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“Guitars should be played”: Kirk Hammett has been anonymously selling his guitars online
By Jonathan Horsley published
One owner, gigged in stadiums, used on the recording of a Grammy-nominated metal album. Serious offers only...

Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on that time he took Duane Allman’s '57 Goldtop to a Metallica show
By Jonathan Horsley published
Starr's first Metallica show was in 1989. His second was in 2019, and involved two of the most iconic Les Pauls of all time, and it was the day he learned Hetfield sounds the same through a Princeton

“This is the new rock ’n’ roll Metallica. The riffs are greasier, bluesier, dirtier”: How Metallica changed on Load
By Paul Elliott published
"Nobody knew where this record was going to end up when we started it"

42 years on, Dave Mustaine still has a few things to say about his exit from Metallica
By Will Simpson published
"You listen to the riffs, you know they’re my riffs"

How Flemming Rasmussen produced Metallica's Master Of Puppets
By Paul Elliott published
“I rate James as the best rhythm guitar player on the planet," the producer said

“Every note counts and fits perfectly”: Kirk Hammett names his best Metallica solo
By Jonathan Horsley published
The field is strong but Hammett's personal favourite is from the controversial Load-era
![James Hetfield [left] and Kirk Hammett harmonise solos as they perform live with Metallica in 1988. Hammett plays a Jackson Rhodes, Hetfield has his trusty white Explorer.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mpZgd7e7YSCLwb7LuqPpbi.jpg)
How Metallica wrote the ultimate metal ballad and took thrash into the mainstream with One
By Jonathan Horsley published
The sound of Metallica in full command, One would prove to be the ultimate thrash metal power ballad

“We might just say, 'Let's go back to the '90s again.' It's not a bad idea”: Kirk Hammett on the next Metallica album
By Paul Elliott last updated
And he has 767 new riffs ready to go!

Kirk Hammett and Gibson team up for epic book documenting Metallica guitarist’s guitar collection
By Jonathan Horsley published
Available in Standard, Deluxe and Custom Editions, this weighty 400-pager is essential for Metallica gear heads and tells the story behind Hammett's most-famous guitars

Ken Lawrence on how he became James Hetfield's luthier and made some of his most iconic guitars
By Jonathan Horsley published
How did a specialist in custom-built bass guitars end up making some of the Metallica frontman's most-famous electrics? As it turns out, with a twist of fate and his Mesa/Boogie connection
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