Gibson Kirk Hammett “Greeny” Les Paul Standard
New US standard version of Greeny now available
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The Gibson Kirk Hammett “Greeny” Les Paul Standard is now available and is currently the most affordable version of the well-known ’59 Burst. It follows on from the two Murphy Lab-aged models and is considerably cheaper than both.
Kirk Hammett “Greeny” Les Paul Standard
The new Kirk Hammett Greeny Les Paul Standard comes without artificial ageing by the in-house Murphy Lab. Nevertheless, it has a nice-looking AAA maple cap with cream binding, on the mahogany body painted in “Greeny Burst.”
Gibson Kirk Hammett Greeny LP Std · Source: Gibson
This is accompanied by a mahogany neck along with a rosewood fretboard with trapezoid inlays and a vintage 50s neck profile.
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The 22 medium frets are cold-treated, which should make them a little more durable. Two Greenybuckers provide a good range of tones. With the humbucker on the neck rotated in polarity, which can provide interesting out-of-phase sounds.
As always, it is controlled with 2 volume and 2 tone controls.
This model has no Sperzel tuners though and so it is really just a ’59 style Les Paul Standard with a reversed out-of-phase neck pickup.
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After the recent Murphy Lab model and the 1979 Flying V reissue, it is certainly becoming very Kirk Hammett-focused over at Gibson this year. I’m guessing we will see an Epiphone model really soon as well.
Another Metallica guitar will no doubt sell well and I can see them being popular with fans.
The “Budget-Greeny” can now be ordered from Thomann at 3999 euros* including a hard case.
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3 responses to “Gibson Kirk Hammett “Greeny” Les Paul Standard”
A more cynical person might think Gibson had planned in advance to release this and the V as a way of jumping on the marketing bandwagon of a new Metallica album. Perish the thought…
Gibson using an artist to sell guitars before an album release? That’s the whole point.
Typically I have to roll my eyes at people who whine and complain about Gibsons prices. Typically I truly believe they are a good deal. Set neck, flame top, nitro, binding. PLEK’d and machined hardware. That’s not available at comparable prices (see PRS) from anyone else.
But $4k for the Les Paul Standar is a sad statement for the state of the economy .
It’s a cool guitar. But you can pick up an R7/8 in that ball park and have the hand made aspect.
I don’t whine and complain about Gibson’s prices, at least not for their standard ranges. But I am utterly fed up with the focus on artist replicas.
As a wise person once said, don’t aspire to be the next Kirk Hammett/Billie Joe Armstrong/Slash (etc etc etc). Aspire to be the first you.