Metallica singer James Hetfield was not too long ago photographed at a market.
Whereas speaking about his guitar assortment in a current interview with Guitar World, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett revealed that certainly one of his prized guitars used to belong to John Frusciante of Purple Scorching Chili Peppers.
Talking concerning the 1961 Gibson SG that Frusciante as soon as owned, Hammet stated:
“I’m honored to have a guitar that John owned. I like John; he’s an ideal man who’s super-eccentric, similar to I’m. He’s an ideal participant too. I’d been SGs for a very long time and it had been arduous to seek out good ones. I managed to discover a handful of nice ones and I really like them.”
Hammet went on to confess it took him some time to get into taking part in SGs, saying that he solely actually started having fun with them after he performed one owned by Les Paul himself.
“I solely began utilizing SGs across the ‘Load’ period. That white two-pickup SG within the e-book [Gibson-issued ‘The Collection: Kirk Hammett’] is one thing else. It was Les Paul’s SG – he really performed it on an album. That was loopy, as a result of once I first acquired that guitar I didn’t know who’d owned it,” Hammet stated.
Itemizing different guitars in his possession that used to belong to different rock stars, Hammett continued:
“It’s bizarre how superstar devices during the last 10 or so years have gravitated in the direction of me. I’ve Michael Schenker’s most important Flying V that he performed on his first 4 albums.”
“I used to stare at it once I was 15 years outdated, on the again of UFO’s ‘Drive It’ album. I’d be pondering, ‘What an incredible instrument!’ Nicely, now I personal it. It’s within the e-book, painted like a V-2 rocket, so Michael most likely wouldn’t acknowledge it.”