Hetfield has been a major endorser of ESP guitars since 1991, and is best known for playing custom-made Explorer-style guitars with an EMG 81/EMG 60 set for pickups. His popularization of the models was considered by some to be a catalyst in Gibson’s decision to sue ESP over loss of profits (Gibson originated the model in the late 1950s and has allowed other companies to build replicas). Hetfield’s main guitar from the early days was a white Flying V, used almost exclusively until it broke in 1987. After that he used a 1984 white Gibson Explorer bearing Metallica “Jump In The Fire” devil custom artwork as well as the words “EET FUK” and an ’85 White Gibson Explorer. In 1988 he switched to using white and black ESP Explorer models.

During the mid-1990s, James Hetfield also used his two signature ESP Flying V models, one with red flames and one with green flames. He also asked a friend to fix black and silver diamond-plated metal onto the surface of some of his ESP Explorer guitars.

Recently Hetfield has become a frequent user of a Gibson Les Paul Custom, particularly the 1973 model.

James Hetfield is a true-blue guitar tinkerer, whose experiments, placements of stickers and modifications have resulted in the production of signature models by ESP guitars. He bought a black ESP ltd Viper baritone 300, installed an EMG Afterburner booster circuit, and asked a friend of his to paint green flames on it. This resulted in the limited edition “The Grynch” model guitar. He splashed some Killrust grey paint on an ESP Eclipse model guitar, installed EMG 81 & 60 pickups, moved the toggle switch to a lower position- which resulted in the signature model ESP “Truckster” guitar.

He also uses a two custom-made Explorer model guitars, built by bass luthier Ken Lawrence. Occasionally, James will use Kirk’s electric guitars in the studio, in particular his Fender Stratocasters and Telecasters, as well as his Tom Anderson ProAmm (which was used for the clean guitar intro of “Enter Sandman”).

* ESP M-II “Zorlac”. This was the starting line for the whole KH series. It features veritcal skull & crossbones opposed to the horizontal ones featured on todays KH’s, and an upside down Jackson Guitars style headstock which is what Kirk originaly intended. However, Jackson Guitars was not thrilled about this, and threatened law suits if this model ever hit stores. So the headstock was changed to a typical ESP but flipped upside down. Picture Picture
* ESP KH-2 (Main touring guitar) Kirk’s signature model guitar is based upon the modifications he made to his M-II. (Nicknamed “Skully” because of the skull and crossbone inlays) Picture
* ESP KH-2 M-II – Boris Karloff Mummy I graphic (Kirk’s favorite guitar. Kirk owns the rights to the image on it and it will NOT be released by ESP.Picture
* ESP KH-2 M-II – Ouija. This guitar contains 2 spelling errors on it. It sports the words “WILLIAM FUED TALKING BAARD SET” but it in fact should say “WILLIAM FULD TALKING BOARD SET”

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* ESP KH-2 M-II – Boris Karloff Mummy II graphic. Same as the Mummy I but with heiroglyph inlays. Picture

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* ESP KH-2 M-II “Fuck You” KH-4. It’s the same as a typical KH-2, but with a pearloid pickguard, dot inlays, a Roland midi unit (for roland vg8/vg88), and the words “FUCK YOU” written at the 12th fret. Picture
* ESP ESP MII Skully 7 String. Though it belongs to Kirk, James mainly used it in the studio for St. Anger. It doesn’t go on tour, rather than stays home with Kirk. Picture
* ESP KH-3 Eclipse – Pushead Spider graphic. It is taken from a classic les paul jr. shape with floyd rose and EMG pickups. Picture
* Gibson Les Paul Custom 1968 also known as “Black Beauty”; Kirk also uses regular Les Pauls at some performances Picture
* Jackson Randy Rhoads Model RR1T custom made from the shop specifically for Kirk Picture
* ESP KH-1 Flying V Picture
* ESP WaveCaster Blue- Wave Machine (Only 3 in existence.) Picture
* Fender Stratocaster 1998 – American black and green Stratocaster
* 1974 Gibson Flying V (Used mainly for recording the first four albums. In 1989 he replaced the stock pickups with EMG 81s. Was the third guitar he ever owned.)Picture

Kirk Hammett’s first guitar was a cheap Montgomery Strat copy. The pickups had gold aluminum foil on them, and there wasn’t even a name on the headstock.

Metallica’s “St. Anger” DVD rehearsals features a new guitar which has “Invisible Kid” written on it, which he uses in the song “Invisible Kid”

Kirk uses ibanez guitars too

ESP New Style EX (JH-4)
ESP Custom Eclipse
ESP LTD F300FM
ESP LTD F300 Black
ESP Custom F 7-String Flame Inlays
ESP Custom F 7-String Cross Inlays
ESP LTD Black Cherry H207 7-String
ESP LTD F 7-String Skully Inlays
ESP Custom F Cross Inlays
ESP Custom F “Papa Het”

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The theme of the song is that of a man who has been sentenced to execution in the electric chair. He opens by acknowledging his guilt (“guilty as ‘charged’”), but still questions who made the judge “God to say” that he should die. Later on the man starts to feel the fear while the execution is prepared and asks himself what he is doing in the electric chair. By the end of the song he just wants to get it over with.

It is speculated that the song is based on a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone written by Charles Beaumont entitled “Shadow Play”. The episode begins in a courtroom, where Adam Grant (Dennis Weaver) is convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to the electric chair. Shouting, “It’s happening all over again!”, Grant insists that his trial, conviction, and execution are all part of a recurring nightmare, and that when he dies, the world around him and all its occupants will likewise cease to exist.

In a live recording from 1983, James Hetfield states that “This one is dedicated to our friend in Georgia”, leading to the possibility that it is about an actual person as opposed to fictional events.

In an interview with Guitar World magazine, James Hetfield has stated that the song is not an indictment of the death penalty, in which he is a believer, but simply an exploration of the concept of being in a terrible situation with no control.

RIDE THE LIGHTNING

Guilty as charged
But it, it ain’t right
There’s someone else controlling me
Death in the air
Strapped in the electric chair
This can’t be happening to me

Who made you God to say,
I’ll take your life from you?

Flash before my eyes
Now it’s time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame

Wait for the sign
To flick the switch of death
It’s the beginning of the end
Sweat, chilling cold
As I watch death unfold
Consciousness my only friend

My fingers grip with fear
What am I doing here?

Flash before my eyes
Now it’s time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame

Someone help me
Oh please, God help me
They are trying to take it all away
I don’t want to die

Time moving slow
The minutes seem like hours
The final curtain call I see
How true is this
Just get it over with
If this is true, just let it be

Wakened by horrid scream
Freed from this frightening dream

Flash before my eyes
Now it’s time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame

Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton and Dave Mustaine
Copyright © 1984 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

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