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Jonathan Horsley

“The guitar I built in Kirk’s hands… paying tribute to Tony, Ozzy and Black Sabbath, it was amazing and strange, humbling and epic”: The unique SG built by Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian and played by Kirk Hammett at Back to the Beginning heads to auction

Kirk Hammett plays CEO 4 at Black Sabbath's farewell show, Back to the Beginning. CEO 4 is an SG built by Gibson CEO and president Cesar Gueikian, and it is being auction for Gibson Gives.

The one-of-one custom SG that Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian built from scratch and loaned to Kirk Hammett to play during Metallica’s set at Black Sabbath’s farewell show, Back To The Beginning, is officially heading to the auction block – and it’s in pretty good company.

Gibson and its charitable arm, Gibson Gives, have joined forces with Julien’s Auctions for its Played, Worn & Torn auction – an annual event that puts some bizarre, brilliant, and holy grail lots under the hammer.

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