Gibson has recreated the 1979 Flying V played by Kirk Hammet and offers it in two very limited editions.
150 copies of the Gibson Custom Kirk Hammet Flying V will be produced. They will be aged, and 50 of them signed by Metallica’s guitarist.
Specifications:
- 1-piece mahogany body
- Maple/mahogany neck
- Rosewood fingerboard, 22 frets, pearloid dot inlays
- 12" radius
- 1.562" nut width
- 24–3/4" scale
- 70"-style round tip headstock
- white truss rod cover with gold “Gibson”
- Schaller M6 chromed tuners
- Chrome-plated brass modified Tune-O-Matic bridge with stop bar tailpiece
- White 4-ply BWBW pickguard
- 2 EMG 81 pickups (neck) and 1 EMG H pickup (bridge) with ceramic magnet
- 2 volume controls, 1 tone control
- 3-way switchcraft with cream plastic tip
- Nitrocellulose Ebony Aged finish
- Custom Shop hardcase included
Pricing:
The signed version is priced at $9 880, and the unsigned Aged version at $7 527. More details on www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Flying-V/Gibson-Custom/Kirk-Hammett-Flying-V.aspx.
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