If you have a great- sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like." Eddie Van Halen Quote.
Pantera were the " Cowboys From Hell" This guitar Is the "Rat From Hell" This guitar has " The Don't Mess with Me Attitude". Welcome to the world of Heavy Metal.
This guitar was hand carved, and custom built to be Mean, Dirty, Disrespectful, and Rebellious, with a Distinctive You Attitude.
This guitar was made to play Extreme Metal!
This guitar Is - NOT for the faint of heart. If you know what this is, then you know what you've stumbled across. If you do NOT know what has landed in your lap, take heed. This is the most bad a*z guitar of all time.. This Beast will eat your soul alive and make your bicthez nipplez hard.... Get ready for death..cuz the first time you strum this guitar into your amp, your eye ballz will burst out your fu*ck'in socketzzz!!!!!!!
The secret of this Pantera Rat Rod- "Rat From Hell"guitar - Is the length- 41" , neck thru construction and the wood, cariniana pyriformis, it is colombian mahogany - ( on The Threatened Species List), has an extreme fat and aggressive sound. A best sounding guitar must be made with the best sounding wood,,it is a massive bass sound, better than mahogany itself, just is harder and sounds deeper!
This guitars wood, construction, shape, length and components has a unique combined effect on enhanced guitar vibration = string vibration, and tone. The Most aggressive Sounding Metal Tone Guitar on this Planet ! Impossible to replicate the sound and tone of this guitar!
Specs - 55 k ohm Guitarheads active humbucker with built in pre amp- direct mount Bigsby B-5 -enhances sustain & string-guitar vibration EMG - Afterburner pickup boost and Expander - totally rips out the mid frequencies boosts lows & highs - 24 volt electrics - Neck thru - Ebony board - Hook it up with a SD-1 , HM-2, MZ-2 and a MXR graphic equalizer and "Rule the World of Heavy Metal Guitar." Recording use only - Down tune to C# ala Tony Iommi's tuning of choice and get ready for Death Metal & Death!! Ugly looking - but sure gets cooking.