Otep / Dimebag Darrell Tribute Guitar For Auction

Otep Shamaya Hand-Painted Guitar From Six-String Masterpieces: The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute. Up For Auction On eBay Place Your Bids!!! All Proceeds Go To Charity!!! On May 17, bidding will open for a one-of-a-kind, fully playable and displayable Dean guitar, hand-painted by Otep Shamaya, lead singer and namesake of Los Angeles Otep. All proceeds will go to LITTLE KIDS ROCK, a foundation that helps bring music to kids who wouldnt normally have the opportunity.

The guitar was originally part of the Six-String Masterpieces: The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute. Darrell, guitarist for Damageplan and formerly of Pantera, was gunned down during a show in December of 2004. The traveling art show featured over 60 of Dimebags signature Dean ML guitars customized by the biggest names in music and art, Mark Ryden, Paul Booth, Jack Rudy, KISS Ace Frehley, Ted Nugent, Metallicas James Hetfield, Ozzy Osbourne, Willie Adler of Lamb Of God and Slash.

Oteps reaction to Dimebags murder is captured on the entire Dean guitar, from input to headstock.

From eBay.com:

This guitar is layered with symbology, numerology, cut-up collage, illustration and acrylic paint. The backside also features a painful yet childlike illustration in silver paint pen. The entire body of the guitar is covered in art and it screams all the way up the fret-board "Why, why, why!?" in response to the violence that took Dime's life.

Over the course of her career, Otep has risen as a powerful female voice in the male-dominated metal genre, bringing thoughtful and thought-provoking metal to the masses. In addition to accumulating a huge musical following, she has also appeared on HBOs Def Poetry, and was nominated for CNN.coms People You Should Know.

Bidding will begin at 6 PM PST on May 17, at a live Benefit Concert and Auction at the House of Blues on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA.

For more information and pictures of the guitar, check it out on eBay at this location.

Otep is currently on tour with Static-X in support of their upcoming CD, The_Ascension.

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