Now a new book, The Collection: Kirk Hammett catalogs Hammett’s rarest ... unless your Gibson guitar was a Les Paul Custom, a black finish would either have to be purchased through a dealer ...

The Metallica guitarist has an enviously extensive guitar collection, but it doesn’t feature any of Paul Reed Smith’s builds ...

Kirk Hammett playing “Greeny” his Gibson 1959 Les Paul made famous by Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green. - Credit: Mark Horton/Getty Images Metallica’s Kirk Hammett will share some of the ...

Credit: Scott Legato / Kevin Winter/Getty Images Kirk ... Hammett says: “I sent him a Greeny. He’s played the original.” Not only that, but White did a gig with the legendary Les Paul ...

Kirk Hammett has played a huge amount of electric guitars over the course of his career, from uber-expensive vintage Gibsons and Peter Green’s iconic Greeny Les Paul (which he now owns), all the ...