NGD Gibson Greeny Murphy aged

RandallFlagg

I haven't looked closely at pics of the original, is the “KH” etched on the back the same as the original?

Why would Kirk Hammett do that?

idiotwindow

RandallFlagg said:

I haven't looked closely at pics of the original, is the “KH” etched on the back the same as the original?

Why would Kirk Hammett do that?

In case he loses it?

TheMarlin

Congrats. Cool guitar!

Darren

Congrats Chris. Lovely guitar. 

designerseye88

Great looking guitar, Some of the best ageing I've seen from Gibson.

randella

idiotwindow said:

RandallFlagg said:

I haven't looked closely at pics of the original, is the “KH” etched on the back the same as the original?

Why would Kirk Hammett do that?

In case he loses it?

Or James nicks it and claims it was his all along

I'd be really interested to know what caused the finish damage lines by the neck volume on the original. Someone wearing big rings maybe?

Anyway what a lovely thing to own, enjoy it!

sherpa_man

randella said:

idiotwindow said:

RandallFlagg said:

I haven't looked closely at pics of the original, is the “KH” etched on the back the same as the original?

Why would Kirk Hammett do that?

In case he loses it?

Or James nicks it and claims it was his all along

I'd be really interested to know what caused the finish damage lines by the neck volume on the original. Someone wearing big rings maybe?

Anyway what a lovely thing to own, enjoy it!

i believe it was a ring :-)

thebreeze

Very nice indeed.  Enjoy.

fretmeister

Lovely thing. The aging is very realistic.

I really like that Kirk has put his initials in it.

The amount of blues tossers who are upset at Hammett owning it is hilarious. I bet some of them own cars that by a similar metric they are not worthy to drive. I'd bet a shiny £1 that some of them even complained when Gary Moore got it!

I particularly like referring to the real deal as the Greeny/Moore/Hammett guitar. That upsets them even more. 

Kirk is out there playing it on the biggest stages. I think that is brilliant. It should be played.
And for all the "he's crap" type comments - 99% of his gig is playing Hetfield rhythm parts, and the complainers cannot.

sherpa_man

fretmeister said:

Lovely thing. The aging is very realistic.

I really like that Kirk has put his initials in it.

The amount of blues tossers who are upset at Hammett owning it is hilarious. I bet some of them own cars that by a similar metric they are not worthy to drive. I'd bet a shiny £1 that some of them even complained when Gary Moore got it!

I particularly like referring to the real deal as the Greeny/Moore/Hammett guitar. That upsets them even more. 

Kirk is out there playing it on the biggest stages. I think that is brilliant. It should be played.
And for all the "he's crap" type comments - 99% of his gig is playing Hetfield rhythm parts, and the complainers cannot.

i have been a Metallica fan all my life. the fact i own one of these guitars is a great feeling. I saved up for a long time and now i have one :-) i love Kirk that goes out and plays it live and its great seeing it used for metal :-)

Grumpyrocker

Wow. Fab guitar.

MikeP

sherpa_man said:

MikeP said:

Wow, I'd love to try it. Same the subsequent owners have it such a hard time. 
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https://www.alamy.com/peter-green-uk-rock-musician-image3439656.html

more than welcome to come and try it!

That's very kind but sadly I'm in Ireland...

elstoof

randella said:

I'd be really interested to know what caused the finish damage lines by the neck volume on the original. Someone wearing big rings maybe?

From falling face down and bashing the knobs/pots into the body

fretmeister

sherpa_man said:

fretmeister said:

Lovely thing. The aging is very realistic.

I really like that Kirk has put his initials in it.

The amount of blues tossers who are upset at Hammett owning it is hilarious. I bet some of them own cars that by a similar metric they are not worthy to drive. I'd bet a shiny £1 that some of them even complained when Gary Moore got it!

I particularly like referring to the real deal as the Greeny/Moore/Hammett guitar. That upsets them even more. 

Kirk is out there playing it on the biggest stages. I think that is brilliant. It should be played.
And for all the "he's crap" type comments - 99% of his gig is playing Hetfield rhythm parts, and the complainers cannot.

i have been a Metallica fan all my life. the fact i own one of these guitars is a great feeling. I saved up for a long time and now i have one :-) i love Kirk that goes out and plays it live and its great seeing it used for metal :-)

I'm really happy for you. It's a wonderful thing.

I hope you gig the hell out of it!

(Insure it properly!!!!!!!)

Lewy

fretmeister said:

Lovely thing. The aging is very realistic.

I really like that Kirk has put his initials in it.

The amount of blues tossers who are upset at Hammett owning it is hilarious. I bet some of them own cars that by a similar metric they are not worthy to drive. I'd bet a shiny £1 that some of them even complained when Gary Moore got it!

I particularly like referring to the real deal as the Greeny/Moore/Hammett guitar. That upsets them even more. 

Kirk is out there playing it on the biggest stages. I think that is brilliant. It should be played.
And for all the "he's crap" type comments - 99% of his gig is playing Hetfield rhythm parts, and the complainers cannot.

I wish he’d scratched his initials on the front

fretmeister

Lewy said:

fretmeister said:

Lovely thing. The aging is very realistic.

I really like that Kirk has put his initials in it.

The amount of blues tossers who are upset at Hammett owning it is hilarious. I bet some of them own cars that by a similar metric they are not worthy to drive. I'd bet a shiny £1 that some of them even complained when Gary Moore got it!

I particularly like referring to the real deal as the Greeny/Moore/Hammett guitar. That upsets them even more. 

Kirk is out there playing it on the biggest stages. I think that is brilliant. It should be played.
And for all the "he's crap" type comments - 99% of his gig is playing Hetfield rhythm parts, and the complainers cannot.

I wish he’d scratched his initials on the front

Right next to the little switch that activates the fretboard LEDs?.... and the boost for the EMG pickups?

sherpa_man

fretmeister said:

Lewy said:

fretmeister said:

Lovely thing. The aging is very realistic.

I really like that Kirk has put his initials in it.

The amount of blues tossers who are upset at Hammett owning it is hilarious. I bet some of them own cars that by a similar metric they are not worthy to drive. I'd bet a shiny £1 that some of them even complained when Gary Moore got it!

I particularly like referring to the real deal as the Greeny/Moore/Hammett guitar. That upsets them even more. 

Kirk is out there playing it on the biggest stages. I think that is brilliant. It should be played.
And for all the "he's crap" type comments - 99% of his gig is playing Hetfield rhythm parts, and the complainers cannot.

I wish he’d scratched his initials on the front

Right next to the little switch that activates the fretboard LEDs?.... and the boost for the EMG pickups?

And wah pedal 

Lewy

sherpa_man said:

fretmeister said:

Lewy said:

fretmeister said:

Lovely thing. The aging is very realistic.

I really like that Kirk has put his initials in it.

The amount of blues tossers who are upset at Hammett owning it is hilarious. I bet some of them own cars that by a similar metric they are not worthy to drive. I'd bet a shiny £1 that some of them even complained when Gary Moore got it!

I particularly like referring to the real deal as the Greeny/Moore/Hammett guitar. That upsets them even more. 

Kirk is out there playing it on the biggest stages. I think that is brilliant. It should be played.
And for all the "he's crap" type comments - 99% of his gig is playing Hetfield rhythm parts, and the complainers cannot.

I wish he’d scratched his initials on the front

Right next to the little switch that activates the fretboard LEDs?.... and the boost for the EMG pickups?

And wah pedal 

You don't need a switch for something that's never off......

Congrats on your purchase, by the way. It looks like a remarkable piece of work and I imagine there's a lot of joy ownership that goes with such a thing.

jca74

So as part of the deal do Murphy Labs get KH in to scratch his initials in each one?

Kurtis

fretmeister said:

Lovely thing. The aging is very realistic.

I really like that Kirk has put his initials in it.

The amount of blues tossers who are upset at Hammett owning it is hilarious. I bet some of them own cars that by a similar metric they are not worthy to drive. I'd bet a shiny £1 that some of them even complained when Gary Moore got it!

I particularly like referring to the real deal as the Greeny/Moore/Hammett guitar. That upsets them even more. 

Kirk is out there playing it on the biggest stages. I think that is brilliant. It should be played.
And for all the "he's crap" type comments - 99% of his gig is playing Hetfield rhythm parts, and the complainers cannot.

Where are all the blues tossers?