Gibson Custom Shop Kirk Hammett 1989 Les Paul Custom - murphy lab aged ebony
To fans of metal, Kirk Hammett needs no introduction. Longtime fans will also no doubt be familiar with his “blacked-out” 1989 Gibson Les Paul™ Custom, which he has used on numerous Metallica albums and tours. Now the Gibson Custom Shop has recreated this renowned guitar in exquisite detail. Like the original, the Kirk Hammett 1989 Les Paul Custom features all-black hardware, and per Kirk’s wishes, GIBSON Custom Shop Kirk Hammett 1989 Les Paul Custom (CSKH89LPCEBBC1) solid body electric guitar comes equipped with uncovered T-Type pickups, along with a Fishman® Powerbridge piezo bridge pickup system with a Fishman Powerchip preamp and volume control that bring simulated full-bodied acoustic tone to this versatile Les Paul Custom. Artfully aged by the Murphy Lab to match the look and feel of Kirk’s original 1989 Les Paul Custom, it is a fitting tribute to a metal guitar master and one of his favorite instruments.
Murphy Lab Aged
- SKU Gibson CSKH89LPCEBBC1*KH009
- Solid body electric guitar
- Made in USA
- 2024
- Solid Mahogany body
- 2 pieces Maple top
- Solid Mahogany set neck, Slim Taper profile
- Solid ebony fingerboard, 22x reissue frets
- Scale 24.75"
- Radius 30.38 cm / 12"
- Neck width 1st fret 43.05 mm / 1.695"
- Neck width 12th fret 56.90 mm / 2.24"
- Gibson 498T Humbucker bridge pickup
- Gibson 490R Humbucker neck pickup
- Fishman Powerbridge Piezo Pickup
- Volume for each pickup
- Tone for ech pickup
- 3x way pickup selector
- 500k audio CTS potentiometers
- Bumblebee capacitors
- Gibson ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
- Gibson Aluminum Stop Bar stoptail
- Grover Rotomatics with Contemporary Buttons tuners
- Coriannut
- Nitrocellulose finish
- Gibson hardshell case included
- Factory strings gauges .010 .013 .017 .026 .036 .046
- Euroguitar Reference : 109672
