We know an Epiphone version of Gibson's Greeny Les Paul Standard signature model for Kirk Hammett is coming because Gibson President and Interim CEO Cesar Gueikian said as much in a Q&A with followers. But the Metallica man has gone further in the new issue of Guitarist magazine. Much further.
"The Gibson USAs are great," Hammett told Guitarist, "but my favourite version of Greeny is probably the Epiphone… the Epiphone Greenys, just by themselves, sound great and play great, and I was amazed at how I was playing an Epiphone and I didn't want to put it down. It's just on all levels. This was two or three weeks ago [from the time of the interview]. That Epiphone Greeny is now my couch guitar and I reach for it when I'm watching TV, like most guitar players are apt to do."
