Welcome to out sanguinary sect of worship,
Feel at home in our black conventicle,
As we anathematise,
All of those who oppose us,
Don't summon the devil,
Don't call the priests,
If you need the strength,
The conjuring. Obey!!!
Behold the flames rise,
From the compass' cardinal points,
Burn the sacred oil,
And, with the ashes you'll annoint,
Arrange the symbols,
Of the wizard, and, magician,
Light the candles,
Place the parchment paper in position,
Between its leaves place,
The lash from a black cat's eye,
A straw of a broom,
Fold, and, burn, and, centralise,
Don't summon the devil,
Don't call the priests,
If you need the strength,
The conjuring,
Feel at home in our black conventicle,
As we anathematise,
All of those who oppose us,
Don't summon the devil,
Don't call the priests,
If you need the strength,
The conjuring. Obey!!!
Behold the flames rise,
From the compass' cardinal points,
Burn the sacred oil,
And, with the ashes you'll annoint,
Arrange the symbols,
Of the wizard, and, magician,
Light the candles,
Place the parchment paper in position,
Between its leaves place,
The lash from a black cat's eye,
A straw of a broom,
Fold, and, burn, and, centralise,
Don't summon the devil,
Don't call the priests,
If you need the strength,
The conjuring,
Jackson KV Dave Mustaine 'Megadeth logo'
Back when I was in high school, there wasn't Youtube, and in my part of the world there wasn't even MTV or any cable TV yet. You only saw how bands looked like in outdated import Kerrang or RAW magazines (which covered real metal in those days) passed around among all your friends. Your only chance of even watching any video of bands was to buy VHS videotapes, which was a risky proposition because they cost 2-3 times as much as a proper album on cassette. Equivalent to half a month's allowance! (And to think kids today can get it all for free on youtube, on demand!) One day I noticed a bunch of Megadeth 'Rusted Pieces' videotapes in the video shop bargain bin. I had to think long and hard about getting it, because the back cover only showed 6 video clips, with a runtime of only 40 mins. Not promising the greatest value on the face of it. But since it was half price, I decided to risk it though it would mean skipping a couple of school lunches. A real gamble! How we suffered to be fans of bands in those days!
Now if you've ever watched this video collection, and you're a metal fan, you already know how this ends for young me. The first two clips alone, 'Peace Sells', and 'Wake up Dead' are fairly intense and seeing them for the first time you already felt like you got your money's worth. Then 'Holy Wars' kicks off and you had no doubt that this videotape sums up all that is great about heavy metal. Today, Megadeth is the band I've seen the most times live (6x).
This modified Jackson KV with 'Megadeth' logo, is a replica of Dave Mustaine's iconic customised King V as seen in the 'Holy Wars' video amongst many other early live appearances from 'Peace Sells' up to the 'Rust in Peace' era. The period-correct logo is under the clearcoat, not a decal. Vic clearly approves. I saw some loser copycat guy try to sell his Megadeth logo replica with LSRs and the wrong stubbier logo (lol). WTF if you can't tell the logo changed over the years, and it wasn't even an LSR guitar! Discounting some minor variations to Dave's own axe(s) over the years... this has pretty much accurate basic pre-KV1 specifications.
Now if you've ever watched this video collection, and you're a metal fan, you already know how this ends for young me. The first two clips alone, 'Peace Sells', and 'Wake up Dead' are fairly intense and seeing them for the first time you already felt like you got your money's worth. Then 'Holy Wars' kicks off and you had no doubt that this videotape sums up all that is great about heavy metal. Today, Megadeth is the band I've seen the most times live (6x).
This modified Jackson KV with 'Megadeth' logo, is a replica of Dave Mustaine's iconic customised King V as seen in the 'Holy Wars' video amongst many other early live appearances from 'Peace Sells' up to the 'Rust in Peace' era. The period-correct logo is under the clearcoat, not a decal. Vic clearly approves. I saw some loser copycat guy try to sell his Megadeth logo replica with LSRs and the wrong stubbier logo (lol). WTF if you can't tell the logo changed over the years, and it wasn't even an LSR guitar! Discounting some minor variations to Dave's own axe(s) over the years... this has pretty much accurate basic pre-KV1 specifications.
Jackson KV1 LSR
A production Jackson USA KV1 Dave Mustaine signature model. Dave & Jackson Guitars really got it right with this one. It is as if once you have played one you will realise "so that's the secret ...". This axe is a killer metal machine. Very hard to find with the original LSR tuners, let alone in mint working condition.
In 2010, I was in Chicago downtown the Loop and walked into the Borders to browse through some magazines. The new Mustaine autobiography was out, but I was planning to get it from Amazon for cheap, until I noticed this solitary sign on a shelf, so fucking small you would have just passed it by, that said 'Signing - Dave Mustaine'. You could get it signed the next day, if you bought the book at full price from the store. Now I can be pretty cheap, and by this time I'd already seen Megadeth live enough times already, their profile wasn't really as high as it was before, plus I already had solid plans for the next day. So I wasn't really sure, but, the fanboy in me got the better of me, and I bought the damn book, just hoping to meet the legend for once in my life.
Thinking I could sneak off for a half hour or so to get my book signed, I went back the next day. Damn! there must have been 300 people there already. I refused to believe that all these people were there, taking time off work, for the "Dave Mustaine-signing" so I brazenly walked in and upstairs, past everybody and I couldn't even see to the end of the queue, which was snaking along each and every aisle. Sure enough the queue was really that long. I was among the last few people allowed to join it, and I ended up queuing for almost 2 hours! To his credit, Dave signed a LOT of autographs that day. Can't blame him that i ended up getting 'Wame Mutain"
Thinking I could sneak off for a half hour or so to get my book signed, I went back the next day. Damn! there must have been 300 people there already. I refused to believe that all these people were there, taking time off work, for the "Dave Mustaine-signing" so I brazenly walked in and upstairs, past everybody and I couldn't even see to the end of the queue, which was snaking along each and every aisle. Sure enough the queue was really that long. I was among the last few people allowed to join it, and I ended up queuing for almost 2 hours! To his credit, Dave signed a LOT of autographs that day. Can't blame him that i ended up getting 'Wame Mutain"
Jackson KV1 Korina LSR
Another KV1 in a striking natural korina finish. This guitar really is a work of art, the construction is flawless, the tone is unique, plays like butter and is my favourite model though Dave himself didn't seem to use his korina Vs that much.