Gibson has built Kirk Hammett a ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul
Peter Green's 1959 Les Paul Standard cloned by Gibson
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Gibson has built Kirk Hammett a 'Greeny' 1959 Les Paul. Which is which? · Source: Instagram/Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett of Metallica fame has posted a photo of his new Gibson ‘Greeny’ (or should that be ‘Greenie’?) 1959 Les Paul Standard on Instagram. This is a clone of the original guitar once owned by Peter Green and Gary Moore. Does this mean we could see a Custom Shop version of this iconic guitar sometime in the future?
Gibson ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul
Let’s face it, the ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul Standard is possibly one of the most famous vintage rock guitars – along with Billy Gibbons’ ‘Pearly Gates’. And it has had some pretty famous owners in its lifetime, including the man it is named after, the late great Peter Green, who played it during his time with Fleetwood Mac.
Unfortunately, the Instagram photo looks like it was taken on a Nokia 3310 – it is super-grainy and low resolution.
“Special thanks to Cesar and Mark at Gibson for making me a Greenie twin !
Can you tell who is who ?” – Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett with the late Peter Green · Source: Instagram/Kirk Hammett
The History
Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green sold it to a young Gary Moore in 1970 for a £300 and he played it on Still Got The Blues. It was then sold to Hammett in 2014 from vintage guitar dealer Richard Henry for quite a lot more!
I’d wager we could well see a limited edition run of Custom Shop models sometime in the future.
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2 responses to “Gibson has built Kirk Hammett a ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul”
I find it unfathomable that Gibson would issue a remake of this Classic guitar line in Kirk Hammett’s name without including GARY MOORE!!!
(No offence intended to KH but he has yet to make a notable impact with this fabulous instrument, unlike its previous owner in whose hands brought forth a simply magnificent, glorious tone.)
It could be because Gibson put out a Gary Moore signature LP in the early 2000s that look a lot like this KH signature model (at a quick glance, anyway).