so for any of you who watched the paris opening ceremony and loved the Gojira performance (they're literally my favorite metal band they can't NOT go hard), let me talk about a little something I and a few other people noticed
the guitar Joe Duplantier was playing here is very interesting
Duplantier, for those who don't know, has had a pretty good relationship with the company Charvel, putting out 3 whole signature models with them and generally being a big name for the company and I would love one of those sigs, they look so beautiful
HOWEVER, with this performance in paris, we can see Duplantier playing something completely new, from a completely different company entirely
now we turn to social media where the Japanese company ESP, who has big bands in their roster such as Metallica, Korn, Slayer, Rammstein, basically anybody whos anybody in metal has an ESP signature at this point
and guess what ESP posted to their Instagram
That's right! Joe Duplantier's guitar for the Paris Olympic opening act is a custom made prototype of a new ESP signature, which could mean Duplantier is switching from Charvel to ESP which is HUGE news
anyway that's my nerd rant goodnight folks
