“Artfully aged by the Murphy Lab to match the look and feel of Kirk’s original”: Gibson’s Custom Shop takes on Kirk Hammett’s mod-heavy, “blacked-out” 1989 Les Paul Custom – and it’s safe to say it’s nothing like Greeny...

Gibson Custom Shop Kirk Hammett 1989 Les Paul Custom.

Kirk Hammett owns some of the world’s most-prized Gibson Les Pauls – among them the legendary Greeny and a factory black 1959 Les Paul Standard. However, one of his longest serving models is a modded 1989 Gibson Les Paul Custom, which has seen service on several Metallica tours and recordings.

Now the Gibson Custom Shop is offering Hammett fans the chance to scoop up a reproduction of that famed electric guitar, complete with his Fishman mods and a painstaking Murphy Lab finish.