The fretboard is made from ebony and it has two EMG James Hetfield signature humbuckers installed. The guitar is orientated towards heavy metal music with its mahogany body and neck. We’re not sure when he actually began to use this piece but it’s more than likely it was sometime in the 2010s. One of these guitars is a completely plain white model that has no special features or insignias on it. He has a few of these Snakebyte guitars that have been made especially for him. We know how much James enjoys Explorer guitars so it’s no surprise that he uses different versions of them with the same body shape. It is a James Hetfield signature model, in fact. The Snakebyte model of ESP instruments is another famous model of James Hetfield guitars. It’s one of the more famous guitars that the musician has in his collection. Both ESP and ESP Ltd produce signature models for James Hetfield that were made after this instrument was created. There is also a load of active pickups on the guitar. It features flag inlays which ESP guitars are famous for along with the Maltese cross which is inlaid on the twelfth fret. The part of the guitar that is obviously different is the fretboard. If you look at the body of the guitar it looks very similar, although the visuals of the cross itself are different. It was inspired by the Gibson Les Paul Custom with the Iron Cross which we mentioned above. This model of ESP guitars is a James Hetfield signature piece. He loves them so much they approached him to make his very own custom piece. In more recent years James Hetfield has become increasingly fond of ESP guitars as a brand. The guitar was used the most during Hetfield’s St Anger era as he used Gibsons more later on during Metallica’s career. It also features gold stripes on one side of the body. You can instantly recognize the guitar thanks to the Maltese cross that sits below the bridge. It came with Sperzel locking tuners installed as well as EMG 60 and 81 pickups with gold covers. We’re not sure where he managed to get this from. One of the most interesting Gibson models he owns is the 1973 Les Paul Custom. 1973 Gibson Les Paul Customīecause James Hetfield is a metal musician it shouldn’t come as a shock that he has some Gibson’s as part of his extensive electric guitar collection. It’s a good piece that proves Hetfield likes to keep things spicy in terms of his guitars and gear even now. There’s not much known about the instrument because Hetfield doesn’t use it that often. This engraving wraps around most of the guitar’s neck. When you look at the guitar closely you can see it has an inlay design that resembles either a dragon or a serpent. The body has been shaped to be like the Flying V guitars by Gibson. It has an almost identical headstock to the custom Explorers he has. You can see another testament to Ken’s fantastic craftsmanship in the custom Flying V model which he also made for Hetfield. People also refer to this piece as James Hetfield’s garage guitar. This was the place that the old garage rehearsal space was. The guitar was given the nickname Carl as a reference to Carlson Boulevard which is in El Cerrito, California. The body of the guitar has a mahogany neck attached and features a fretboard crafted from African blackwood. The images tell stories from the band’s history. There are some nice touches added onto the Explorer which were added in by Petar Milivojevic, a Serbian artist. Ken Lawrence is known for being a very thorough guitar builder and he took his time to finish off this piece made from the reclaimed wood from the garage. They later found out that the garage had been demolished but one of their friends had kept some wood from it for some reason.
In recent years Metallica was considering buying an old garage that they used to use to rehearse in during the 80s. We’ll kick off our list of James Hetfield’s electric guitars with his most sentimental piece which was built for Hetfield by Ken Lawrence.
There’s been a lot of guitars throughout his career and below we have made a list of the most notable ones. Hetfield likes ESP guitars too, along with V-style pieces and Les Pauls. He favors his Explorer-style pieces which have been made by Gibson and Ken Lawrence. James Hetfield is the lead guitarist for Metallica and he plays both acoustic and electric guitars. By the 80s the genre had really come into its own, and Metallica played a big part in making this happen.
It began to evolve in the early 1970s as bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath emerged on the scene. Many people would agree that the metal genre started out in the late 1960s. As the genre of metal music has continued to evolve we have seen it popping up in other genres and even played a part in some of the more mainstream music. In the early days of metal music, it didn’t have the greatest reputation but nowadays there’s no doubt that it’s made its mark on modern music.
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