Baddass Guitarist Award!

Kirk Hammett uses a Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan signature strat and a few other strats in the recording studio. He mainly plays Gibsons on stage... but damn, he has a lot of equipment.

 

dude you aint a kidding. in a guitar world i saw what he packs on stage....good gosh thats a lot!!! but he has a guy who just sits under stage and does it all for him...like switch him from clean to distortion. He lost some points in my book for that...but he's still an awesome solo writer.

 

Yeah... I really don't like guitarists who go insane with effects... I mainly just use one pedal when I play... either chorus or a triangle flange and sometimes a phaser or a delay... but one at a time with sometimes a delay, so no more than two at a time... I have Kirk's gear list... it's insane... hahaha, but I've got to admit, for someone who goes gear-insane, he has good taste in the equipment that he uses...

ESP GUITARS:
WaveCaster - Wave Machine
M-II - Red Frankenstein graphic - 'THE MONSTER IS ALIVE!'
M-II - Skull & Crossbones I
KH-1 - Flying V - Devil inlays
KH-2 - M-II - Skull & Crossbones II
KH-2 - M-II - Ouija
KH-2 - M-II - Boris Karloff Mummy graphic
KH-3 - Eclipse - Pushead Spider graphic
KH-4 - M-II - F**k You
LTD - Smash guitar
Eclipse - similar to the KH-3 without Pushead Spider graphic
Semi-Acoustic Eclipse


NEW ESP KH SIGNATURE GUITARS
LTD KH-502
LTD KH-503
KH-2 Vintage (Relic) [an exact reproduction of Kirk's main stage guitar, production limited to 100 instruments, each guitar includes a certificate of authenticity signed by Kirk Hammett; red sticker: "Caution Hot", small black sticker: "Kirk's Guitar"]


GUITARS: ONSTAGE
Dan Electro U2
Fender Stratocaster - cream
Fernandes Flying V
Fernandes Stratocaster
Gibson Flying V #1 - black
Gibson Flying V #2 - red
Gibson Flying V #3 - black
Gibson Les Paul Custom - black
Gibson Les Paul Standard - cherry burst
Godin Multiac (acoustic)
Jackson Randy Rhodes Custom
Jackson Soloist
Ibanez RG470
Tom Anderson ProAM

GUITARS: RECORDING
Fender Stratocaster S.R.V. - black
Fender Stratocaster - natural finish
Fender Stratocaster - seafoam green
Parker Fly
All Aluminum Roswell Randy Rhoads Flying V
Gibson Super 400
1963 Gold Fender Stratocaster
1958 Gibson Flying V
1960 Gibson Explorer
Early Gibson Les Paul

RUMORED NEW GUITAR
LTD custom 7-string guitar w/ the new EMG 707 pickup

AMPLIFIER
Mesa Boogie Strategy 300 power amps
Mesa Boogie Mark IV amp
Mesa Boogie 4 x 12 speaker cabinets
Mesa Boogie Triaxis preamp
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier solo head
Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier solo head (used in Lollapalloza 1996 tour)
Marshall JMP-1 preamp
Marshall 4 x 12 speaker cabinets w/ 25-watt speakers
Marshall 2 x 12 speaker cabinets
Marshall practice amps
Custom Audio Electronics preamp
ADA MP-1 preamp
Bradshaw preamp
VHT power amp
Matchless Spitfire
Vox AC-30
Fender tweed combos
Flextone
Ken Fisher Trainwreck
Line-6 digital amp head (can be seen in the Garage Inc. booklet)

EFFECTS:
Dunlop Crybaby Wah-Wah pedals - modified (dunlop electronics enclosed in ernie ball volume pedal bodies)
Roland VG-8
EMB Audio Remote Wah units
EMB/Ernie Ball Wah Pedals - custom
Multiple Foot Pedals Custom Rackmount
Rocktron RSB-18F pedal boards
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Bradshaw Switching System
Bradshaw Patch Bay Custom
Lovetone Meatball pedal (for the Wah like sound in the opening riff of "I Disappear")

OTHER EQUIPMENT:
Furman power strips
Nady 1200 Wireless receivers and transmitters
ADA MQ-1 E.Q.
Alesis Data Disk
Juice Goose power strip
Eventide H3000 SE
Boss SE-50
Rocktron Juice Extractor
Aphex Parametric E.Q.
Rocktron Patchmate
Ascot Road cases
Dunlop pedals
Pro-Co sound cables
Peterson 520 strobe tuner
Floyd Rose Tremelo Systems
Whirlwind channel boxes
Ultra guitar stands
R & R road cases
DiMarzio guitar straps

STRINGS:
Ernieball strings (.010 / .013 / .017 / .030 / .042 / .052)

PICKS:
Dunlop Green Tortex .88 mm Guitar Picks

OTHER STUFF
Roland VG-8
Furman power strips
Nady 1200 Wireless receivers and transmitters
ADA MP-1 preamp
ADA MQ-1 E.Q.
Alesis Data Disk
Juice Goose power strip
Eventide H3000 SE
Boss SE-50
Rocktron Juice Extractor
Custom Audio Electronics preamp
Multiple Foot Pedals Custom Rackmount
EMB Audio Remote Wah units
EMB/Ernie Ball Wah Pedals-custom
Aphex Parametric E.Q. Rocktron Patchmate Bradshaw Switching System Bradshaw Patch Bay Custom Marshall 4 x 12 speaker cabinets Ascot Road cases Dunlop pedals Dunlop Green Tortex .88 mm Guitar Picks Pro-Co sound cables EMG 81 Pickups Marshall practice amps Peterson 520 strobe tuner Floyd Rose Tremelo Systems Dean Markley strings Whirlwind channel boxes Ultra guitar stands Rocktron RSB-18F pedal boards Ibanez Tube Screamer R & R road cases DiMarzio guitar straps Smokes (Cohiba, Lars Tetens, Fuente)

 

insane!!!! though one of my favorite guitar players. he's not the greatest but he know when to play notes and when not to.

 

oooh... I just remembered a friend of mine, Anton Tsygankov. I've talked to him a bit on a few forums and such... he's an awesome guitarist. He's just getting discovered.. he's russian... plays a Fender custom shop telecaster he designed after a les paul... he's awesome. He did a cover of Hey Joe a few weeks ago and has another song on there entitled "blues"... he's pretty damn good... some of his playing is kinda like satriani, vai, and eric johnson thrown together... http://www.vocals.ru/eng/mus.shtml he's very blues/jazz... except on steroids sounding with a hint of metal....

 

checked out the websight...very cool. I dude I work with his name is Anton and he's from Moscow.

 

http://www.acousticplayermagazine.com/apm002/apmprofile002/tommy_4_profilevideo_002.html

 

hells yeah! that classical gas w/ the strings joining him were such a pleasure! thanks for the link

 

No problem, man. I added to my site, as well. http://www.soundclick.com/georgesnow

Tommy Emmanuel has always been one of my top ten inspirations for acoustic... him and Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young). I'd say my biggest acoustic inspirations...

Tommy Emmanuel
Chet Atkins
Merle Travis
Stephen Stills
Jerry Reed
Mississippi John Hurt
Leo Kottke
Michael Hedges
Adrian Legg
Buddy Guy
Robert Johnson
James Taylor
Stephen Bennett
Keller Williams
Dan Tyminsky
Ron Block
Robert "Junior" Lockwood Jr.
David "Honeyboy Edwards"
Lighting Hopkins
Rev. Gary Davis

Electric...

Robert Cray
Buddy Guy
Stephen Stills
Jimi Hendrix
Neil Young
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Albert King
Derek Trucks
Eric Clapton
Duane Allman
Warren Hayes
Dickey Betts
Muddy Waters
BB King
Jimmie Vaughan
Hubert Sumlin
Howling Wolf
Jeff Pevar
John Fogerty
Scott Henderson

In no order...