Not gonna lie I fuckin hate this era of Kirk. The short spiked hair, black nailpolish, eyeliner, chains, wings, cigar, it's awful. I like how he is now and how he was back then. Pure thrash metal. This was the weakest spot in Metallica's career though
@@PinoyMukbangPro Load is a good record, ReLoad was meh, St. Anger gets fun after a while, Death Magnetic has good songs with bad production, and Hardwired has ok songs with flawless production. Metallica is and has been doing great throughout their career with the only true low being St. Anger, not because of the record but because of the social struggles in the band.
+tuuurster oh man i forgot about that... I love clapton's version (or feat. clapton I guess haha), but I've never heard the original, thanks for the info!
Yeah. So would I. Althought it's not really surprising considering the fact that 'Load' and 'Reload' were two of the worst Metallica albums from their entire discography. Even 'St. Anger' was better than those two piles of dog shit.
Switching between technical fast rock/metal stuff and blues is really fun. Playing Jimi Hendrix music is one of the most rewarding experiences as a musician I've had.
My favorite guitar of Kirk's is the Tom Anderson model he played on the Damaged Justice Tour. I haven't seen him play it in years. I wonder if he still has it
I remember that, it was a beautiful instrument. They were just starting to get some recognition in the guitar magazines at the time. Lovely color, looked grey to me.
I think that Kirk retires this guitar, last time that this one was seen, was in a exhibition of Metallica stuff that the guys played in the past, as part of Orion Music & More ten years ago
+Captain Grim True... i mean this was obviously at a different point in time, no saying whether it existed or not, but Elixir and Ernie Ball etc create great coated strings that even with lots of gigging and rehearsals usually last me months before they need changing, and that usually because they stop being in tune... they're still shiny and clean!
True bro, some of my favorite solos are from the unforgiven1, fade to black and some a7x ones are so far away and victim just so much emotions running through those frets it's amazing.
There are many as good or better but he "made it' what ever that means. You are all just lovin' and hatin' because you know who he is. He is just another guitarist, take it or leave it.
This is what I say to that: Yeah, he "made it", as in Metallica are a very successful band, but it didn't happen by accident. He wrote all those riffs that we love so much. Yeah, there's probably better players. but being a good guitar player doesn't mean you can write badass riffs.
Because that guitar is iconic. It has the blues imbued in to its DNA (albeit the UK's version of the blues from the classic era of the '60's). It's a classic guitar that belongs in the hands of a guitarist who understands its lineage and can carry things forward. Nothing against Kirk... but the force is not strong within him.
No disrespect to Kirk though. If I had his money, I'd be a total hypocrite and buy the guitar for myself... and sod the blues and the guitar's history !
heheh the start of this video gives me the impression of kirk being the "little insane kid" and the guitar dude hes carer. he is by far my favorite guitarist of all time, my inspiration ever since the start (12 years ago)
When your a kid you love the solo's of a guitarist and you think of them being superior to a rhythm guitarist. James Hetfield is about a billion times better in my opinion, I even think his solos are better. Kirk was all fucked up on blow back in those days, fuckin wired!
That's totally ridiculous. Metallica is what got me into metal and back then I idolized Kirk and his solos and they were and still are legendary guitar solos. However that doesn't mean he can play them well, which he really can't. His guitar skills, for a professional musician, are above average and as time progressed he got even sloppier on stage. It's not because he's not playing fast that he sucks, it's because he can't even play moderately fast let alone lightning fast
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If he wasn't worth $250 million dollars and didn't have a dozen guitar techs keeping his collection working I would be impressed, since Kirk has a fleet of people buying for him & maintaining I'm not impressed . The hard parts of being a collector of anything is finding the right gear,having the knowledge to know what's legit & what's not ,knowing the right price for condition ,funding the collection while still having a life and spending the 1 on 1 time needed to maintain vintage electronics ,when you have a fleet of servants doing it all for you ,and you don't have to do any of the legwork your collection is shit ,assholes like Kirk call Norman's & have them scoop up every classic guitar on earth so they can squirrel them away in collections never used or seen by anybody ,the Hendrix/Zappa Fender Strat is a prime example of what I'm talking about,the only Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix played at a festival and burned in front of the crowd that was restored ,by Frank Zappa no less and used to record the album Zoot Alures ,the Strat was played by Jimi ,by Frank ,by Stevi Via ,by Warren Cucurillo,Adrian Belew & then Dweezil Zappa, now it sits in some Saudi sheiks collection that will rot away like the mansions they collect & allow to fall apart.
Hank Whammyarvin (echorvin) , jimmy Tremolopage, david pitchilmour, Jimmy wahndrix. Every good guitarist has developed his own style with his own gear, so don't blame kirk for abusing the wah.
Electric guitar, fixed bridge : 15 min with a good cleaning and stretching Electric guitar with trem : 20/25 min if it doesn't imply a gauge change. Nylon guitar my friend ... this is pure evil on the road. 40 min of intense battle with intense swearing, at least 2 cigarettes and if you keep coming every hour to re-tighten you can expect this f*cker to be stable after 48h. I have 4 of these on the road right now (2 main, 2 spares and fresh strings once a week) I'd tell you my friend, I learned to appreciate tuning the drums ...
i find kirk is very tasteful with this lead work and i hardly find anything repetitive with his playing as far as records go i havent seen metallica live in a long time. if you expect someone to jump from one end of the spectrum to the other all the time then that is not going to last very long at keeping your amusement either. hes #11 on rolling stone's 100 list for a reason. if the general public and musicians alike didnt disagree with you then he wouldnt be on there at all.
No mention of his long-reliable black Randy Rhoads guitars that have been part of his primarily-used guitars since 1984? Or his fuckloads of Fenders and Les Pauls? This reeked of being a paid ESP infomercial.
No mention of his long-reliable black Randy Rhoads guitars that have been part of his primarily-used guitars since 1984? Or his fuckloads of Fenders and Les Pauls? This reeked of being a paid ESP infomercial.
@yappertrap If Cliff Burton was alive he would kick hater's asses. He supported Metallica when "true" haters were just appearing, we would have done it again during the "Load" era. But I also think he wouldn't have used nail polish and piercings, it just wasn't his style LOL
I don't listen to that new metal and I also don't think Kirk is that good anymore. I really think age has gotten the best of him, I don't like his new solos they seem too random. His early solos were awesome, his newer solos... Not so much.
Well, his recent solos are all the same and kind of random, to be honest. And live he can't play that well anymore. I don't think he sucks but he surely isn't a great guitar player in my opinion (not that I can play as close to him or anything).
@MaxCarlsson95 Certain models are LTD exclusive. Also, towards the beginning of the video his guitar tech shows an LTD and explains that theyve gone through about 40 of them on the tour. The LTDs are there for the sheer purpose of destroying them haha
yea this guitar is so cool ,.and got waves and prints and the whole kind of shit what you need when you are a damn good locking rockstar ,.......OUUU by the way it sounds good :D
He shoulda filled that ESP with a mixture of oil and his own blood... sure, the plasma would start to separate,, and you'd end up with some very dark red (red blood cells) and some gross yellow (white blood cells), but how badass would that be; you could watch his blood slowly breaking down into its constituent cells, as fluids sloshing around, while the tour was continuing on. C'mon, do it man.
Right, because success indicates talent. That's why the members of Fallout Boy and My Chemical Romance are millionaires. That's why Lil Wayne lives in a mansion and has an S Series. That's why The Black Eyed Peas have won Grammys. And why hundreds of innovative and amazing bands are forever doomed to obscurity and financial struggle... yeah. Success totally has to do with talent.
Bullshit. The problem is Kirk does the same thing all the time. I admit that he at least expresses more than, say Slayer guitar solos do, but he basically uses the same couple of scales constantly. Same forms, practically. Play redundant and simple Pentatonic (and occasionally Phrygian) runs over and over, apply heavy use of wah, there you go. Every single Kirk Hammett solo ever. It was more acceptable back in the day, his total lack of growth as a musician or soloist since then makes him lame.
I have never understood bashing, moretheless the bashers. Even if I admit that I hate Kirk's solos, it doesn't still mean that they're bad. It's just a matter of taste, I just don't understand the "modern concept" with people with "If I don't like it, it's shit, and I should announce it to the rest of the world with every chance I get". I mean, Metallica has sold millions of records and toured for decades, how many records have you sold, and how long have you toured?
When someone buys a guitar, they can do whatever the hell they want with it. The one who built it is part of an economic system where he gets paid for building it. His connection to it ends there. As far as Kirk being endorsed ESP, ESP loves it because most teenage metal guitarists start off playing Metallica riffs, and what does kirk play? ESP! The kids want an ESP and the ESP sales go up. Boohoo! he broke our guitar! wahhhh!!
@Cheapooo fender strat is very good to start out on, hell even a squire strat is ok but if you have the money get a mexican one for about 400, but they're great for everything clean and funky, rock and metal work ok on 'em but the bridge pickup will have to go if you plan on metal (I suggest hotrails), and maybe the others if you use them with lots of distortion (tons of hum) I've been using my strat since I've started playing, only crappy thing is the tuning and tremelo system, but you can mod
dont even have his own guitar gotta use so many different ones to look cool , and hip. looks like bout the lam,est shit i ever saw, no heart , no passion ,
I don't listen to new metal and I like metallica, but Kirk really isn't that great of a guitarist. You can see it in any Metallica documentary, everyone has to show him what he's doing. James Hetfield pretty much runs the entire show. Either way he's better than me, but I understand where he loses respect.
because nowadays "metal" means super low tunings, playing everything except major and minor scales, and playing blisteringly fast with zero emotion. so when someone hears a kirk solo that has structure and melody people say he sucks because he isnt playing something super fast with no sense of melody or connection with the song. thats why.
he's been running the same scale for the last 30 years, if thats what constitutes a great guitar player then i think we need to rethink music. And if bashing a guy who had the great idea to fill a guitar with piss as an "art piece" is wrong, then i hope im never right.
Technical this, technical that. I don't care. I want to listen to the music, not read it, dammit. Kirk pulls off your typical pentatonic bluesy shred, but it sounds great with the songs. I like a rock n roll kinda feel, not a classical triad Eb7#9#@$@^j35k6;23jk54 scale switch to bla bla bla.
hahahahaAlexi kicks kirks ass hahahahahahahahaaha its so fucking obvious besides kirk was still using dave must.s riffs in the early metallica come on man alexi started from scratch and can sing while shredding or doing sweep arps [one thing that kirk will never be able to do ]
We all know about his wah-raping solos. I'm not defending kirk hammet im just sick of seeing that remark all the time on every damn video of metallica. But really nothing i can do about it so never mind forget i even said that than.
I agree. Kirk just gets worse with age. Sorry the truth hurts. His solos have become total shit. They are a waste of time to listen to. Crappy phrasing and enough with the wah wah already. They need to get new lead guitarist with fresh chops.
On couple things youre right, but Kirk Hammett is not the most emotional guitarist. For example Dimebag did it much better as kirk and he played emotional solos combined with speed and skill. But Kirk isnt that bad as they say. :)
@nasoszeppos its those poor peoples fault their poor, these musicians worked HARD to get to where there at while poor people get addicted to drugs and laze away expecting welfare money, and besides a lot of famous musicians donate a lot!
hahaha the fact you don't know or care who the rest are shows your ignorance when it comes to guitarists. frank is incredible. Hammett is a funny dude and in a pioneering metal band, but in all seriousness his playing is not the greatest.
Half of you guys either don't play guitar, or couldn't even play to the level of Hammet, so either find a new joke to use, or just stop copying what other people say with the whole wah jokes. It's a very tired joke by now.
>Implying Hammet's solos have sense of melody and aren't super fast. They are, but they're also plain, simple, and zero melodic. Sorry to say this, but Hetfield is way better than Hammet: his solos ARE melodic, and original.
i like kirks Esp Strat but i think it would look alot better if it the Esp had the Vintage head stock intstead of a pointy one.this Guitar has alot potentail not just looking like metal guitar, Pointy neck any one or vintage
