Does anybody know the guitar Omega, Martin Persner from Ghost, used in 2011 ?

[makmanos]

Hello,
I have asked this question in various forums without any luck, so after reading a few articles in this forum I thought of trying to pick the brains of what seems to be a quite informed crowd.

Martin Persner (referred to as "Omega" among fans of the band) who used to perform with the Swedish band Ghost until 2016, was seen playing a firebird style guitar in their live shows in 2011 before switching to Gibson RDs the following year. The body shape looks more like a Firebird Zero to me though a bit beefier. It has the toggle switch on the top wing though, it had three pickups, the pickguard was different, and it had the output jack on the bottom side of the body. On the headstock it had a logo that I haven't seen anywhere. So the speculation is that this is some custom made firebird knock off but I'd be curious to find out if that was made specifically in a garage let's say for him by a friend or if there is some custom shop somewhere which makes these guitars that I don't know of.

Any tips/ideas really appreciated.
Thanks

Here are two pictures that show the guitar ( they seem two different guitars, the pickups don't seem to be the same).

Ghost at Donnington 2011

and

Ghost Blood Ceremony 2011

 

[Hsb]

Re: Does anybody know the guitar Omega, Martin Persner from Ghost, used in 2011 ?

Hagstrom Fantomen were at first prototype now in production. Looks like his is upsode down.

https://www.zzounds.com/item--HAGFA...UyBTx_ZmoLHhA68pga4yWpRU-LY2CmxRoCqh8QAvD_BwE

 

[makmanos]

Re: Does anybody know the guitar Omega, Martin Persner from Ghost, used in 2011 ?

Hagstrom Fantomen were at first prototype now in production. Looks like his is upsode down.

https://www.zzounds.com/item--HAGFA...UyBTx_ZmoLHhA68pga4yWpRU-LY2CmxRoCqh8QAvD_BwE

Thanks for the reply. Now do you know that for sure somehow or are you speculating? Because the Fantomens they got from Hagstrom later, like the one you posted, resemble the Gibson RD style. The one that Persner was seen using in those concerts, looks more like some sort of non-reverse Firebird style. It seems quite far from the Fantomens and the logo doesn't look like a Hagstrom.

 

[Dave Locher]

Re: Does anybody know the guitar Omega, Martin Persner from Ghost, used in 2011 ?

That's not it.
Sorry, I do not recognize the logo either.

 

[Peter Crossley]

Re: Does anybody know the guitar Omega, Martin Persner from Ghost, used in 2011 ?

Probably a custom build, the guitar in the two pictures, has different pickguards loaded with different pups..
there a quite a few good luthiers in the Nordic regions..