Latest about Kirk Hammett
He calls it “a magic piece of wood”
"People who copy that particular style will sound a little undeveloped because my vibrato wasn’t right"
Via some riff editing from Lars Ulrich
The world's most famous Les Paul finally gets the Epiphone treatment – but is it worth it?
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
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
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
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 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
