“I nearly got crushed by an elephant while holding it… That guitar has definitely seen some stuff”: Orianthi tells the remarkable story of the rhinestone-encrusted PRS Custom 24 she played with Michael Jackson, 50 Cent… and an elephant

Musician Orianthi poses before Great Guitars: Orianthi at The GRAMMY Museum on March 11, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

In this edition of Guitar World's Cover Stars, we are speaking with the one and only Orianthi, who rocked up for her April 2013 covershoot with a beyond sparkly 2008 PRS Custom 24. To think that this was one of her backup electric guitars…

Well, it's remarkable. As she explains here, it might have started out stock, but once Michael Jackson's people were through with it it took on a life of its own…