Kirk Hammett

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Gibson Custom Shop’s Greeny Les Paul is an “exacting replica” of a legendary guitar

From Peter Green, to Gary Moore, to Kirk Hammett, and now (if you can afford it) you!
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Kirk Hammett on Metallica albums taking forever to arrive: “It’s just the way we work, the way it is, the way it works as...

The band’s last studio album, Hardwired...to Self-Destruct was released six years ago.
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Kirk Hammett on why he “purposely stayed away” from mentor Joe Satriani’s approach to albums with his solo EP

“I just wanted to do something different that’s never been done before,” said the guitarist.
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Les Claypool says Kirk Hammett was like “Tommy Chong” in high school: “He’s like, ‘Man, I know the three key elements to success: sex,...

The bassist also recalls how his audition for Metallica made him incorporate more metal influences into Primus.
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Kirk Hammett shares the “Token” he received from serial killer Richard Ramirez

Of the countless Metallica fans around the globe, it has recently been revealed that serial killer Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as The Night Stalker,...
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Metallica partner with Yousician to teach you how to play their tracks, exactly how they’re meant to be played

“The best way to play like us is to play with us,” the frontman says.
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Kirk Hammett says the huge number of new guitarists born out of lockdown “bodes very well for the future of music”

The guitarist also says Metallica “warned everyone” about the dangers of streaming in their infamous Napster lawsuit.
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NAMM 2022: ESP set to launch Kirk Hammett’s new V-shaped signature electric guitar

Kirk Hammett has another V-shaped signature guitar on the way.
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Gibson teases “experimental” Moderne prototype is in the works, after being spotted onstage with Metallica’s Kirk Hammett

Cesar Gueikian calls the axe an “Experimental Prototype from the Gibson Lab.”
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Dunlop announces special Kirk Hammett edition of Cry Baby Wah

The signature Cry Baby Wah pedal dons a special purple sparkle finish, and gives the player the ability to play fast melodic runs over “hard-charging riffage”.
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