Brand | Model | Notes |
ESP | Ganesa I | Originally made with a see-thru purple finish on an alder body, which was covered when the guitar was sent to the ESP Custom Shop for repair. ESP also refers to it as Ganesa Sabe because of its faux-rusted metal finish.[1] |
ESP | Ganesa II | Has a quilted maple top, which is typically used for aesthetic purposes on instruments, that has been covered by opaque black paint since the guitar's creation.[1] |
ESP | Ganesa III | Has a purple quilt maple top, and is fitted with a sustainer system |
ESP | Ganesa IV | Same as the Ganesa II, but with an all alder body instead of the usual quilted maple top and mahogany back. |
ESP | Ganesa V | Kaoru broke the headstock during the Tour 00 >> 01 Macabre and the guitar was fixed by the ESP Custom Shop, but the damage was not painted over.[1] |
ESP | Ganesa VI | First Ganesa to feature the slimmer body of the later models. |
ESP | Ganesa VII | The seven-string Ganesa model. Two were made so Kaoru could use two different seven-string tunings.[1] |
ESP | Ganesa VIII | First of Kaoru's guitars to have his "Japanese Zombie Heroes" slogan painted on the back of the neck, which was then added to most of the existing Ganesas.[1] |
ESP | Ganesa IX | Little information is released on this guitar. It features a metallic silver finish, and can be seen in Dir en grey's music video and television performance of "Embryo". |
ESP | VP-200 | none |
ESP | VP-CTM | Custom made for Kaoru, has a quilted maple top and a custom see-thru pink and purple sunburst finish.[2] |
ESP | VP-SL7 | The artist's only seven-string Viper.[2] It can be seen during live performances of "Obscure". |
ESP | VP-Prototypes | Early versions of Kaoru's recent signature guitar. These and the models which followed have more definition in the body than regular Vipers.[2] |
ESP | VP-DKV-420 | His signature model from ESP.[2] |
ESP | Horizon Custom | Has a black see-thru finish with a quilted maple top.[citation needed] |
ESP | Horizon III Kaoru Custom | A see-thru purple Horizon, maple body and neck. Used same as the other Horizon. |
ESP | MA300 Custom | The MA300 Custom has an alder body, maple neck, and it uses EMG pickups. A sustainer was installed after a performance at the Budokan |
Jerry Jones | Baby Sitar | The Sitar is used only for the recording of mazohyst of decadence. |
PRS | Custom 24 | Has a see-thru grey-black flame maple top.[3] The guitar can be seen during the performance of "Kodoku ni Shisu, Yueni Kodoku." on the It Withers and Withers DVD. |
Fender | Jaguar | The Fender Jaguar was only used for faster recording on Gauze. The serial number for Kaoru's Jaguar is 187753.[citation needed] |
Gibson | Les Paul Standard | They were used only for recording on Gauze. |
Gibson | Flying V | Has a cherry finish with white pickguard.[citation needed] |