In cooperation with Dean Guitars (www.deanguitars.com) Wacken Open Air organizers have unveiled the first official W:O:A guitar. Limited to only 100 pieces, the guitar will ship at the end of July 2007. Special bonus: for "early birds" - their guitar will be signed at W:O:A 2007 by a requested musician and also the W:O:A organizers.

Technical details:

Korpus Design - Baby-ML, same Shaping like Dimebag Darrel guitar, downsized

Korpusholz - Linde

Neck - Ahorn wood with Rosewood finger board

Bünde - 22

Mensur - 24-3/4" with 1-5/8" Saddle

Mechanics - Die Cast

Hardware - Black

pick up - original Dean

Neck/Body Konstruktion - screwed neck

Bridge - Tune-O-Matic

To order click here.

As previously reported, Wacken Open Air 2007 (www.wacken.com) is scheduled for August 2nd - 4th in Wacken, Germany.

Acts on the Wacken bill now include: 1349, ALL THAT REMAINS, AMORPHIS, BELPHEGOR, BENEDICTUM, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, BLACK MAJESTY, BLIND GUARDIAN, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, CHTHONIC, COMMUNIC, DESTRUCTION, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DIMMU BORGIR, DIR EN GREY, DISILLUSION, ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK, ENSLAVED, FALCONER, GRAVE DIGGER, HAGGARD, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, ICED EARTH, IMMORTAL, IN FLAMES, J.B.O., KAMPFAR, LACUNA COIL, LETZTE INSTANZ, LORDI, MENDEED, MOONSORROW, MOONSPELL, MUNICIPAL WASTE, NAPALM DEATH, NARZISS, NEAERA, NORTHER, RAGE & LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTER, SACRED REICH, SAMAEL, SAXON, SCHANDMAUL, SODOM, SONIC SYNDICATE, THE SORROW, STORMWARRIOR (featuring GAMMA RAY's Kai Hansen), STRATOVARIUS, SWALLOW THE SUN, THE VISION BLEAK, THERION, TYR, UNHEILIG, VADER, VITAL REMAINS and VOLBEAT.