Most guitar players growing up wanted to have a guitar as sick as one of Metallica's Kirk Hammett. Let's take a peek at what Kirk has been seen using for a guitar gear rig and equipment. Kirk Hammett has played a lot of different gear over the years with Metallica, so we will try to give a nice survey of what he uses.

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Guitars

Kirk loves to play his original 1987 ESP KH-2 live.

Checkout the KH-2 Ouija:

Hammett also has an ESP KH-3 hardtail that he calls the "Invisible Kid", which Kirk did the artwork for himself.

He has an ESP M-2 "Frankenstein" that is inlated with "The Monster is Loose". The eyes are LEDs.

Hammett has ESP V custom guitars 

There are various Kirk Hammet ESP LTD guitars, which are bit better for value (lower price):

ESP LTD KH-202 Kirk Hammett Signature Model Electric Guitar

ESP LTD KH-602 Kirk Hammett Signature Guitar 

Kirk Hammett LTD KH-603 signature guitar 

Some of the other guitars Kirk owns are:

1987 Gibson Les Paul

 1959 Fender Tele with blonde finish

Fender stratocasters including an early 60's in lake placid blue and a 1963 Fender Strat in seafoam green

Gibson Les Pauls including black Les Paul Custom and a 1959 Les Paul

Jackson Randy Rhoads guitars

Parker Fly 

Gibson ES-335

Martin D-28

- A variety of Gibson Flying V guitars

- Dean Michael Schenker V (seen in 2008 rig)

Strings, picks and more
Custom Levy's straps including M7GG3
Peterson Strobe 420 Tuner

Dunlop .88 (Green) Picks

Custom Yellow/Black Picks
Audio Technica microphones: AT4050 for guitars, AT4054 for vocals 

EMG Pickups 

Kirk uses Ernie Ball string with gauge .011-.048.

Amps and Cabinets

Randall Kirk Hammett signature series heads (2 of them live)

Randall Kirk Hammett signature series 4x12" cabinet

Randall Kirk Hammett Signature Series KH15

Randall Kirk Hammett Signature Series RM100KHLTD

Marshall DSL 2000

Marshall 1960b cabinet

Mesa Boogie Tremoverb combo
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
Mesa Booge triple rectifier
Mesa Booogie Stilleto
Mesa Boogie Triaxis amp
Marshall Super Lead Plexi

Vox AC30

Marshall JCM 800 2203

Bogner Uberschall
Peavey 5150
Hiwatt custom 50

Marshall Mode Four
Dumble SSS (Steel String Singer)
Mesa Boogie 4x12-Celestion Vintage 30s 

Effects

Kirk also has been known to use Line 6 pedals, Dunlop CryBaby wah, and a Digitech Whammy. Let's look at what he's used:

Randall Kirk Hammett Signature Series KH1, KH2, KH3 preamp modules 

Dunlop KH95 Kirk Hammett Crybaby Wah

Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

Vox Wah pedal

Ernie Ball Volume pedal - Connects to midi solutions pedal controller and into TC Electronics G-Major

DBX 1074 Quad Gate

Line6 DL4 Delay

Line6 MM4 Modulation

Line6 FM4 Filter

Line6 DM4 Distortion

Line 6 duoverb
Digitech WH1 Whammy

Digitech XP-300 Space Station
Furman PL Pro

TC Electronic G-Major Effects

Dunlop 1SR Rackwah

Voodoo Labs GCX Audio Switcher

Pod XT

Lovetone meatball
Lovetone Wobulator
Lovetone Brown source
Way Huge Swollen Pickle

Dunlop Crybaby Wah Pedal 

Shure PSM600 WirelessTransmitter and UR-4D receiver

MXR Eddie Van Halen Flanger

Boss NS2

Palmer Y-Box Guitar Splitter 

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Tc   |2010-07-14 23:44:26 I'm pretty sure he also used a Mesa Mark IIC+ in the early days. Back in '84 lol Reply 1   0

Mattie   |2010-01-08 10:40:20 where is esp flying v??? kik used that guitar at video the day that never comes Reply 2   0

Josh   |2010-01-29 15:05:18 actually that's not an esp V it's his 84 Gibson Flying V from the Ride - Master era or it could be his trusty "edna" Reply 0   0

Bradley   |2010-08-24 08:01:30 No, that's an ESP. You can see it written on the headstock Reply 0   0

DZ10   |2009-10-25 15:24:57 Does anyone know which Ibanez TS9 mod he has? Some places say Analogman and others say modded by Keeley. Reply 0   0

james   |2009-10-25 15:53:02 As far as i know its a keeley one. Used for lead boosts i think Reply 0   1

james   |2009-09-07 03:17:31 i read in total guitar (i think) that he also owns three vintage les paul standards, a '58, a '59 and a '60 Reply 0   0

peavey  - danelectro   |2009-08-23 18:02:42 in unforgiven he also uses some sort of danelectro with lipstick pickups. it maybe a 53 but i dunno. it may also be in unforgiven 2. Reply 0   0

Andrew   |2009-08-12 23:32:30 Doesn't he use the mesa dual rectifier's? Reply 2   0

Brad Morse   |2009-07-13 14:24:23 He doesnt use tortex picks, james does, along with ultex, bur kirk uses black jazz 3s Reply 1   6

uberpro   |2009-07-13 14:37:43 Maybe he uses jazz's sometimes, but there is tons of proof on flickr that he uses the green tortex picks. Reply 2   2

GibsonPicker   |2010-01-26 15:24:02 This is not true. I met Kirk backstage at one of their shows and he gave me a pick and it was a stadard Dunlop Tortex Green .88 with the Metallica logo on the back... Reply 0   0

André  - Gibson Flying V   |2009-07-10 08:35:41 he has used several gibson flying v's over the year too Reply 4   1

Matt   |2009-01-15 11:16:54 in that video its not a gibson its an esp custom model. watch the video and look at the truss rod cover Reply 3   2

Nathan   |2008-11-15 12:01:32 Kirk Hammett's first signature esp guitar was the kh-1 which was a v with only a bridge pickup and one volume knob. It was all black with a white pickguard. Reply 6   2

Bryce   |2008-10-22 17:15:28 He also uses a Gibson Flying V with EMGs for "The Day That Never Comes" Reply 7   1

james   |2009-08-16 17:35:23 actually he doesnt. He uses a seafoam green strat for that video Reply 0   4

cHIZZX00   |2008-04-17 08:19:22 kirk hammett has a new line of signature amps out with randall mow (two different mts heads and cabs, three modules and some solid state stuff) Reply 7   1

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