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Matt Owen

“Instruments that shaped metal forever”: The mystery Gibson SG Kirk Hammett played at Ozzy Osbourne’s last show is heading to auction – along with more than 150 other guitars from his collection

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Kirk Hammett will be auctioning off more than 150 guitars and pieces of memorabilia from his personal collection – including the mystery Gibson SG he played at Ozzy Osbourne’s last-ever show earlier this year.

For Back to the Beginning, the Metallica guitar hero took to the stage alongside his hard rock and heavy metal peers wielding a mystifying SG that had a fair few fans scratching their heads. He used it to play one of Metallica’s two Sabbath covers, Hole in the Sky.

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