I played KIRK HAMMETT'S Black Album Guitar!
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- This guitar has a whole lotta history!
It's a 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom that was owned by Kirk Hammett of Metallica, used on a Metallica world tour and used to record on the Black Album!!!
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0:00 Intro
0:25 Les Paul History
2:05 The 1969 Rumour
3:15 Specs
4:57 How A Guitar Ages
5:50 Kirks Guitar
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I believe this was the guitar Kirk used for Fade to Black and Sanitarium on the Damaged Justice tour, you can see it on the Seattle 89 performances. It’s absolutely insane that you were able to get an opportunity to play it!
That was a different LP Custom. That one was a new (at the time) model that had EMGs and no pickguard. Kirk still has that guitar from my understanding.
@@GoldCobra487 yup, he didn,t use the guitar of the video for the Justice tour, that's not true! you can see that LP that he use on seattle live on the live of Nimes 2009
@@dobackin1015 czcams.com/video/Lqee-u7Uq2I/video.html
^Here Kirk uses his "Black Beauty" LP Custom with gold hardware and EMGs. 1989, Justice tour.
Goddamn I'm such a nerd.
@@GoldCobra487 right, and he use it to on the live of cunning stunts, and the video says that he sell it before the black album, so isn't the same guitar, and kirk would't play with that tiny frets, he use extra jumbo, im suck a Kirk's freak xD
Gibson TV is going to release a Kirk Hammett's guitars video soon.
2:02
Just want to add Kirk Hammett owns this 1959 Gibson Les Paul, previously owned by Peter Green and it is currently his favorite guitar.
Gary Moore was the keeper of Greeny after Peter Green. czcams.com/video/7k07j7LcLqw/video.html
and owned by Gary Moore
Epic channel name bro.....Kirk Wahmmett LMAO !!!!
A little Les Paul/SG correction: Les Paul didn't "hate" the new body shape of the LP guitars; Les preferred the classic single cut shape because it felt more sturdy. Les' name was removed after 1963 due to his contract ending with Gibson while he was in mid divorce with Mary Ford (re-signing with Gibson would only complicate the divorce). In 1964, the new LP guitars got the new name "SG", then when Les came back on board with Gibson in 1968, the demand for the single cut was gaining momentum and they re-released it with Les' name on it again. However, the "SG" was so popular by that time with it's own fan base, they kept the SG as a stand alone guitar and the rest is history. Fun fact: The 1961 Les Paul (SG body shape) is THE ONLY Gibson guitar that has been produced every single year since it's inception!!!!!!
Only solid body, I’m sure there’s some acoustics being made
Idk, dude- Les himself said he hated it in multiple interviews for a bunch of reasons.
Les Paul hated the SG shape.
@@samright4661 this is a lie, it was debunked a lot of times.
He was divorcing his wife and didn’t want to give her more money from the deal
Thanks for telling the truth, Les had his name removed because he didn't want Mary Ford to get any more of his money. She was also a part of the Gibson endorsement deal. The deal said that they couldn't be seen in public with anything but Gibson guitars. If you look back at olp footage and pictures Mary Ford played a white 61 or 62 Les Paul custom with gold hardware
Trogly watching this while punching the air saying why couldn't I live in Ireland too see this beautiful Guitar
trog would for sure have some doubts about the authenticity surrounding the "unpublished video" and the whole "see the autograph? its definitely the same:" thats a big red flag
Really enjoyed making this video with you KDH. Thanks for the opportunity!
Thanks Lawrence for showing us your guitar!!
@@russelllucas1043 You're welcome Russell, thanks brother.
Publish the videos. You won't be devaluing the guitar rather just selfishly keeping the footage for yourself. What if that footage degrades or becomes unplayable? It'll become lost media. Share it with the world.
@@YaYousef5 no
How much was this gtr?
3:43 they're worn out lol if it wasn't such a significant guitar I'd refret it or just give the frets a crown again. But being what it is it should be left alone as long as it's still playable. I'm in the camp of thinking that frets, while not as expendable as strings they are a consumable playing surface that is designed to be replaced.
I’m no expert, but I have listened to a lot of “experts” talk about Les Pauls…as far as I can tell, KDH, you nailed it on the history, details and specs…well done my man!!
I work at the auction company that sold the Kirk Hammett "One" guitar the gentleman in the video spoke of. I got to see it as it was being packed for shipping. It was a beautiful piece! The unfinished wood looked so soft. Very exciting to see that guitar in person.
I like how respectful and concise this is.
Right on! What a opportunity man, how cool was it to jam Metallica tunes on the guitar that kurt played em on
That's a piece of history right there. I would even argue it's a National treasure
Yeah i agree
Museum piece
Are you trying to summon Nicolas Cage?
Damn, now that was pretty figgin' amazing. Thanks for sharing, and thanks to the generous owner for being so cool!
Awesome. Very happy for you, must have been a mind blowing experience!!
Thx KDH. Was fun to see and hear about this guitar. ♥
Thanks for this cool video KDH. That is one awesome piece of history. Excellent playing as usual sir!
Still one of my favorite solos of all time!! That and Don't Tread On Me!! I used to rewind and listen to those solos over and over and over and over as a kid.......!🙌🎸🙌
Love the channel- visiting Ireland in a few weeks and am hoping to check out some of the music stores you’ve been featuring. Thanks for the great content!
Your greatest video yet. That was awesome! Thank you!
Great video as always! Greetings from Finland.
You crushed the damn solo bro, well played
its actually a playback, original was played by Curt Combine harvester
Great stuff man keep it up! Love the no nonsense style as always.
That's awesome thanks for sharing .
I'm going to have to get out my 86 custom and jam it one more time again. 👍😎
Your content just gets better and better! Love it
That's awesome, such a beautiful-looking guitar and has such a cool history. Definitely jealous you got to demo such a cool piece of heavy metal history
I know its gonna be a good day when i see an upload from KDH
Great video! I really enjoyed this. great job!
Your videos have been getting better and better.
wow!!! now that is a special guitar indeed grats to you sir for getting the chance to play it and doing a great job i must say cheers m8
thanks for the vid, learned a lot! Your enthusiasm is cool too
You always have great content, Sir! Keep Rocking!
Umm... not *that* Robert Plant, I presume?
Excellent video, thanks for sharing. You played all the Metallica stuff spot on, it sounded great!
Great playing on this video. You killed it.
Wowsers!!.. that’s an incredible piece of history right there!!
Pretty sweet guitar, and the video that goes with it is the cherry on top!
pretty cool, man! pret-ty cool! thats crazy how met had an internal barcode tracking system in the 80's! way ahead of their time!
WOW!!!!!!!!! Awesome guitar!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
Man you nailed that solo, great video. Cheers from Mexico
Lucky you, KDH! I have a "fretless wonder" SG made in 1967. It's so easy to play. Never understood the need for jumbo frets. And I also forgot how great "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is. "Helpless" is my favorite Metallica song.
Sorry but youre a Diamond Head fan
@@justsomedude5727 Not really.
"Helpless" is a Diamond Head song, Bruv... Also, the jumbo frets is something I kinda never liked or understood, even when a lot of "guitar experts" tried to explain how much sense it does make.
@@onerandombruh Indeed. Having the smaller frets help when you are physically unable to press down hard enough on a guitar w/jumbo frets.
@@onerandombruh He said it is his favourite Metallica song. It doesn't matter if it is a cover, and you don't need to be a fan of the original band/musicians.
Elvis didn't write all of his songs, and if someone said Blue Suede Shoes is their favourite Elvis song, it doesn't mean they have to be a Carl Perkins fan. Of course l would listen to Carl Perkins over Elvia any day, and would never intentionally listen to Elvis.
No offense intended of course. Have a great night.
Might I add, this is probably what you can see on the most badass concert captured by Metallica (or one of 3 besides '91 Moscow and '92 San Diego) which is '89 Seattle!!
If you watch Welcome Home (Sanitarium) and Fade to Black from that show, there's a good chance you're watching this very guitar in action!
Exactly what I was thinking!
It’s possible. It’s also possible that it was used as a backup at least in Seattle or maybe not at all. Pretty hard to tell but during the solo after the first chorus in Sanitarium we get a good shot of the guitar. The pickups and the knobs are different and in certain shots the tuners look a little too shiny to be the same guitar. Sure they had full time techs at their Beck and call but the big question is the frets. I don’t know Kirk but at the time I’m not sure he would’ve used a 1969 fretless wonder out on tour. Of course he has no problems doing it now. Props if he did. Low fret guitars are very hard to play.
Killer video! Keep it up man.
Very informative and your playing is excellent and inspiring. I remember finding a fretless wonder at a guitar shop and thinking that blues bends were just never gonna happen.
Fascinating video, thanks!
one of the best guitar youtubers in the world, great video man
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Awesome Content as always my friend. I bet you enjoyed the sheet out of playing that Black Beauty, sounded incredible 👍
oh, cool!! i caught that tour 3 times!! great shows!!
That would be awesome to own or even just play that axe!! Great episode!🤘🏾😎🤘🏾
Awesome video🤘 For Whom The Bell Tolls was the song that got me into metal, or music really. Still one of my favourite song ever 🤘😁
My brother had a beautiful Birds Eye Maple Les Paul 🤩
Killer video, Dude. So interesting.
I hope you took time to appreciate just how unique that opportunity was. Good work.
Interesting how some players have an easier time with lower frets and feeling the wood, while others scallop the board and use jumbo frets to feel as little wood as possible
Interesting story, and nice playing as always.
Great video . Very interesting 👌
Man, that is a piece of music history right there, and you got to play it!
Good playing man.
The God That Failed solo must be one of my favourite parts on the whole black album. I love that song. Well played. If only I had a spare quarter of a million quid...
Awesome Interview, wow!!!! Thanks to the man for sharing his story and the guitar itself.
That guitar is cooler than a snow mans frosty bits! Thanks for sharing its story.
This was a cool video to watch man! Great job on "The God That Failed solo as well. It really showcases how Kirk wrote memorable solos. I went to Berklee in Boston and some guys dug Kirk, and some shunned him. I've always been a Metallica fan, so I didn't care! 🎸🎼
I really enjoyed your channel and all information you do on all guitar stuff and Thank you, I love Dimarzio Super Distortion on all Les Paul Customs and Les Paul Standards to and Studios to, and what gauge strings are you using on the Custom? Thumbs 🆙 Great Video. Thank you so much.
great video!
That’s a cool find and I love the story
Wow. That was a cool story. As a kid I was so much into this album. Even seeing this makes me humble somehow.
Thanks for sharing this bro. Really fuckin cool
Love a good story as much as the next fella but its still just an old les paul.
Great vid as ever sir
Very cool. Great video, too. Trogly will be drooling over this one!
KDH just found your channel man,,no body is doing the topics you do keep the channel up..could u do an episode on how everybody shits on jackson guitars now?I loved six string tvs episode on why the hate for b.c. rich and figured youd have more info on jackson guitars.
les paul customs come with a maple top since its reintroduction in 1968, cool vid... and guitar!
You've hit the big time bro!!
This dudes channel is getting better and better
Cool video!
Great to see Laurence back on the channel!
Hey Patrick! The only reason I'm on the channel is cos you put me on to KDH. Thanks very much for that and for the support you have given me with my channel so far. I'm still plugging away : ) Hope you're keeping well.
Great content
Wait, do you now own that guitar?
Holy sh*t KDH. Even playing on it. That guitar is legendary. I’m assuming otherwise it’s now homed in Ireland?
I love when the lacker starts to yellow.. especially on a silver burst
I've had the pleasure of playing a couple of 70s Les Paul Customs and they were beautiful playing guitars, made me feel like a much better player than normal
I’ve a 77 wine fretless wonder
Lovely guitar
Kirk used the LP for mostly Fade to Black on the justice tour
68 was pretty much on par with the 50s and 60 led Paul being an exact copy, in 69 is when things changed like construction of the guitar and such. That's why 68 Les Paul guitars are much more valuable than the 69 model year along with 68 also having a unique error in which some were made with the crown on the head stock veneer instead of the silk screen Les Paul Model.
But it's the Bursts that are so valuable and desired, not the Customs. They are different guitars. And even though the Custom was originally more expensive, they are worth significantly less than the Bursts today. Not that any of it really matters. There were some great LPs made from 58-60, some great ones in 68, and some great ones today. The biggest differences are rarity, desirability, and history.
@@devilsguitaristmusic the burst are only valuable cause of the player who used them and the low production number compared to the previous years. Many iconic players used early gold tops to great success and a lot more used customs due to the 3 pickup configuration which was unique at the time.
@@agcacustoms2852 I agree. If Clapton/Beck/Allman/Richards/Page had used 57 Goldtops to record their most famous albums at the time, we'd all be gushing about the Goldtop today. Bursts aren't any more special than the other LP models of the time, it just so happens that certain players happened to play them on albums which became legendary. That's it, imho.
@@Nghilifa the burst are literally the same guitars as the 58-60 burst just having less figured tops or having multi pieces tops at times. It was only halfway through 58 that they started making the burst which the first half being gold tops. They certainly weren’t magic just guitars that were cheap at the time since no one wanted them and since one guy played it and someone else liked it it stuck.
@@agcacustoms2852 The bursts had (and still have) maple tops though, the body of the custom was all mahogany, the fretboard was also made out of ebony instead of rosewood. That said, they're mostly identical (I don't buy into the whole tonewood nonsense).
Sounds awesome. That's a treasure
No one can see this special footage because it will make the guitar completely worth nothing? Is he crazy?
Moon bro thinking applied to guitars.
Kinda like the Steve Vai NFT, you own it, you own the footage. I do agree that it would be nice to have it released, but it's much more exclusive and mystique this way
Well if everyone sees it. Then why buy it
@@larsheuker They are buying the guitar. They aren’t buying the guitar so they can get their hands on the video…. LOL.
Maybe the real value is the video, not the guitar
seriously one of the coolest guitars ever
Dude that's bad ass 🤘🔥🤘
Love your videos, but man I hate that story about Les Paul being disgusted by the SG body shape. He appeared on several promotional pics with it too! I'm certain that the story about "hey, I'm getting a divorce so we need to end the contract Gibson, so I don't want that too split in half" makes much more sense.
There is also a story that his promotional contract had expired and he was upset about the unauthorised use of his name. The divorce story sounds the most plausible thou.
Cool video 😎
Didn't Lawrence have that Strat Jimmy Page played? I think i saw that on here? Good stuff Kelan, thanks man.
I absolutely love LPs but I've had a couple surguries and like you mentioned how heavy they are. I found my perfect guitar a few years ago when I saw Herman Li's signature at a local guitar shop, I wanted to try it bc of how thin the body was and the fact that it was a Floyd Rose trem system appealed to me than the price at the time was $799, not cheap by any means but honestly for a signature model that checked all the boxes for me was huge. It's been my main guitar since 2016, I also use an Ibanez Jem and everytime I go from the Egen to the Jem it feels like I'm picking up a boulder lol the weight difference is so significant!
When the Les Paul Custom was Reissued in 1968 they added a maple top to it so it should have a maple cap. That's what makes the 68 Reissues different to the 57 reissues you can get today.
2 videos containing Trogly references and then this. ❤️
Would be nice to see a collab 🔥
How cool for you to become a part of this guitar's history too. 👍🏻
I'd be very surprised if this Custom were an all Mahogany body. Great video.
I remember in the late 90s I found out James used Earth 3 straps and I looked everywhere for one with no luck. I completely forgot about those straps till this video, so cool.
Excellent guitar
Not sure, but couldn't you test the resistance within the pickup to determine what kind it is or what model it's most similar too at least?
Chances are he played the LP Custom on Sanitarium and Fade to Black. I've watched Binge and Purge enough to know he used on of his Floyd Rose equipped KH Shape on Bells.
Just a plain old black Les Paul custom is still in my top three favorite guitars.. I mean Les Paul customs are my favorite guitar it's literally just the finish that puts it in three although I always used to be my first favorite you really can't go wrong with a black Les Paul custom
I thought that guitar part on "For Whom the Bell Tolls" was played at the 11th position. It is the same shape as the outro to "Children of the Grave" (Black Sabbath).
I remember Kirk playing this guitar at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana for the ...And Justice For All Tour 1988. I remember it well because this show was on Thanksgiving Day and my mother wasn't to happy about it. Needless to say, the show was amazing. Metallica didn't have an opening act so they jammed over 3 hours! (and my mother eventually got over it lol)
Right on and rock on! \m/
Very cool
Kirk had an identical ESP same color and block inlays, it was for sale a few years ago.