![]() ![]() ![]() While there’s mixed stories on why Mustaine left a few years later, he was replaced by a young Kirk Hammet, of Exodus fame at the time. Mustaine played an Ibanez Destroyer II D400, their take on an Explorer-style shape, loaded with the presumably stock Ibanez Super 58 humbucker in the neck and V2 in the bridge position. The super early days saw an Electra 2236 strung across Hetfield’s shoulder, a copy of a Gibson Flying V with the 70s style pick guard and finished in the now iconic vintage white. Read up on all the latest features and columns here. Metallica was formed in 1981 and featured a 17-year old James Hetfield on guitar and vocals, with Dave Mustaine, then 20-years old, on lead guitar. While more recent years have seen a slew of artist models, both at accessible prices all the way to top-tier Custom Shop specifications, the guitars of Metallica have been a rotating roster of different shapes, angles, pickups configurations and brands, all the while being the instruments involved in some of the most iconic riffs in history. Metallica are one of the biggest bands in history. Words by Lewis Noke Edwards The guitars of Metallica have been a rotating roster of different shapes, angles, pickups configurations and brands. ![]()
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