New Photo Book by Metallica's Kirk Hammett Highlights His 'Holy Grail' of Rare Six-Strings

New photo book by Metallica's Kirk Hammett highlights his 'holy grail' of rare six-strings

For Metallica's Kirk Hammett, there is one electric guitar that stands above the rest in his arsenal for the metal band's ongoing M72 world tour.

Photo book by Metallica's Kirk Hammett highlights his rare six-strings

For Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, there is one electric guitar that stands above the rest in his arsenal for the metal band’s ongoing M72 world tour. He thinks of it as his Excalibur, he says. It is a 1959 Gibson Les Paul once owned by the late Peter Green, founding guitarist of Fleetwood Mac, and a former member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. It later passed from Green to Gary Moore, who played it on Hammett’s favorite Thin Lizzy album, “Black Ros…