Epiphone Kirk Hammett "Greeny" B-Stock

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Electric Guitar

Kirk Hammett (Metallica) "Greeny" Signature Model
Body: Mahogany
Maple top with AAA flamed maple veneer
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Indian laurel
Trapeze fingerboard inlays
Gibson-Style "open book" headstock
Cream coloured body binding
Cream coloured fingerboard binding
Neck profile: Vintage '50s
Graph Tech nut
Nut width: 43 mm
Scale: 628 mm
22 Frets with cryogenic fret treatment
Pickups: Gibson USA Greenybucker (bridge) and inverted Gibson USA Greenybucker with reversed magnetic polarity (neck) humbucker
2 x Volume and 2 x tone control
50s Wiring with Mallory capacitors
CTS Pots
Epiphone ABR bridge with aluminium stop bar
Grover machine heads
Colour: Greeney Burst
Incl. case

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Available since November 2023
Item number 582995
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour Greeny Burst
Body Mahogany
Top Maple, flamed
Neck Mahogany
Fretboard Indian Laurel
Frets 22
Scale 628 mm
Pickups HH
Tremolo None
Including Case Yes
Incl. Gigbag No
Artist KIRK HAMMETT
Style LP-Style

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Guitarra eléctrica Epiphone Kirk Hammet Greeny 1959 Les Paul Standard

There are some guitars that have made an indelible mark in the history of Rock music, and one of these is most certainly “Greeny”, the 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard that, in the hands of British Blues maestro Peter Green, shaped the unmistakable early sound of Fleetwood Mac and later spent more than 30 years as the weapon of choice for none other than Gary Moore, who played it throughout his tenure with Thin Lizzy and later during his successful solo career. Greeny is now back in the limelight and adding another chapter to its already stellar history thanks to its new owner, Metallica guitar icon Kirk Hammett, and in tribute to this universally revered guitar, Epiphone and the Gibson Custom Shop now proudly present the Kirk Hammett Greeny 1959 Les Paul Standard, a modern interpretation that sticks closely to the specifications of the original but comes with both a custom-fit case and a much more affordable price tag.

Humbucker out-of-phase en la Epiphone Kirk Hammett Greeny 1959 Les Paul Standard

Próxima al original

Fundamentalmente, la Epiphone Kirk Hammett Greeny 1959 Standard no está construida de manera muy diferente a una Les Paul clásica. La base es un cuerpo de caoba con tapa de laminado de arce flameado, además de un mástil de caoba encolado con diapasón de laurel, 22 trastes y las típicas incrustaciones trapezoidales. Las diferencias se pueden ver en el perfil del mástil modificado, pero sobre todo en las pastillas, que fueron diseñadas junto con Kirk Hammett. Lo especial es la "Greenybucker" insertada en el cuello, que no solo está montada invertida, sino que además incorpora un imán de AlNiCo-2 también invertido, y que junto con la opuesta en el puente genera el típico "sonido Greenybucker". Bajo el capó se han instalado solo componentes de alta calidad. Por poner un ejemplo, el circuito eléctrico está equipado con condensadores Mallory. Y en la pala, con auténtica forma Open-Book de Gibson, encontramos clavijas Grover Rotomatic.

Mahogany body of the Epiphone Kirk Hammett Greeny 1959 Les Paul Standard

Complete with Greenybuckers

It goes without saying that not everyone has the spare cash lying around to buy a US-made Greeny Les Paul from the Gibson Custom Shop, so the Epiphone Kirk Hammett Greeny is obviously a very interesting alternative. At the heart of the original Greeny's sound is its neck pickup, which Peter Green inserted facing backwards and which also features a reverse-wound magnet. In addition to the conventional range of Les Paul sounds, this pickup thus also delivers a nasal, out-of-phase tone when both pickups are active. A "Greeny" would not be complete without this unique sound, which is why Epiphone has taken no chances and equipped the Kirk Hammett Greeny with a set of Gibson's US-made, hand-wired "Greenybucker" pickups, which give players the full range of dynamic clean, crunch, and overdrive sounds that come extremely close to the sound of the legendary original.

About Epiphone

Today, Epiphone is known only as the Asian budget offshoot of Gibson. Yet both companies were once independent, equal, and also bitter rivals. The roots of Epiphone go back to the 1870s and to Anastasios Stathopoulo, a Greek instrument maker, who emigrated to America in 1903 with his son Epaminondas (“Epi” for short). Epi changed the name of the firm to the "Epiphone Banjo Company" after taking over the family business in 1928. During this year, Epiphone also began to manufacture guitars, which rapidly came to dominate their sales. In 1957, Epiphone was taken over by C.M.I., which already included Gibson, but continued as a separate brand until 1970, when manufacturing was outsourced to Asia. Well-known Epiphone models include the Casino, played by the Beatles, and the Sheraton, John Lee Hooker's instrument of choice.

El sonido de muchos clásicos

Los diferentes estilos en los que se ha utilizado la original “Greeny” Les Paul a lo largo de su historia demuestran la enorme flexibilidad tonal de este instrumento. Desde „Albatross“, el primer éxito número uno de Fleetwood Mac, pasando por „Still got the Blues“, la canción más conocida de Gary Moore, hasta el Metal moderno de nuestro tiempo en las manos de Kirk Hammett alcanza el potencial de la „Greeny“, aquí en forma de la Epiphone Kirk Hammett Greeny reinterpretada de nuevo. Además del sonido característico, el instrumento también impresiona con una óptica cercana al original, con una pala Gibson “Open Book” original que se utiliza por primera vez en la historia en una Epiphone Les Paul. La Epiphone Kirk Hammett Greeny 1959 Les Paul Standard se entrega en un estuche rígido de estilo vintage con forro rosa y un atractivo Custom Artwork en el exterior.

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