Queen Diamond

TETRARCH CO-FOUNDER DIAMOND ROWE DISCUSSESHER HISTORY-MAKING SIGNATURE JACKSON PRO SERIES GUITAR."AND IT ALL COMES FROM JUST BEING DIAMOND"

- Richard Bienstock

DIAMOND ROWE CO-FOUNDED heavy metal band Tetrarch with high-school friend Josh Fore when they were still teenagers in Atlanta. At the time, Rowe could only imagine the type of success the band has now experienced, which includes a string of well-received albums and EPs and sharing stages with the likes of Avenged Sevenfold, Sevendust and others. “As a kid you’re like, ‘That would be so sick,’” Rowe tells Guitar World. “But it’s all just a dream.”

Another thing that was just a dream? Having her own signature guitar model. But like many things in Rowe’s musical life, that dream is now reality, in the form of the Jackson Pro Series Signature Diamond Rowe DR12MG EVTN6. “I’m honored,” she says of the impressively spec’d electric. “To see it come to fruition is really, really cool. Because it’s always been a goal of mine.”

The reason why, she continues, “is that I’ve always loved guitar players that had a very big guitar presence. When you look at Slash or Dimebag or Kirk [Hammett], they were never just ‘the guitar player,’ you know what I mean? You know them by name, you go to the show to see them. I knew I wanted to be that type of player, and I knew that I wanted a signature as well.”

For Rowe, it was important that her signature model embodied her distinct personality and playing preferences. “I think some people look at a signature model and think, ‘I’m gonna put everything I’ve ever wanted to try into this guitar,’” she says. “But for me, I looked at it more like, ‘No, I want it to be what Diamond plays.’ So anyone picking up this guitar is getting something I truly believe in.”