Motor City Guitar

09/26/2026

Kevin Frasard HAD to swing in and scope out the BC Rich guitars that recently arrived.

09/26/2026

Embraced by the masters of metal and rock! 🤘🏻

The Explorer was first introduced in 1958. While it was less than enthusiastically received at the time, guitarists discovered its many charms as the years passed. Rockers embraced its futuristic shape and powerful sound by the 1970s, but during the hard-rockin’ 80s, the model came into its own and was adopted by some of the greatest players of the decade. The new Explorer 80s EMG is based on the popular 1984 model. The 1984 Gibson Explorer is an iconic electric guitar that stands out for its distinctive design and massive tones. Players like The Edge, Billy Gibbons, and James Hetfield have all wielded Explorers, contributing to their legendary status. If you’re into retro-futuristic guitars, the Explorer 80s EMG is a stunning tribute to that era’s edge and attitude.

The Explorer 80s EMG features a fast-playing mahogany neck with a 60s SlimTaper profile. The neck is topped with a rosewood fretboard that features 22 medium jumbo frets and simple pearloid dot inlays. The Explorer headstock is equipped with mini die-cast tuners and a Graph Tech® nut to ensure solid tuning stability. The other ends of the strings pass over an Epiphone LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge and are anchored with a LockTone Stop Bar tailpiece. The iconically shaped mahogany body is outfitted with active EMG pickups, with an EMG 60 in the neck position and an EMG 81 in the bridge position. They accurately capture the unique, fat-toned sound and rich sustain of the Explorer models that many players preferred during that era. A 9V battery powers the active EMG pickups and are wired to individual volume controls and a master tone control; the controls are capped with knurled metal control k***s. There is no pickguard, which helps to give the Explorer 80s EMG a sleek and slightly menacing appearance. If you’re into retro-futuristic guitars, the Explorer 80s EMG is a stunning tribute to that era’s edge and attitude. It comes packed in a premium gig bag and is ready to partner with you to rock the world.

09/25/2026

09/23/2026

🚨JUST LANDED!🚨

Jackson Guitars Phil Collen has wielded Jackson since 1986, and the Pro Series PC1™-E carries on the legacy of his landmark PC1 Dinky® — one of Jackson’s first artist collaborations. Features a mahogany body, caramelized maple neck with graphite reinforcement, and ebony fingerboard with compound radius and 24 jumbo frets. Loaded with a DiMarzio® X2N® bridge humbucker, DiMarzio Sugar Chakra™ middle, and the PC1 Sustainer Driver (18V) for infinite sustain. Push-pull coil splitting, Floyd Rose® 1000 Series tremolo with locking tuners, black relic finish with gold hardware, and foam core case included

09/23/2026

Staff Question:

Who are your 3 favorite Blues Guitarists?

Jesse:
Jimi Hendrix
Billy Gibbons
SRV

Dave:
SRV
Hendrix
Michael Bloomfield

Marty:
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Garrett Mason

Jacob:
Hendrix
SRV
BB King

Mark:
Robin Trower
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Frank Marino

Steve:
Jimi Hendrix
SRV
Billy Gibbons

Matt:
Johnny Winter
Eric Clapton
SRV

Joe:
SRV
Eric Clapton
Billy Gibbons

09/21/2026

🔥🔥🔥
METAL MAYHEM!!!
Check out this mouth-watering collection of rare metal masterpieces that a great friend of MCG sold us over the weekend!

Jackson USA Custom Shop Masterbuilt 7-String Kelly - Painted & signed by Dan Lawrence
BC Rich USA Custom Shop Ignitor 7-String (ultra rare!)
BC Rich USA Custom Shop Ignitor Padauk
BC Rich Ironbird IG851R
1983 Gibson Explorer
Jackson Diablo IV “Lord of Hatred” Kelly
Dean Karl Sanders “Gates of Sethu” V

09/21/2026

Hats off to former Tower of Power trumpeter Dr. Jesse McGuire!
His trumpet failed halfway through the National Anthem, but he made a bad situation into an awesome one!
♥🎶🎺🫡🇺🇸

09/20/2026

We have your next bass!

09/19/2026

🤘🏻Jackson Pro Series Signature Corey Beaulieu King V KV7Q 7-String w/ Seymour Duncan Pickups - Transparent Black

Trivium has long carried the metalcore torch high, and Corey Beaulieu’s scorching and memorable lead guitar work is a cornerstone of the band’s punishing and heavy sound. Teaming up with Jackson to modify the King V to meet his exact specifications, they created a signature guitar that sounds as vicious as it looks.

The Pro Series Signature Corey Beaulieu King V KV7Q features a resonant mahogany King V body with serrated points and a gorgeous rippling quilt maple top. Its through-body maple neck construction features graphite reinforcement for sturdy stability even under the most extreme environmental and climate conditions, while the smooth oiled finish on the back gives it that comfortable well-played feel. Built to withstand Beaulieu’s onslaught of heavy riffing, the 12”-16” compound radius ebony fingerboard hosts 24 jumbo frets with old-school pearloid sharkfin inlays.

New Seymour Duncan Corey Beaulieu Damocles Signature Blackouts – Blackouts pickups designed specifically for Corey’s detuned progressive metal style, delivering the full-bodied high-gain tone. Tone is customizable with a three-way toggle switch and single volume control, while the Floyd Rose 1000 Series 7-String double-locking tremolo system keeps this pro-level instrument perfectly in tune even after the deepest dive bombs.

Ready to throttle stages at a moment’s notice, the Pro Series Signature Corey Beaulieu King V KV7Q is blanketed in a vivid trans black finish with reverse Jackson pointed 7-in-line matching tilt-back headstock, black headstock binding and black hardware. #

09/18/2026

🔥SICK🔥The Limited-Edition Wolfgang 2015 model pays homage to Eddie Van Halen’s historic and authentic style in your hands. This model is an homage to the touring guitar Edward Van Halen used on the 2015 “Different Kind of Truth” world tour. The distressed “Ivory over black” was a last-minute special request which was used to replace his #1 for the 2015 world tour.

This sports a basswood body with arched top, robust graphite-reinforced quartersawn maple neck - carved and rolled to EVH’s exacting specifications and a speedy 12”-16” compound radius ebony fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets for facilitating energetic riffing and blazing leads. A heel-mount truss rod adustment wheel also makes for quick and easy neck relief tweaks, a feature guitar techs everywhere will thank you for.

The crystal clear custom-designed EVH Wolfgang Humbucking pickups are mounted direclty to the body, supplying girth and sparkle, as well as near-endless sustain to power chords and melody lines.

Every component of this guitar has been selected and positioned for high-speed playing. The low-friction volume k**b lets you perform speedy violin-like volume swells with ease while the tone k**b resists easy turning - avoiding unwanted tonal shifts as your picking hand flies furiously across the strings. The rock-solid EVH-branded Floyd Rose locking tremolo bridge combines with the Floyd Rose locking nut to maintain precise tuning, no matter how insane your whammy-bar histrionics get. The EVH D-Tuna retunes to Drop-D and back with strict accuracy at the mere flick of a finger, making this the only guitar you’ll need onstage.Other features include a momentary kill switch, EVH Wolfgang AL2 bridge and AL3 humbuckers and quasi-recessed EVH Floyd Rose 1000 series double locking tremolo, with D Tuna and comes with an EVH Striped Series gig bag.