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So, let me get this straight: if I put dings in a guitar it's worth less, but if Murphy Labs does it it's worth more?

Wait- guitars can be played?? I thought they were just meant to be collected like baseball cards or beanie babies! Ain’t it a crazy world!

If you look at the two headstocks side by side (2:00), you.see the HUGE difference (rolling my eyes...)

I like the tones of the pick ups. This is a very versatile instrument. I like it but, not the price.

Love how in depth and detailed your reviews are. Lots of stuff to learn here about guitars in general.

Can't wait for the $1,599 Epiphone version that comes with not one of the appointment this has.

IMO, a signature guitar is different than a tribute to a specific iconic guitar from an artist's past. If Kirk ordered one of these today perhaps he wouldn't get one with EMG's but if Gibson is going to label this as a Hammett "1989" signature then it should be authentic to that guitar. Why bother aging it if they're going to ignore other characteristics? Personally, I'm not a Hammett or EMG fan... far from it, but I'd be disappointed if I were. And then there's the price... basically upwards of $10k after tax for what, exactly?

Mustaines gotta be shitting a brick with all these Hammett models coming out

Love you trogly but, just my two cents, I don't think it's drama that people are vexed by this signature. I think It feels like Gibson is trying to push a Gibson collectable and not a Kirk Hammett collectable. I think that if I was a big enough KH fan and wanted to buy a replica of one of his guitars, I would want it to be exactly the way that it is in the videos and pictures that made me love it. I would feel ripped off if I shelled out 8k to get a guitar that has the wrong pickups and the wrong logo. Imo Gibson really needs to reevaluate their current priorities.

Main takeaway here is that Kirk Hammet’s name must sell A LOT of guitars, cause that’s like the 3rd or 4th Hammet signature from Gibson in a 2 year window.

When you turned up the Piezo output and played:"Fade to Black", I thought it was just about perfect. And, I'm not even a Metallica fan. I have covered that tune in one or two bands. As of January 2024, I have recently played a Godin (belonging to a joint member of the band I presently play with) that includes a Piezo output (with full EQ) and the standard magnetic pickups- plus a synthesizer interface that I imagine works brilliantly but that I'm unlikely to utilize. I've enjoyed layering the acoustic output with the traditional one.

That headstock looks like they just roughed it up with a sanding pad. For that money. If Kirk had EMG in it, this is not correct signature. Easy as that. Nice moneygrab again.

My USA Custom Slash signature with piezo system cost me £3k, which is already expensive. £8k is just silly for an LP.

😂 guess i created that look with an epiphone LP and a similar bridge, with dimebag Darryl pickups, paid 400 for guitar, spent 230 on the pick-ups and right around 150 for the locking tuners and the rest of the stuff to, black it out.

Just got mine today, the best custom I have ever owned (68 Ri murphy, regular black, white customs, norlins.. ) even with no EMG pickups (you can swap anytime) its such a great instrument with tones of sustain, definetly justified its price :) edit: I came to realize that on his 79 V from first days and albums of metallica he was using these pickups that came stock, maybe thats why he decided to come with T-Type pickups? Same pups are on 2023 79 Flying V reissue

The white fretboard binding looks goofy with the aged/yellow body and headstock binding.

Another astronomically priced guitar from Gibson! Oh boy🎉

Slap on those 1000 dollar pickups and you’re golden 😂

Give us one that isn't aged. I'm so sick of relic guitars.

I am struggling to see this as a Kirk Hammet recreation guitar. Too many differences. It is a signature but not a recreation. Without EMG’s it just isn’t the fade to black guitar

Equalizer and compression can be done on a pedalboard and helps take a lot of the quack out of the piezo. Some systems let you run a stereo cable out, which can let you just send the piezo to a dedicated acoustic setup and then front of house, no electric guitar pedals and amps needed.

10:46 The face in the 5th fret inlay.

The Gibson Custom Shop can’t recreate an 80’s guitar because it’ s a factory too. So short neck tenon and thick binding became an impossible half turn. Just another name for another speed factory.

My Epi LP Custom Pro has Coil splitting and out of phase settings…this really really makes me want to add a piezo bridge.

I must say the price is crazy for What you are getting. You get a less desirable custom for almost Twice the price with blemishes in the finnish. You really have to be fan to buy this one.

Waiting for the $1000 pafs in a case trogly!!

I didn’t actually know this guitar was coming out so that’s cool, I’ve always been a huge Metallica fan and thought that black Custom looked awesome so it’s interesting hearing about this one

WAAAAAAAAAY TOO MUCH, FOR THAT LP!

That piezo pick-up has a really cool Lynnyrd Skynyrd sound to it. that's probably not intentional.

I think I remember a video where Kirk said the one he had, had really shallow worn frets and it was almost like a fretless. I thought he recorded some of the black album solos with it

Seeing as they're doing lesser years of Les Paul, might be time for them to revisit how they do the Deluxe as I have a pretty crazy idea for one and don't feel comfortable cutting up an original to have 4 mini humbuckers, I'm pretty sure it'll fit, but I just don't find examples that are rough enough for me to warrant something so drastic and the new ones don't have the volute

Nice one man. Nice looking guitar, the piezo specs remind me of the custom shop Slash from the Velvet Revolver era. You should catalogue one of those… one of my fave Slash models 🤘🏼

I picked up that reverb offering from a little over a week ago. Was listed as Vintage Dirty Cherry refin but was supposed to be a studio with a standard neck. I was crossed between the pickguard on or off. Did a poll of friends and family. Most said no pickguard. So im leaving it off but id have to find some screws since those screws were not shipped with the guitar.

Let’s be real here, Gibson isn’t for players at all anymore. They’re entirely serving the collectors base, people like Trogly that collect everything they can, fawn over them like these things are their actual children and more often than not can’t really play but for damn sure don’t get out and gig the things. It’s why new bands play Fender or smaller brands over Gibson 5 to one, Gibsons aren’t priced for working musicians and they don’t care, they’d rather milk the diehards for $1000 “collectible” pickups with a fucking case than make a good playing, reasonably priced guitar. Buy used or buy someone else, fuck this brand.

Clean tones are sweet just roll the treble back if you hear it too bright.. to my ears they're sweet.. piezo works and saves lugging around that acoustic.. 8k is ridiculous.

Weird how this is a premium replica guitar that isnt even a replica

That's got to be one of the laziest signature models.

Gibson needs to make more guitars with black hardware!

Trogly do you take neck fret depths on used guitars you document? Do you have a viewable list?

I like the aging except for that chip they put in there to simulate removing the pick guard. It's bright white and it's the only chip so it really stands out. It's like having a chip in the paint on your car.

Correction , the black hardware was fit on later in Metallica’s career. If you look up pics from the justice and black album era, the hardware was gold. Even in the booklet at 5:20 you can see the gold tuners , and they conveniently crop the pic so the tailpiece and bridge are out of the picture with Kirk’s right hand top of the bridge. If anything this a 2000’s era replica.

Here's the problem; Gibson's aren't built to be played. They're built to be collected. Collectors are the very reason the average person can't afford a used Les Paul. Fender has also gotten ridiculous.

Salutations Austin! Nice Signature Les Paul Custom, I would rather it not have the Murphy Lab treatment, just brand new condition would be my preference, however, I do like the addition of the Fishman bridge with the built in pickup, but I might have been wired differently, such as a stereo Les Paul is, except with the piezoelectric pickup on it’s own separate output. In the case, it might be a good idea to use a magnetic latch to keep the storage compartment secure, so the contents don’t fall out all over the interior of the case, and potentially scratching the guitar. The pickups could easily be swapped out for those who want a different sound option. I think Gibson should offer a more affordable version of this guitar, without the Murphy Lab treatment, for working musicians, and also an Epiphone version for those on a smaller budget too. It sounds pretty good, as is, and I would not be surprised if a lot of musicians would like a Les Paul Custom such as one of these. Thanks for sharing this with us all! Please have an excellent and awesome day! ☀️✨🎸

No EMG’s. Wrong bridge. Crazy price. No thx.

It's not like gas companies where you HAVE to buy it, so not buying on day 2 means nothing when they have record profits on day 1 and 3 because you filled up before or after the "send a message" day. Gibson has NO reason to do better QC (they are going for the older look and crap QC makes it look played in, right? 😂) besides most are buying these to put on a wall, not play so why bother? Ok....done being sarcastic. Seriously, the story Trog told the other day about the shop lowering the price on a lefty LP that just WON'T sell is what people should do...stop paying the idiotic prices and the prices will stop being idiotic. This simply will NOT happen any time soon and again, Gibson has no reason to lower until we give them one. Until then, enjoy the LTD, S by Solar, Harley Benton, and other brands that are built well, play well, and are beautiful...they just don't have that name on em. I'm not bashing in any way either, I would buy Gibsons in a heartbeat if I could....truth hurts.

I really don't understand custom shop aging that isn't correct or believable. Paying a shit load of money for a 'relic', imo you should expect that it's done with extreme attention to detail, otherwise you may as well just throw some bricks at it and age it yourself. That also extends to the guitar.. as a custom shop model saying it's 'based' on a certain guitar, but then being so wildly out of spec with that model is just weird and makes it seem like a moneygrab

I don’t want my brand new guitar to look aged with finish checking. I don’t understand why people want an aged finish. If I age it through playing it, I’m fine with that.

Kirk Hammett signature without EMGs? Blasphemous.

I think these days he uses Greeny for Fade to Black and it sounds great

Just because it's black and says Gibson doesn't justify calling it a kirk hammet guitar. Not even close to what he has. Poor job Gibson. Another money grab.

Yeah I'll stick with my '89 custom. From 1989. Without a load of fake ageing 😎

I just like black Les Pauls in general so cool beans , enough Metallica signatures already ,but I get it...Thanks Trog !

I had a 1990 Black Custom I got because Hammett had the 89

Why not a KOSSOFF burst in your reviews???l am waiting to see my Dreams Guitar in a detailed review... can't find a decent one on the Tube👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸😁😁😁

from a distance the headstock graphic appearance is the same except the yellow color on that one

You're a down pickng machine!!!...😂 Really like the guitar

That pin in the case candy looks like Otto from the Simpsons.. not Kirk..

$5k Gibson les paul custom = Be yourself. Everyone is taking. $8500 KH Gibson les paul custom = expensive conservation starter.

It's ready for some Nickleback

I still can't get into relic'd guitars. I know they've been out for a while but the wear is never convincing.

Way overpriced for what it is. I cant see paying that much extra for fake mojo. Not a fan of the pickups either.

i might get the epiphone one eventually, throw the emg bonebreakers in it

Next one will be a Jessica with a thin binding, a long neck tenon and a two piece flamed top. And a pair of expensive Gibson pickups instead seymour alnico 2.

I was hoping to see you review this guitar! I love you man ❤ Greetings from Finland!

Hey there

If you get a ding or chip on a relic how does that affect the value? 😅

Troglodytes assemble!!

Beat up to simulate aged, nothing beats time its self. This was a near miss, close but no cigar.

James's Signature LTD Iron Crosses are way better value if you actually want to use your guitar.

So I just noticed in the B roll footage, that the $50K Greeny's frets are between the binding. Anyone know if the real Greeny still has its original frets, or if someone extremely skilled has refretted it? I couldn't imagine a guitar that's been played as much as that one still having the frets it left the factory with.

I think they could use plastic black covered pickups like the LPJ so the look would have been more accurate.

Kirk is a decent guitar player but it's sacrilege to have his name associated with the Greeny Moore.

I think there are probably 125 kirk Hammett fans out there. Besides, I think that is who this is for. I kind of dig it, I like how it has a bit of a green look to it at certain angles due to the relicing.

I’ll have to wait for the $3500 Epiphone version.

I was waiting for you do this one!

Needs emg’s….that’s how he played it

Best Epiphone ad, ever!

It's one thing asking silly money for a really old guitar, that's like 'fair enough, I get it' but you can get a used LPC from the late 80's for a couple of Grand. Crazy that you'd devalue your guitar by sticking a Piezo in it yourself but when Gibson do it the opposite is true lol

Thanks to EMGs solderless pickup install it's easy enough to swop in some EMGs. Literally a 30 minute job if you know what you're doing.

Sounds like a strat

I saw a picture of a dave groul epiphone signature es any idea if this is coming in the future Austin

I’d love to see a “standard” version

I've seen him playing Sad But True on it.

Not to be one of "those"-guys.. but.. The And Justice for all album lady is actually called Doris.. The more you know... =D =D =D Thanks for another awesome review...=D

and the neck has to be scratched and blemished ?

Lets be honest, they put it together with whatever parts they had at their factory, and priced it like they traveled back in time and brought back the original before it was handed to Kirk.

To me a guitar should be made to be played not to sit in its case or look but don’t touch display! IMHO

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6:33 made in china case. Wow! That is amazing Gibson! Great stuff! 👍👍🤐

@3:20 I think this is the biggest sticking point for me - Wino and this Kirk Custom are both "reissues" of guitars where actual original models are half the price. Surely anyone who wants the real thing will go and buy the real thing, so this just feels like a fairly transparent way to get money out of collectors who Gibson know will buy everything they release.

Gibson, I like it, but I don't $8000 like it. Im feeling more $6300 could get me to like it much better. Not a fan of artificial relicing, but I could live with it on ebony

I have no idea why the Greenie is not green.

why doesent it have the emgs tho?

Yooo

We need a Jeff Hennaman les paul tribute

F*ck, I always wanted that Les Paul. EMGs, Sperzel Tuners, black hardware... Doesn't get any more Black Album era than that.

And yet another fine investment for viewing pleasure.

I like it. Not a big Metallica fan but it looks like the guitar slash uses on slither on the latest gnr tour

$9k and it isn’t identical?? Gibson’s losing their damn minds I’ve been a Metallica fan for 40yrs, but he highly doubt anyone bought the Greeny replica because of Kirk.