A Custom Shop ESP electric guitar, partial serial #042, in black finish with stickers applied on the body. Custom-made, owned, and stage and video-played by Jeff Hanneman, guitarist and founding member of the highly influential heavy metal band Slayer. Photo and video matched. One of Jeff’s most used Slayer guitars, used in the videos for the songs “Seasons in the Abyss,” “Serenity in Murder,” “I Hate You,” and “God Hates Us All.”

This guitar was made for Jeff Hanneman of Slayer by ESP guitars and became the basis for his own signature model, the JH-600. Propelled by Jeff’s riffs and solos, this guitar became instantly recognizable to Slayer fans all over the globe. While the serial number reads “042” it does appear that the rest of it has worn off of the back of the headstock.

It features maple neck-thru construction, a bound headstock, a 25.5” scale length, 24 fret bound rosewood fretboard, alder body, EMG pickups, three-way toggle, master volume and tone plus SPC control, Kahler vibrato bridge, black finish. The body is covered in various stickers mainly related to the Raiders football team.

Includes ESP hardshell case, a certificate of authenticity signed by Kathryn Hanneman dated 2013, Jeff’s strap, one of Jeff’s picks, and five photos of Jeff playing this guitar live. It also includes copies of LiveWire and Guitar World magazines, both of which feature this guitar on the front cover; a 1985 copy of Aardschok, a Netherlands-based music magazine with a story on Slayer.

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