DJ Ashba

Last night I locked myself in my studio to start rehearsing for the Sixx:A.M. tour. After I finished the set list, I ended up playing damn near every song we've ever recorded! I could NOT put this guitar down. This guitar is a BEAST! Cant wait to get this thing on the road! :)

DJ Ashba can be seen on the picture with the guitar.

In this video Ashba talks about the guitar at 11:15.

In a live performance of Sixx:A.M.'s "Life Is Beautiful" at Crue Fest, DJ Ashba is seen playing a customized Ernie Ball Music Man Axis guitar. He preferred this model early in his career due to its single volume short shaft configuration, which he found more suitable than Les Pauls.

"Through his work as a solo artist and stints with Beautiful Creatures, Mötley Crüe, Sixx:A.M and Guns N’ Roses, DJ Ashba has forged a reputation as one of the hardest-rocking guitarists on the scene today. In addition to his incendiary riffs and artful songwriting, DJ’s unique style has helped to set him apart from a heated crowd. The DJ Ashba Signature Les Paul is a guitar that brings it all to the party for looks, playing feel, and utterly scorching tone. With unique graphics on a satin Charcoal Gray finish with black plastics and binding, sleek playability, DJ’s choice of hot Seymour Duncan pickups, and versatile wiring mods, this guitar is primed to get you seen and heard." Gibson Website

"Ashba's Leatherface Les Paul has 3-D molded designs and real sinew stitching built off of a goldtop Gibson Les Paul Classic. In addition to Ashba's pickup selector/kill switch mod, this guitar has a tone control removed to accommodate the skull artwork." Guns N' Roses 2011 Touring Gear Gallery

You can find a slideshow where DJ Ashba shows how the body was decorated here.

In this video Ashba talks about the guitar at 4:44.

In this video Ashba talks about the guitar at 00:36:

...we call it the cigarette burn guitar because I put all my cigarettes out on it. Um I usually use this one in songs like "This I Love," uh let's see what other songs do I play? "November Rain," um yeah, I don't even know what songs I play with. ... Well, it just seemed it kind of happened slowly, you know, one time I was playing. Put one out and uh next song, you know, and over time it it turned out looking like an ashtray. It's pretty cool to me.

Ovation released the DJ Ashba Demented Collection in 2010. The Demented Collection includes four guitars featuring DJ Ashba artwork and tattoos on the top of the guitars with spruce tops and X-style bracing. All the guitars come loaded with Ovation Slimline pickups and has a rosewood fretboard with satin gloss finish.

"Equally at home in the studio or on the stage, the Schecter DJ Ashba Signature Acoustic is a high-performance acoustic guitar built to satisfy today’s modern guitarists. Laminated mahogany back and sides are paired with a solid spruce soundboard to deliver a powerful bass response with crystal-clear highs, while the ebony fretboard-topped, thin-C maple neck provides a smooth, easy-playing experience. The instrument comes equipped with Fishman’s Isys+ preamp and Sonicore undersaddle pickup, providing an uncompromising amplified experience, as well as Grover 305 tuning machines for hassle-free tuning. Completing the package are touches of DJ’s unique style, including a “Birds on a Wire” fretboard inlay, DJ’s distinctive striped finish, a Tri-Sonic Soundhole arrangement and chrome bridge pins."