Avenged Sevenfold’s Synyster Gates offers up two new limited-edition autographed Schecter signature guitars
Black-with-red-pinstripes and white-with-gold-pinstripes designs feature Floyd Rose bridges, signature humbuckers and custom fretboard inlays

Avenged Sevenfold axeman Synyster Gates has introduced two new autographed Schecter Synyster Custom electric guitar models, one in a black-with-red-pinstripes finish with black hardware, and another in a white-with-gold-pinstripes color scheme with gold hardware.
Both guitars sport a mahogany body, a three-piece mahogany neck with carbon fiber reinforcement rods and an ebony fretboard with pearloid "Syn" inlay and Death Bat marker at the 12th fret, as well as glow-in-the-dark side dots.
Other features include a Floyd Rose 1500 Series bridge, Grover Rotomatic tuners and a two-way adjustable truss rod.
Pickups are a pair of Schecter USA Synyster Gates Signature humbuckers, controlled via single volume and tone knobs and a three-way switch.
The guitars feature Gates’ personally inscribed signature on the backplate, and are available for $1,899 each.
For more information, head to SynGatesStore.com.
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