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Kirk Hammett of Metallica wears a studded denim jacket as he plays live with his Mummy ESP signature guitar

“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...

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This composite image features Charlie Starr playing a TV Yellow Les Paul Junior on the left, while Metallica's Kirk Hammett plays his Greeny Les Paul Standard, and James Hetfield plays his his ESP Snakebyte.

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

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James Hetfield in 1996

“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"

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Dave Mustaine

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"

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Flemming Rasmussen

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

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Kirk Hammett in 1996, playing Lollapalooza with Metallica lit from behind with his ESP single-cut.

“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

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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.

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

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James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett

“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!

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The Collection: Kirk Hammett is a 400-page coffee table book documenting the Metallica lead guitarist's epic gear arsenal, telling the stories behind them.

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

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Metallica frontman James Hetfield performs onstage in front of drummer Lars Ulrich, and plays his Ken Lawrence custom Explorer-style electric guitar, nicknamed "Sun".

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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