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For over 40 years, Kirk Hammett has been holding it down because the lead guitarist of METALLICA, inspiring generations of gamers to choose up the guitar. With over 125 million albums offered and sold-out stadium exhibits worldwide, you possibly can guess Kirk has acquired a guitar assortment match for rock royalty.
Final October, Gibson TV launched an episode of “The Assortment” sequence on YouTube through which host Mark Agnesi explored Hammett‘s spectacular guitar assortment. Watch beneath as Hammett discusses his unbelievable journey with guitars, beginning with how a job at Burger King led him to buy his first Gibson Flying V, which he nonetheless performs at this time, and the way it helped form his iconic sound. Kirk talks about his legendary acquisition of “Greeny,” Peter Inexperienced‘s well-known 1959 Les Paul, and shares tales about proudly owning a few of the rarest Gibson guitars ever made, together with a 1963 Gibson Explorer from the primary manufacturing run.
Get an inside take a look at a few of the guitars he owns, together with a collection of 1958 and 1959 Les Pauls, and the guitars Kirk used to put in writing his most iconic riffs and solos from “Kill ‘Em All”, “Trip The Lightning” and the Black Album.
He additionally reveals the uncommon guitars he is nonetheless attempting to find and displays on what it means to return to Gibson as an artist. When you’ve ever needed to know which guitars Hammett performs and see the guitars that he used to put in writing your favourite METALLICA tracks, that is your probability!
Chapters:
0:00 Introducing Kirk Hammett
0:45 Interview – Kirk’s first reminiscences of guitar
10:42 – 1952 Les Paul Goldtop
14:05 – 1960 Les Paul TV Particular
16:42 – 1956 Les Paul Customized
19:50 Interview (cont’d) – guitars used on Metallica albums and accumulating guitars
24:19 – 1958 Les Paul Normal
28:10 – 1958 Les Paul Customized
31:08 Interview (cont’d) – Taking part in Bob Rock’s sunburst Les Paul
33:50 – 1958 Les Paul Normal
37:35 Interview (cont’d) – Shopping for “Greeny”
43:35 – 1959 Les Paul Normal “Greeny”
50:55 – 1959 Les Paul Normal
55:02 – 1960 Les Paul Normal “Sunny”
57:26 Interview (cont’d) – A love of Korina Flying Vs
58:43 – 1957 Korina Flying V Prototype
01:02:26 – 1963 Korina Explorer™
01:07:27 – 1979 Flying V
01:13:30 Interview (cont’d) – Gathering Flying Vs
01:18:16 – 1972 Medallion Flying V
01:22:12 Interview (cont’d) – What Kirk appears to be like for when shopping for classic guitars
01:26:08 – 1959 ES-335TD
01:30:53 – 1955 ES-295
01:34:00 Interview (cont’d) – How Kirk designed his first signature ESP guitar
01:37:10 – ESP KH-1 “Joker”
01:41:15 Interview (cont’d) – Kirk on returning to Gibson as an artist
01:44:15 – 1964 J-180 Everly Brothers
01:47:16 Interview (cont’d) – Speaking about guitars eternally
Hammett was a member of EXODUS‘s unique lineup earlier than changing Dave Mustaine in METALLICA in 1983. In reality, Hammett was not solely the one that got here up with the EXODUS title, but in addition the primary from the band to fulfill unique EXODUS singer Paul Baloff and introduced him into the group. With Hammett on guitar, METALLICA went on to document its debut album, “Kill ‘Em All”, later in 1983.
In a 1994 interview with Metallic Hammer, Hammett mentioned his EXODUS bandmates have been lower than comfortable about his determination to go away the band.
