Peter Green, Gary Moore and now Kirk Hammett: the Greeny Les Paul becomes synonymous with its current owner almost immediately. But while Hammett has been the guitar’s custodian for nearly a decade now, it turns out his Metallica bandmate James Hetfield was offered the legendary electric guitar first… but turned it down.
In a new interview on The Howard Stern Show, Hammett is asked about how he came to purchase the iconic Gibson ’59 Les Paul Standard.
