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Now, it looks like one of his guitars has ended up in the hands of Gary Holt. As it turns out, the guitarists have been friends for quite some time. Their growing friendship eventually led to Iero and Holt swapping guitars. On Tuesday, Holt took to Instagram to share the new ax Iero recently gifted him in the swap.
“Did a little guitar swap with my friend @frankieromustdie for this cool as fuck Ampeg Dan Armstrong, totally love it! Has this crazy slide in pickup mount that is just nuts! Frank called it the DeLorean of guitars and I think he’s right! Thanks bro! Gonna do a quick set up on it and take it for a spin.”
You may not expect to often find Slayer and Exodus riff thrasher Gary Holt and My Chemical Romance post-hardcore guitar great Frank Iero in the same sentence, but the pair have struck up a friendship over the last couple of years that recently led Iero to gift Holt with one of his guitars.
The stoked Holt showed off his new instrument in an Instagram post while revealing, Did a little guitar swap with my friend @frankieromustdie for this cool as fuck Ampeg Dan Armstrong, totally love it! Has this crazy slide in pickup mount that is just nuts! Frank called it the DeLorean of guitars and I think he’s right! Thanks bro! Gonna do a quick set up on it and take it for a spin! Have a look in the posting below.