FIREWIND guitarist / founder Gus G. will be doing two signing sessions on behalf of ESP Guitars and Blackstar Amps at this year's Frankfurt Musikmesse. Details are as follows:

Saturday, March 27th

2:00pm -- ESP Guitars booth (w/ Alexi Laiho / CHILDREN OF BODOM)

3:30pm -- Blackstar Amps (w/ Fredrik Akesson / OPETH)

Firewind drummer Michael Ehre will perform with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth on March 25th and 26th. Details will be available soon.

ESP Guitars recently announced that Gus G. will present his new signature model guitar at the Frankfurt Musikmesse, which takes place March 27th - 28th. The official press release is available below:

"You probably already know that Firewind member (and ESP guitarist) Gus G. is now playing with Ozzy Osbourne. He’s designed a sweet new guitar for his new gig: the LTD Revolver EC. Based on the single-cutaway ESP Eclipse shape, this guitar is insanely cool and totally unique. It features a custom graphic finish along with custom 'Gus Fire' inlays. Unlike most EC models, the new Revolver EC has a 25.5” scale with set through construction, and features a mahogany body with a maple neck (22 XJ frets) and rosewood fingerboard. It also offers Seymour Duncan Blackout ABH-1 active pickups, with a single volume control and an on-off mini switch. The Revolver EC uses black nickel hardware, including ESP locking tuners and a Tonepros TOM bridge and tailpiece.

As for the art design on the guitar, Gus wanted to go for something different this time. So he teamed up with Patric Ullaeus and Bjorn Johansson who came up with the graphic and the whole concept of RockART.

Patric Ullaeus is an acclaimed director and photographer and among other acts, he has shot three Firewind videos and has also been the band's photographer since 2006. You can find out more about Patric and Bjorn's RockART by going to this location."

For Frankfurt Musikmesse information visit this location.

Gus recently signed an endorsement deal with Blackstar Amplification. A press release reads as follows:

Blackstar Amplification are pleased to announce the signing of Firewind and Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G. Gus has an extremely impressive band resume including, NIGHTRAGE, ARCH ENEMY and Dream Evil. Gus is currently playing with Ozzy Osbourne and is set for a lengthy world tour starting in 2010.

The touring rig is going to be the biggest Blackstar presence to hit a stage yet with six Series One S1-200 heads and 12 Series One 4x12 cabs! What else would you expect on an Ozzy tour?’ Gus comments: “This is the new amp that will take over the Metal world! Amazing tone, incredible gain and top notch quality! The Blackstar Series One 200 is my new addiction!”