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Guitarist uses Master Of Puppets producer Flemming Rasmussen's studio notes and Neural DSP Mesa MkIIC+ plugin to try and nail Metallica's tone
How close can he get?
ESP is totally on-point with its latest Metallica collab, the LTD Kirk Hammett Signature KH-V, an asymmetric V-shaped electric and bona fide shred machine
Teased at NAMM 2022 and now officially launched, shipping June, the KH-V has a korina body, a neck-thru build, and comes strapped with Hammett’s signature EMG Bone Breakers
Master Of Plugins: get Metallica's classic guitar tones with the Neural DSP Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ Suite
We're not pulling your strings here – Hetfield, Hammett, Prince, Schon, Lukather, Petrucci loved it, and now you can too
Metallica unleash new single Screaming Suicide, a 5:39 min Hetfield masterclass in downpicking
Metallica are doing Metallica things again on the second track shared from forthcoming studio album, 72 Seasons, out 14 April
Ichika Nito plays Metallica's Nothing Else Matters on a 14-string guitar
Never played an extended range this way
What if Prince played for Metallica? TikTok guitarist turns the Black Album purple to find out
Kyle Norris reimagines Kirk Hammett's Nothing Else Matters solo in the style of Prince for comedic effect... but also presents a counterfactual 'What if?' that makes sense musically
Is Hetfield-style downpicking getting you down? Stagger-stroke picking might be the answer
The ultimate middle ground between alternate and downpicking on guitar?
Metallica's live covers of Thin Lizzy's Borderline and UFO's It's Killing Me are a great advert for the Fender Acoustasonic Jazzmaster
See Kirk Hammett move between electric humbucker and acoustic tones with ease in this pro-shot footage
