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James Hetfield of Metallica performs onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 08, 2023 in Indio, Californi
"If it gets mushy at all, he's out" – Metallica producer Greg Fidelman confirms James Hetfield used a very specific blend of four amps together in the studio for the 72 Seasons album

By Rob Laing Published

Best of 2023: "It gets pretty hairy" says the producer on the volume levels

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Juanes
“I live through the guitar. This is like a projection of my soul... It’s like therapy”: Juanes on his signature Strat, Metallica’s influence and learning from Tomo Fujita

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Grammy-winning superstar on fighting through the pain for a style that applies Hetfield-style downpicking to Colombian folk, returning to his essence, and why his new Strat is the guitar for all seasons

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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”

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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 get restart the song

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Metallica / ZZ Top
Metallica's Kill 'Em All played in the style of ZZ Top actually works really well

By Rob Laing Published

Denis Pauna has given the 40-year-old thrash classic a Gibbons makeover

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Geordie White auditions for Metallica in 2003
"You make us play better, man!" – 20 years ago Metallica auditioned a host of bass players to replace Jason Newsted

By Rob Laing Published

Pepper Keenan, Scott Reeder, Eric Avery, Danny Lohner, Jeordie White and Chris Wyse were among the hopefuls

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