Electric GuitarMetallica fans all over the planet know Kirk Hammett’s 1979 Flying V. It was Kirk’s first Gibson and sparked his passion for the cult brand from Nashville.
The sound of the 1979 Flying V accompanies Kirk Hammett to this day. The studio sessions during the recording of Metallica classics such as Kill ‘Em All, Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, And Justice For All or The Black Album made the 1979 Flying V one of the most important heavy metal models in music history.
- Custom Shop model – limited to 200 copies
- Hand-built by the experts of the Gibson Custom Shop and aged in every detail according to the specifications of the original by the Murphy Lab
- Body: Mahogany
- Glued-in 3-strip neck: Mahogany
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Pearloid Dot fingerboard inlays
- Neck with volute
- Neck profile: Kirk Hammett V
- Corian nut
- Nut width: 39.1 mm (1.54″)
- Scale: 629 mm (24.75″)
- 22 Jumbo frets
- Pickups: 2 T-Type humbuckers
- 2 Volume and 1 tone control (CTS pots)
- 3-Way switch
- White pickguard
- Custom replica bridge
- Chrome hardware
- M6 Schaller tuners
- Colour: Ebony Aged
- Incl. case, certificate of authenticity and signed photo of Kirk Hammett
- Made in USA
Gibson Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V
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