Metallica's Kirk Hammett teams up with Gibson guitars for limited edition 1979 Flying V

A picture of Gibson's new 1979 Kirk Hammett Flying V guitar

Gibson guitars have released a new $15,000 version of Kirk Hammett's 1979 Flying V that was used to record some of Metallica's classic albums.

Luthiers at Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville, Tennessee, have made 200 of the guitars, which have been aged to match Hammett's original and come with a Certificate of Authenticity photograph signed by the Metallica man.