{"id":23168,"date":"2024-12-28T11:17:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T11:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/?p=23168"},"modified":"2025-01-12T14:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T14:50:01","slug":"historic-for-gojira-and-metal-why-the-olympics-played-an-unlikely-host-for-some-of-the-biggest-guitar-moments-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/2024\/12\/28\/historic-for-gojira-and-metal-why-the-olympics-played-an-unlikely-host-for-some-of-the-biggest-guitar-moments-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHistoric for Gojira and metal\u201d: Why the Olympics played an unlikely host for some of the biggest guitar moments of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2024 Year in Review<\/strong>:<\/strong> As if witnessing Gojira\u2019s extreme-metal take on French revolution anthem Mea Culpa (Ah! \u00c7a Ira)<\/em> at the Olympics with opera singer Marina Viotti wasn\u2019t extraordinary enough, eagle-eyed fans were quick to spot something peculiar in singer\/guitarist Joe Duplantier\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n

Instead of his signature T-style San Dimas Charvel, it was a custom chrome-bodied, reverse-headstock ESP XJ-1 fitted with a single bridge pickup, presumably his DiMarzio Fortitude humbucker, as well as an Evertune bridge.<\/p>\n

The official announcement of his endorsement came a few weeks later, with ESP Artist Relations Director Tony Rauser hailing the performance as \u201chistoric for Gojira and metal,\u201d noting how the inclusion of an ESP guitar at the world\u2019s foremost sports competition, an event watched by billions, was something that felt \u201ctruly wild.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other Olympics news included a cloaked figure shredding on a vintage Veleno aluminum electric, later revealed to be No\u00e9 Efira, an associate of the French band Phoenix, and H.E.R. performing the national anthem on a white Strat custom-built by Fender luthier Brian Thrasher, who had previously overseen one-off Starcasters for Blink-182\u2019s Tom DeLonge.<\/p>\n

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Amit has been writing for titles like\u00a0Total Guitar<\/em>,\u00a0MusicRadar<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Guitar World<\/em>\u00a0for over a decade and counts Richie Kotzen, Guthrie Govan and Jeff Beck among his primary influences as a guitar player. He’s worked for magazines like\u00a0Kerrang!<\/em>,\u00a0Metal Hammer<\/em>,\u00a0Classic Rock<\/em>,\u00a0Prog<\/em>,\u00a0Record Collector<\/em>,\u00a0Planet Rock<\/em>,\u00a0Rhythm<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Bass Player<\/em>, as well as newspapers like\u00a0Metro<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Independent<\/em>, interviewing everyone from Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy to Slash and Jimmy Page, and once even traded solos with a member of Slayer on a track released internationally. As a session guitarist, he’s played alongside members of Judas Priest and Uriah Heep in London ensemble Metalworks, as well as handled lead guitars for legends like Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols, The Faces) and Stu Hamm (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, G3).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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