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,
ESP Dave Mustaine DV8 SE
As far as his guitar-playing image is concerned, Dave Mustaine has been pretty consistent. He settled on the symmetrical V shape quite early on his career that it has become synonymous with him, no matter the maker. As far as metal guitars go, the Jackson KV1 is hard to beat. The Y2KV and the DV8 though make a strong case. For a while there in 2004-2006 he had his ESP DV8 (whooo- edgy name! But clearly beaten out by the disastrous 'Axxion'), which was unfortunately short-lived. We know he mainly used it for recording the The System Has Failed album, which has great-sounding guitar tones on it. Dave seems to have a predilection for sunburst versions of his signature guitars. Of course he had his sunburst Jackson KV1 models and currently some of his Dean offerings. While with ESP was no exception. The sunburst flamed maple top was designated DV8 SE -Special Edition. Online rumours have it very few were actually made. I have read figures ranging from 12 to just 6 total. Whatever the number, sightings are extremely rare. I only ever saw one other for sale in my life. Perhaps something to do with the fact that they cost $6k when first released. That's in 2005 money. From the catalog we can see it cost almost double the black DV8. To get a matched maple top of that quality, that thick and wide would undoubtedly be too costly to produce on a regular basis.
The DV8 despite its relative short-livedness had many notable users in the metal world.
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.
Jackson Y2KV
Jackson Custom Shop David Ellefson Rust In Peace
As an essential companion piece to the above axes, this is the Jackson David Ellefson RIP replica bass. Limited to 60 total (i.e. 15 in 4-string quicksilver), this was made by master builder Mike Shannon to commemorate Ellefson's famous Concert bass throughout Megadeth's early career and notably on the Rust In Peace tour. Updated with new technology and hardware, and no shortage of 'radioactive' symbols. Ellefson always seems to get short shrift for his contributions to Megadeth, which is understandable in the company of such talent that he played with on those seminal records, but in my opinion he is due a lot of credit for a new standard in bass sound for metal records, and he plays solid, catchy bass lines on songs which would sound noticeably weaker for the lack of them.
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