’t be compared to any other presented at the event. What was so special about this one guitar that was showcased to the fans, metalheads, press and everyone present there by the Slayer/ Exodus guitarist, Gary Holt, was that it was covered in blood. Gary Holt’s blood, quite literally. The magnificent ESP was painted by the insanely talented Vincent Castiglia who teamed up with Gary for this project.
Gary was suggested Castiglia by a common friend and that’s when the ideas started to flow about a new project. Not to forget, anything like this has never happened, making this ESP the very first guitar to be covered in blood. Now, if you ask us, that’s some mad, dark, art right there! Gary actually gave 18 vials of his blood to make this project come to life, which of course wouldn’t have been possible without Vincent’s hard work on a stretch of months.
