In the latest episode of Gibson TV‘s “The Collection,” host Mark Agnesi heads to Los Angeles, California, to explore Kirk Hammett‘s remarkable guitar collection.
For over 40 years, Hammett has been holding it down as the lead guitarist of METALLICA, inspiring generations of players to pick up the guitar. With over 125 million albums sold and sold-out stadium shows worldwide, you can bet Kirk has acquired a guitar collection fit for rock royalty. Join Agnesi to get an insider’s look at Kirk‘s legendary guitar collection in the latest episode of Gibson TV‘s “The Collection”. What you are about to see might shock you, and once you get a glimpse, nothing else will matter…
Join Hammett as he shares his incredible journey with guitars, beginning with how a job at Burger King enabled him to buy his first Gibson Flying V—a guitar he still plays today—which helped define his signature sound. Kirk also recounts his legendary acquisition of “Greeny,” the iconic 1959 Les Paul formerly owned by Peter Green, and reveals stories behind owning some of the rarest Gibson guitars in existence, including a 1963 Gibson Explorer from the original production run.
Get an inside look at some of the guitars he owns, including a selection of 1958 and 1959 Les Pauls, and the guitars Kirk used to write his most iconic riffs and solos from Kill ‘Em All, Ride The Lightning and the Black Album.
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