Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Guitar World
Guitar World
Entertainment
Janelle Borg

“A guy painted the scratchplate with a ghost, and apparently, he died 2 weeks afterwards”: Yungblud on his vintage “voodoo” ES-330 – which he wants to turn into a signature model

Yungblud performs on stage for the first time since August 2024 at a surprise gig for fans at The Scala on March 21, 2025 in London, England.

Fresh off the release of his fourth album, Idols, “punk's next guitar hero”, a.k.a. Yungblud, shows no sign of slowing down. For his latest album, he took one of rock's most recognizable hollow-body guitars and made it his own – thanks to a background story that, shall we say, is slightly out of this world.

“We were using Epiphone Casino for a lot of the rhythm stuff,” Yungblud tells the Gibson Gazette.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.