For years, Kirk Hammett has wielded his “blacked-out” 1989 Gibson Les Paul Custom on albums and tours with Metallica. Now the Gibson Custom Shop has recreated this renowned guitar in exquisite detail, artfully aged by the Murphy Lab to match the look and feel of Kirk’s original.

This core model gives players around the world the opportunity to experience some of the magic of “Greeny” for themselves. Built in our main craftory in Nashville, Tennessee, this guitar features a mahogany body and neck, a AAA figured maple top, and an Indian rosewood fingerboard.

This model of Kirk Hammett's “Greeny” guitar is crafted by our expert luthiers at the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville, Tennessee, and artfully hand-aged by the Murphy Lab to match the original. A brown/pink Lifton™ reissue 5-latch case is also included.

Epiphone is partnering with the Gibson Custom Shop to release this meticulous recreation of Kirk’s first Flying V™, which established his passion for Gibson guitars. Loaded with Gibson USA Calibrated T-Type humbuckers™ for no compromise on tone.

Metallica fans are familiar with Kirk Hammett’s 1979 Flying V™, one of the most important heavy metal guitars of all time. Only 200 of these replicas were hand-made by the expert luthiers of the Gibson Custom Shop and artfully aged by the Murphy Lab to match the original.