Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez has announced his new guitar “The Jackhammer,” which will premiere at NAMM this weekend in Los Angeles.
Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez announces his new guitar The Jackhammer, which will premiere at NAMM this weekend in Los Angeles. "Man Your Own Jackhammer" is a famous line from the Coheed and Cambria song “In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3,” and now singer / lead guitarist Claudio Sanchez has taken it from the Fiction to the Real. The Jackhammer is the first presentation from Claudio’s new guitar and music company, Evil Instruments. Claudio has been playing the mysterious guitar on tour for the last year, and now we know why. Speaking about his new guitar, Sanchez shares, “As most of you know, I’ve played a Gibson Explorer for over 20 years, and like any artist whose identity has become synonymous with a particular make and model, I have always longed for a signature model. Since that hasn’t come to fruition, and keeping in line with my creative spirit and DIY methodology, I’ve chosen to create one from the ground up. A guitar that makes sense for me and is completely my own. We have developed this over the last couple years to meet my lofty aspirations... I present Evil Instruments’ Jackhammer.” Claudio will be at NAMM this weekend displaying the guitar and signing autographs at the Dunable Booth #4338. Pre-Orders will be announced in the coming weeks, those interested in purchasing can sign up HERE. Prices will start around $1600. The guitar was completely designed by Sanchez, with assistance from long-time guitar tech Kevin Allen, and fine tuned and built by Los Angeles-based Dunable Guitars. The guitar will come in three colorways; black, white and natural wood with a laminated body. Full specs for each below: USA: Mahogany / maple, 5 pc laminated body and neck Ebony fingerboard MOP block inlay Grover Rotomatic 18:1 tuners Grover Nashville tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece Bareknuckle pickups 2 volume 1 tone, 3 way pickup selector Satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish Gator hard case Made in Los Angeles CA IMPORTS: Mahogany body and neck Ebony fingerboard Pearl lid block inlay Closed back tuners Tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece Alnico V humbuckers (10k/12k) 2 volume 1 tone, 3 way pickup selector Gloss finish Evil Instruments hard case Made in South Korea The Jackhammer arrives on the heels of “Someone Who Can,” which marks Coheed and Cambria’s latest offering from their forthcoming album The Father of Make Believe due for release on March 14th via Virgin Music Group. The latest single arrived alongside a heartwarming Mason Mercer-directed video where we get a glimpse at the early days of Coheed and Cambria in and around their hometown of Nyack, New York. The Father of Make Believe will also include the previously shared singles “Blind Side Sonny” and “Searching For Tomorrow” along with Claudio Covers, which arrived at the end of last year and features eight songs reimagined by primary songwriter and lead guitarist Claudio Sanchez including “Just Like Heaven” by The Cure and “Welcome To New York” by Taylor Swift, among others. Coheed and Cambria will embark on their co-headline tour with Taking Back Sunday this August and September following their co-headline arena tour with Mastodon this May and June. Additionally, Coheed and Cambria will perform at the Tool in the Sand festival with Tool, Primus, Mastodon, Eagles of Death Metal and more in the Dominican Republic this March. This July, the band will perform at 2000 Trees with Kneecap, Taking Back Sunday, Alexisonfire, and more in the United Kingdom. This November, Coheed will embark on their S.S. Neverender 2025 cruise with Thursday, L.S. Dunes, The Dear Hunter, Illuminati Hotties, Zulu and more. Tickets available HERE. The Father of Make Believe continues the narrative of The Amory Wars / Vaxis universe, following Coheed and Cambria’s 2022 album Vaxis Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind.The Father of Make Believe will include the aforementioned singles “Blind Side Sonny,” arguably Coheed and Cambria’s most aggressive track to date that was complemented by a Max Moore-directed video that unveiled a new villain in The Amory Wars realm, and “Searching For Tomorrow,” which arrived with an Anthony Scheppard-directed and animated video. For the last 20 years, Coheed and Cambria have continuously broken the mold of what a rock band can be, forging their own path and building a universe around their music unlike any other. Whether it is in the way their genre-spanning approach to songwriting has allowed them to bridge worlds without being contained to one, or the multifaceted story arc of their albums and comic book series which mark the longest running concept story in music, Coheed and Cambria have consistently shaped new standards, never conformed. Comprised of Claudio Sanchez (Vocals / Guitar), Travis Stever (Guitar), Josh Eppard (Drums) and Zach Cooper (Bass) the band has gripped listeners and press around the globe with their visionary compositions and conceptual mastery. Check out The Jackhammer above, full album details and tour dates below, and stay tuned for more from Coheed and Cambria coming very soon.
