“It’s become a bad habit. I bought a 1955 Tele and turned it over to carve my initials into the back. My friend screamed, ’Don’t do that!’” Kirk Hammett on his favorite Metallica solo and tone – and his most prized purchases from other guitar heroes

Kirk Hammett.

You could say Kirk Hammett knows a lot about guitars.

He’s been collecting them for over four decades, with many of his finest specimens exhibited on last year’s Gibson TV interview – part of an ongoing series presented by the company’s Director of Brand Experience Mark Agnesi.