Kirk Lee Hammett
Lead guitar
November 18, 1962
San Francisco, CA
Brown
Brown
1.7 m
80.78 kg
Kirk married Lani in Hawaii on January 31, 1998
About Kirk
Hobbies:
Kirk Hammett likes to mountain bike and collect horror movie related stuff,
along with piercing assorted body parts.
Sports:
He hates sports
Influences:
Jimi Hendrix is his main inspiration, but also was influenced by Michael
Schenker of UFO.
Previous
_bands:
Previous to Metallica, Kirk played guitar in Exodus.
Previous
_jobs:
Burger flipper at Burger King as well as a dishwasher.
Favorite:
Guitar:
Bands: Jimi Hendrix, UFO, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple,
Led Zeppelin, Kiss, John Coltrane, Goul Mule, Chet Baker, Prez Prado, AIC, David Bowie,
U2, King Crimson, Robert Johnson, , various jazz and blues players.
Drink: Martinis, Sky Vodka, green
tea
Food:
Sushi, Mexican food, pasta, Indian and Thai food.
Cigars: Kirk likes Habanos 94,
a Cuban cigar not available in the USA, he also like Fuente y Fuente Opus X as his
favorite available in the USA, he can also be found puffing on Cohiba and Lars Tetens.
Equipment list
ESP
_guitars:
WaveCaster -wave machine (hollow plexiglass body
filled with wave machine fluid)
M-II -Boris Karloff Mummy graphic
M-II -Skull #1
M-II -Skull #2
M-II -Ouija board graphic
M-II -Fuck You
Flying V -Devil finger inlays
Eclipse -w/Pushead Spider graphic
Other
_guitars:
Gibson Les Paul Custom -black
Fender Stratocaster S.R.V. -black
Fender Stratocaster -natural finish
Parker Fly
All Aluminum Roswell Randy Rhoads Flying V
Gibson Super 400
1963 Gold Fender Strat
1958 Gibson Flying V
1960 Gibson Explorer
Jackson Randy Rhoads V -black
Ibanez Stratocaster -black
Amplifiers
Mesa Boogie Strategy 400 power amps
Mesa Boogie MK IV Amp
Mesa Boobie Dual Rectifier
Mesa Boogie 4 x 12 speaker cabinets
Mesa Boogie Triaxis preamp
Marshall JMP-1
Effects & Other
Roland VG-8
Furman power strips
Nady 1200 Wireless receivers and transmitters
ADA MP-1 preamp
ADA MQ-1 E.Q.
Alesis Data Disk
Juice Goose power strip
Eventide H3000 SE
Boss SE-50
Rocktron Juice Extractor
Custom Audio Electronics preamp
Multiple Foot Pedals Custom Rackmount
EMB Audio Remote Wah units
EMB/Ernie Ball Wah Pedals-custom
Aphex Parametric E.Q.
Rocktron Patchmate
Bradshaw Switching System
Bradshaw Patch Bay Custom
Marshall 4 x 12 speaker cabinets
Ascot Road cases
Dunlop pedals
Dunlop Green Tortex .88 mm Guitar Picks
Pro-Co sound cables
EMG 81 Pickups
Marshall practice amps
Peterson 520 strobe tuner
Floyd Rose Tremelo Systems
Dean Markley strings
Whirlwind channel boxes
Ultra guitar stands
Rocktron RSB-18F pedal boards
Ibanez Tube Screamer
R & R road cases
DiMarzio guitar straps
Famous quotes
"My guitars are my umbilical chord. They're directly wired into my
head."
"I'm very fortunate to be doing the
thing I do best, which is play guitar. �There aren't many other things I could
do."
"Just because you know
umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo."
"Basically I just had to
say, 'Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important
to me and our music.' So I gave the big finger to all the current trends in technical
wizardry, and just went off and did what I felt was best for the songs."
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