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Dweezil Zappa Teases Gibson Frank Zappa Signature SG Prototype

Zappa will be using the guitar on tour this year.

Nashville, TN (October 30, 2012) -- According to Dweezil Zappa, Gibson is working on a new signature guitar for his father, Frank. Zappa posted photos and details of the instrument to theguitarvaults.com, saying that it is a prototype of the Gibson Frank Zappa SG. Here's what he had to say about the guitar:

This is a prototype Frank Zappa SG built to my specifications by Gibson. I will be using it on my European and US tours in the Fall and Winter of 2012. Hopefully, fans will be able to get to own one of these in the near future.

It is an exact replica of Frank's Roxy era guitar which started its life as an SG Special with P90s and no trem. Frank tweaked it a lot in the early 70s and it morphed into this by '74.

It later ended up with a mirror pick guard over the whole body and some advanced electronics. I decided to have it reproduced to match Roxy/Apostrophe era since this is how the guitar looked and functioned at that time.

For more information:
The Guitar Vaults


     

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bongofury
on 04/09/2013 		i would love one but wouldn't pay 3 grand for it. besides, would it sound the same if it wasn't run thru fractal?
Mike
on 02/04/2013 		I just sat with Dweezil all afternoon at the Music Farm in Charleston,SC where he showed me and a few others some FZ style guitar riffs on this guitar. He says he hopes they will retail for closer to $3000 than $10,000 since they are made in the regular Gibson shop and not the custom shop. One of the small switches in the pickguard changes othe double coil humbuckers into single coil operation, and the other adds compression thats part of the FZ sound.
Wolf
on 11/26/2012 		I will so totally buy one!
Jeff Scios
on 11/06/2012 		pretty ugly!
mr bogus
on 11/02/2012 		and every single time you strum a chord you'll rip the side of your picking hand open on those 2 mini switches!!! love dweez/frank tho!
SRV
on 10/31/2012 		$15,000!? LOL



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