When Dweezil Zappa heads out on tour in August to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his father, Frank’s landmark releases Apostrophe and Roxy & Elsewhere, he will be performing some fiendishly difficult arrangements – but at least he will be well-armed, with a brand new signature guitar that he describes as “the ultimate rock machine.
Zappa has owned his share of legendary guitars. Think of his custom Jackson electric guitars, notably the Watermelon finish, and the Madonna True Blue model from the cover of My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama. There is his Steve Ripley stereo guitar (and the accompanying rack module that was the brains of the operation) and his custom-built PRS that took inspiration from the design of a mandolin.
