Metalocalypse and Homes Movies creator Brendon Small is launching his own Reverb shop to sell guitars and memorabilia associated with Metalocalypse‘s fictional band, Dethklok.
The plethora of sought-after guitars are definitely the highlight of the shop’s stock, which goes on sale Wednesday (July 30th) at 10 a.m. CT. As Small explained, a studio robbery a couple years ago prompted him to downsize his collection.
“After my studio was robbed in 2022 I realized that I really didn’t need to be in charge of this many guitars,” he said via Reverb’s press release. “I’m paying for storage every month and though I play music every single day I cannot physically play this many guitars at once! Therefore I’m taking a healthy chunk and making them available for people who WILL play them!”
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Among the axes for sale is a ’90s Les Paul Premium Plus — Small’s first-ever Les Paul and his second-ever guitar — which he purchased from Cambridge Music in Boston before starting at the Berklee College of Music.
“This is the Home Movies guitar, including the ‘Guitarmegeddon’ episode,” Small said. “I also used it on the early Metalocalypse and Dethklok demos…I swapped out the pickups. Your guitar tech is going to look in the back and go ‘Who messed around with this?’”
Other notable guitars include:
- An Epiphone signature prototype — one of two ever made — from the early days of Metalocalypse in 2007.
- An Ibanez Iceman that was used for the original Dethklok theme song on Metalocalypse, and has since had its frets removed by Small’s brother (“You’re not going to find a guitar like this anywhere… unless you’re at a dump site, or underneath a city in the catacombs of some crazy trashy place. A place of your nightmares.”).
- A Gibson Thunderhorse from the limited USA run of roughly 250 (“Classic rock ‘n’ roll. You can play everything from Cannibal Corpse to Steely Dan on this if you want to.”).
- An early ’80s Gibson E2 Explorer, one of the vintage guitars in Small’s collection that was played on Dethklok’s tour with Mastodon in the 2000s.
- A ’61 Reissue Gibson SG, whose neck Small polished with steel wool to give it a matte finish (“I basically voided the warranty.”).
- A Joan Jett Melody Maker that Small took on the road for the aforementioned Dethklok and Mastodon tour. The guitar features a label with the name of former Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds, who admired the guitar.
- A Flying V that Small played at comedy clubs in L.A. early in his career, as well as the Home Movies behind-the-scenes DVD. Also featured on the Dethklok demos.
In addition to the guitars, Small is also selling signed setlists, cases, speakers, and more. As mentioned, Small’s Reverb shop goes live on Wednesday (July 30th) at 10 a.m. CT. For more on the collection, check out Reverb’s preview, as well as product photos and a teaser video below.
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