Articles tagged: kirk-hammett

Metallica The Black Album artwork

"At first, based on the music and the riff, the band and their management thought it could be the first single… then they heard James’ lyrics": When Metallica and Bob Rock changed tack and gambled with Enter Sandman

By Sian Llewellyn published

Via some riff editing from Lars Ulrich

Gibson Kirk Hammett 1989 Les Paul Custom

NAMM 2024: “A fitting tribute to a metal guitar master and one of his favourite instruments”: Gibson unveils meticulous Murphy Lab replica of Kirk Hammett’s 1989 Les Paul Custom

By Jonathan Horsley published

Heavily modded, equipped with black hardware, uncovered T-type humbuckers and a piezo, Hammett's “blacked-out” Custom is one of the coolest guitars in Metallica history

Kirk Hammett of Metallica performs at Ford Field, Detroit

Do guitar solos matter? Kirk Hammett says non-musicians won’t remember your solos – but “they are gonna helluva remember a great melody and they’re really gonna remember a great song”

By Jonathan Horsley published

As Metallica's lead guitarist, Hammett has written and performed some of metal's most iconic guitar solos but maintains that the majority of people will forget them

Epiphone Kirk Hammett 'Greeny' Les Paul Standard

Epiphone unveils Kirk Hammett ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul Standard – a top-tier collab with the Gibson Custom Shop and “amazing opportunity for more players to experience the spirit of Greeny”

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Metallica guitarist’s new model replicates one of the most famous Les Pauls ever and features the first Gibson open-book headstock on an Epiphone production build since the '80s

Metallica live in Detroit, 2023

Epiphone Greeny Les Paul breaks cover early: Kirk Hammett and Gibson CEO have been filmed playing it

By Rob Laing published

Hammett used in onstage with Metallica in Detroit while Cesar Gueikian jams Metallica riffs on the soon-to-be-announced model in his office

Epiphone Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V

Epiphone and Kirk Hammett team up for the Metallica guitarist’s signature 1979 Flying V – an affordable version of “one of the most important heavy metal guitars of all time”

By Jonathan Horsley published

Epiphone is not messing around here as it teams up with the Gibson Custom Shop for a signature V that's fitted with Gibson USA pickups

Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield onstage in East Rutherford, NJ

“If you have too much distortion it feels like a sponge”: Kirk Hammett reveals the secret behind his Metallica rhythm tone and advises against high-gain overkill

By Jonathan Horsley published

Save the distortion pedals for the solos and keep that rhythm tone “harmonically tight”

Kirk Hammett

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett flubs intro to Nothing Else Matters in front of 80,000 people and recovers like a champ

By Jonathan Horsley published

“If it’s not good enough for myself, it’s not good enough for you!” says Hammett, as he and Greeny get over first night nerves and restart the song

Kirk Hammett's 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard "Sonny" is up for sale via Gibson Certified Vintage

Kirk Hammett’s 1960 Les Paul Standard “Sunny” is A) beautiful and B) up for sale via Gibson Certified Vintage

By Jonathan Horsley published

Gibson collectors, assemble. This is the Les Paul you might recognise from The Beauty Of The Burst book, from watching Metallica, or from your wildest dreams

Metallica appear on the Howard Stern Show

Kirk Hammett plays his '59 'Unicorn' black Les Paul on the Stern Show and explains how he came to buy his Greeny 'Burst – but James Hetfield reveals that he was offered it first

By Rob Laing published

"The guy brought it backstage to show it to me and I rejected it"