NAMM 2023: Hot on the heels of a Murphy Lab replica of Kirk Hammett’s 1959 ‘Greeny’ Les Paul Standard, Gibson and the Metallica lead guitarist have collaborated on another super high-end replica of one of the most famous electric guitars in his collection, his 1979 Flying V.
This was his first Gibson, and the guitar has been in heavy rotation ever since Hammett purchased it in ’79 – it is widely reported the model’s year as a mid-‘70s V – and used it in the early days of Exodus before jumping ship to Metallica.
