There's nothing bad to say about Kirk at all. He's a great guitarist and a good guy..

Absolutely this! Criminal to have it locked away.

I am not saying i do not respect him, he seems a very nice guy to me though..

@wildcatter63 hammett should give it to green for his lifetime -and have it insured in case of loss ....let green play it out ...and then once green passes on ...take it back .

Kirk's great. Still wish Metallica were still using real tube amps live, though.

Not '68, '62.

I dont know that playing Metallica riffs on this guitar constitutes sharing with the world. If this was in Derek Trucks' or Bill Frisell's hands -- or several others -- it would make sense and represent the tone and history of the instrument.

@@christopherorman5769 I think you're missing the point. It's being played, like it was meant to be, not just locked away in someone's collection.

@@pacman1789 nah, you are missing the point. It deserves to be played right or not at all. Why play something with that sound if you cant maximize it? That is the point.

@@christopherorman5769 That's the beauty of art, music, and an instrument of any kind. It can be played however the artist sees fit, however the mood strikes him to play it. There is no right or wrong style or way to play it.

@@pacman1789 I'll disagree. Duke Ellington noted there is good music and bad music. There are similarly well schooled and brilliant artists and there are those who make a living as animators. The point being: there is plenty of art and not all of it is good or high purpose art. In fact, from technical standpoints, some is downright awful. If you are into Bob Ross style paintings, then KH is your jam. However, if you dig Picasso or Rivera or Kahlo or Monet, you probably want something closer to Wes Montgomery, Zoot Sims, Uri Caine, Brad Mehldau, Monk, Coltrane, Ayler, Frisell, Cedar Walton, or even Keith Jarrett. Now, we could sit here at our computers and you could argue that Bob Ross art is just as moving as Picasso's work. Fine. But if you don't see the differences in a Picasso and a Ross painting from a technical, compositional, and taste point of view, then I think you are being naive. That, is the point. KH has made his living making reproductions of Bob Ross paintings. Why he would work with Picasso's or Monet's brushes and easel doesn't make much sense.

Craig Usselman I agree. Still can’t believe Kirk Hammet ended up with it. Respect for him actually using it.

@@roscoepcoltrane23 Kirk has not only used it but has let young people play the little guy as well as guys like Phil he consideres it the peoples guitar and that it needs to be played! he just owns it. Besides Greeny has to be the most adorable lp ever if not the most historic for sure.

True

It does sound great, doesn't it? I found videos on KZfaq that show you how to modify your neck PU to get them out of phase.

Nope in every way! Ist's a real catastrophy like THIS video in any way!

@@bluesewitz I suppose you think it should be in a museum, Or with some "better" player. I highly doubt most guitar players would play the guitar live. It's meant to be played... kirk does the guitar justice. Move on.

@@tommurrayGTR I agree with you. Every instrument is meant to be played. A museum is like a prison. But THIS guitar has so much Blues. I'd like to hear her singing in a Bluesmans hand.

That's not the real one. If you look there like 3 of them. This was a reissue.

hydeane Gary Moore was the greatest .

Peter green is the god

Gary was all scales, Peter was all soul

LOL how about peter green idiot

@@BenJayToken That's the thing about Gary Moore: he wasn't all just scales. Watch the video in Germany of Gary and B.B. King where he has one of the best "conversations" ever recorded by 2 guitarists on the blues. I'm a huge B.B. King fan and that was the video that convinced me to look beyond Thin Lizzy for Gary Moore. I thought he was just a shredder but B.B. King's face says it all. There's also audio of Gary Moore playing on While My Guitar Gently Weeps with George Harrison where he just brings the goods. It's not shredding but it's not noodling either😇 Harrison himself was a big Gary Moore fan after Still Got The Blues. He apparently loved Moore's vibrato, bending, and melodic sense. Peter Green was cool as fuck, but he wasn't even the best guitarist in Fleetwood Mac when he fronted it. Danny Kirwan was. Green was a very mysterious package deal with a fantastic voice, original songwriting, completely unique guitar sound/style, and he was quite the handsome man at that point. If anything all 3 guitarists were really cool and different in that lineup but when people say Clapton or Green are the greatest guitarist ever I really wonder if they learned a few of their licks and then stopped trying to get better. Even Freddie King, who predates british blues, could play circles around most of those british guys pretty much until Jeff Beck came along. There is no hierarchy, and any guitarist that can connect with people, no matter how few, is doing their job. Like I said before, Green was more of a package deal than a guitar hero. Clapton falls into this category too IMHO.

Rumours are, Blue Jean Blues was a Telecaster. (Billy G always used more than one guitar in studio and live)

Yep. Glad the Kossoff Burst gets played daily. 😉

Nope.

Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac from Pious Bird of Good Omen. A Peter Green classic.

@@tonekilltech Shame the bassist wasn't! Blimey....

Go learn your music history buddy.

You've got some problems man

Kirk is my favorite guitar player but no he didn’t make it famous. The reason Kirk bought is because it was already famous from all the players who’ve either owned it or played it. I will say Kirk did add more fame to it since many people who didn’t know the story behind the guitar now do.

Thats the dumbest thing i ever heard.Anyone that knows anything about music history knows that Peter Green played that guitar on John Mayalls Hard Road album and all the early Fleetwood Mac stuff.And then Gary Moore had it for 30 years and used it on basically all his albums including Thin Lizzy etc.So Kirk Hammet is a tiny little ant in the history of this guitar.And he sucked back in the 80,s-90,s and he sucks now.And its not”a matter of taste”its a fact!So learn something bonehead.

Thing is your opinion is objectively false.

@@EDDIE.EDDISON Nope, just ears. 😀

Totally? What a bedshitting experience

@@URSoulSurgeon This is called free play

Wayne Deadder that’s harsh why is the band a mess? phils playing is spot on and tasteful, not sure what guitar shops you go to they must have a bloody high standard of players!

jimtherevoltor he's not playing the right chords. There's a diminished chord he treats as a #4. It's basic Blues knowledge

Wayne Deadder since when has the blues been about sticking to the rules? whichever way he plays it, the band and him are most definitely not a mess.

jimtherevoltor since he's covering an actual song with actual chords....which he plays incorrectly

@@jimtherevoltor you must be joking, he cant even bend a string in tune.

Michael Bataska See post above...then listen again. Now fuck off.

I agree, Gary must be turning in his grave, on another video he states that the guitar was taken off him as he was stealing Gary's thunder!! deluded aint the word, massive ego but why?

Horrid

That bass sound is woeful and out of time .

@@colinpadley1897 I've heard him play worse he's getting better late in life.

Eric Nootebos it moved up in the world

@@fredriksvard2603 Moneywise yes. But respect he takes it out to play, it could have been worse than this right? And basicly it's just a piece of wood with strings..;), so all is good.

Eric Nootebos i think its awesome, i aldo think kirk is a great showman and that hes written some great stuff in his time. The guy in this video though, ugh.