The Metallica V | 2023 Gibson Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V Review + Demo

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I've wanted to review the Kirk Hammett Signature Flying V for a while - Imagine my surprise when they reissue it again in 2023! My first question was - why? and why so much? I was pleased to see this was a reissue of the guitar in an earlier state with passive pickups and arguably a better aging job. At least the runs are a little bit different! The secret to his V is the Stars Guitars bridge - so very iconic!
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0:00 - Intro - Check Links in the Description
0:13 - Unboxing / About Kirk Hammett
0:48 - The Case / First Impressions
1:50 - The 2012 Flying V Release
2:18 - How This Release is Different
3:37 - Case Candy
5:44 - Inside Look / Specs
11:57 - Tone Demo
15:01 - Final Thoughts
16:38 - What to Watch Next!
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[@themattlewisexperience]

You are supposed to sew that fabric Banner onto the back of your jeans jacket.

[@smelltheglove2038]

Back patch for your battle jacket. Gotta cut the sleeves off.

[@smelltheglove2038]

@Doogz66 of course. Gotta sew the patches on with dental floss.

[@sebg2086]

look at his style.....he dont know nothing about back patch

[@justinguitarcia]

@Doogz66 custom patchwork on canvas and jean jackets are very popular

[@wadeguidry6675]

Kids these days don't know about sewing a giant band patch on the back of your jean jacket. The 80s kicked ass!

[@Wargasm54]

That “tapestry” is a back patch for a denim jacket. They were popular amongst headbangers of the era.

[@theguitarfather1837]

yup,,,trogly makes me laugh sometimes....

[@kirkwahmmett1666]

I have a couple friends currently who have their own battle jackets. It's still alive and well just definitely not as popular as it used to be.

[@Wargasm54]

@@kirkwahmmett1666 I sported one back in the day. Had a big Venom patch on it. Then changed to a Mercyful Fate patch. Covered with a lot of smaller patches like Slayer, Metallica, Exodus, Destruction, Dark Angel…etc. I rocked it out back in the day. But I’d look like a butt plug wearing it today 🤣. My son could rock one. I’ve seen a few here and there in modern times. But not as much as back in the 80’s and 90’s,

[@RJ_Groot]

I've had a few on display on my denim back in the '80's.

[@eldiablo3794]

James Hetfield rocks his battle vest quite often when he plays live now'a days.

[@Mar33322]

I said this before but for that price I can get a plane ticket to Japan go to the ESP custom shop and get a way better guitar built and have money left over. Still cool though.

[@tallicafan2010]

Yeah true

[@joelm5509]

Yeah or any other crazy custom build from Jackson, Suhr or any other brand.

[@jorgiewtf]

I just bought an all-white brand-new 70's V a couple of weeks ago. I can't quite describe how amazing it sounds!

[@stormengine3261]

How much did it cost compared to the 15 grand for this Hammett V?

[@jorgiewtf]

@@stormengine3261 It’s $2500. Nowhere near what the Kirk Hammett costs but sounds amazing!

[@cowboybill.2433]

Does it metal ?

[@larryburwell8550]

Tip for V players. Move your rear strap button to middle of the V. Works much better and more balanced. Learned that tip from Paul Stanley

[@Cycopace]

the new Flying V strap button are beneath the wing, it's way more comfortable to play and well balanced this way

[@jonweaver1849]

thank you, bc my epiphone v has some serious nose dive

[@guitarz]

That’s a $1100 silica bag!

[@zeusapollo8688]

An

[@darkmindtk]

Considering they already did a custom shop version of this guitar once already, and with the teased '84 Explorer re-issue coming to the standard USA line-up eventually, I think they should have skipped a second custom shop version and done a non-aged standard USA version of this guitar. The current "70s Flying V" in the standard USA range has the wrong, pointy headstock shape and binding. I know there are lots of Metallica fans out there, and I think there is ample opportunity to sell a metric ton of White '84 Explorers and Black 70s Flying V's.

[@ronaldgreeves5170]

$15K for that?! Look at the wonky neck alignment at 7:05 - the 6th string nearly misses the neck PU pole piece! Trogly never seems to mention that.

[@suspicionofdeceit]

Yep, typical Gibson garbage.

[@LocalMachine]

He most likely bought it for the video, then ships it back for refund or it was shipped to him free to do a video then he sends it back.

[@LocalMachine]

And yes it's a complete POS guitar, very true

[@f3uibeghardt522]

I highly doubt that Trogly purposely neglected to mention that. He always mentions QC problems he sees. He must've just failed to notice it.

[@1972LittleC]

I think the gaffer tape is there to make sure that the guitar doesn't slide around when you run around on stage. Because the original is a stage guitar.

[@beatmasterbossy]

It was priced by status, the Adam Jones was 10,000, so it has to be 5,000 more for Sir Kirk Hammett. That plus the Gibson and Murphy status mark up

[@blodpudding]

Yeah Stars made the hardware to Alembic, now if Trogly would get ahold of one of those that would be something! I always loved Jerry Garcia's guitars. It makes sense Kirk got ahold of that bridge since they were based out of San Francisco where he was born.

[@PopeyeFPV]

7:04 Look how far off to the right that string spacing is.....that high E string will be falling off the fret board 100%.

[@maddoxmay611]

Oooohhh… and you can see how much space is left on the high E… doesn’t matter how much you pay, a Gibson will always be a Gibson 🤦‍♂️

[@PopeyeFPV]

@ Maddox May right!? I love Gibson Custom guitars but this has me scratching my head how this got through QC. Such a pricey axe as well, yikes.

[@LRRPFco52]

If a fool is being separated from their money, might as well make it official.

[@MrShadowofthewind]

I did the same with a mustang, black pickup rings ontop of a white pickguard, and also could not find rings without corner holes anywhere, so i cut screws shot and glued them into the rings, but it's just amazing that no one is producing rings without corner holes.

[@Gilmour3]

I would like to take a moment to say a huge THANK YOU for all the years of useful info, demos and overall presentation of guitars. Your work is outstanding! Respect from Athens, GR!

[@jeffbowlds4610]

The square cloth patch goes on the back of your Jean coat big in the 80's.

[@ourword3112]

That patch goes on the back of a denim vest!

[@hardstones17]

looks neat but MY GOODNESS that string alignment on the neck, what's going on there at the 7:05 mark! It would personally drive me batty just looking at it. I get this is more of a collectors piece but I bet playability for this particular one is not great. I know I would be slipping off the fretboard constantly with the High E with misalignment like that.

[@thesnapperkeeper]

I can’t believe they used the Captain Harlock skull for this.Glenn Danzig was the one known for wearing this during the Misfits period,Hammet adopted it much later in an obvious nod to Misfits/Danzig

[@erikracz4162]

With all the money Metallica made, on way over priced guitars, they should be sued for using someone else’s art work… just saying 🤣

[@LRRPFco52]

​@@erikracz4162Most people would have never heard of the Misfits or Danzig if it wasn't for Metallica. Metallica in the 80s used to wear Misfits T-shirts all the time, so lots of band photos of them featured the famous Misfits skull or Danzig shirts. That's how I first learned about the Misfits. Lars even helped put together a Misfits collection called Plan 9, which was the first Misfits tape I bought.

[@robertartese808]

Id never pay 15G but that thing sounds phenomenal!

[@shelbyavant5081]

Am I the only one that tunes out when the playing starts?

[@phillipvisnaw2355]

Can't take-it like fingernails on a chalkboard!

[@f3uibeghardt522]

I do that on all guitar videos no matter how good the player is. Most people can't stand channels talking about guitars and not playing, so much so that there are entire channels and videos dedicated to only sound demos. I'm the exact opposite.

[@adrianr2312]

Hey everyone! Nothing wrong with a good Ol’ Flying V

[@MosheAlvarez]

Did anyone else notice the strings are not perfectly centered?It’s as if the bridge was placed with the high E closer to the edge of the neck compared to the low E side

[@Mangoshake2021]

Aged guitars are such a scam 😂

[@vincentrandles8105]

The one you asked what you're supposed to do with it, that's your back-patch bro!! Yeah - heads up Austin!! 😁👍 Ahh! And the pins for on your leather jacket!! Hel's yeah!🤘

[@miserychannel666]

4:03 .. it's a back patch for a jean jacket. A-Greed $20k?

[@r33th]

The zoom into Kirk's face at 5:35 made me spit out my drink

[@tommilitello198]

Must be that rare mahogany sourced from Mars and the special emg pickups sprinkled with fairy dust,but why does it sound like my emg equipped Dean v that was a couple hundred bucks?oh I know,in the room it sounds absolutely amazing lMFAO

[@ClownForce0ne]

I would love that as a gift or low price,But if I could ever afford a Gibson, It would not be a beat up looking V with tape on it, lol It would have to be Randy Roads V :) Sg & LP are my fav,,But that V2 is so Nice

[@john564holloway]

Wow, Austin! Your tee matches the pennant perfectly! Great demo!

[@frenchabortion]

3:55 the skull and cross bones is from Captain Harlock (an anime) Danzig screen printed that skull all the time. As you know Metallica LOVED The Misfits and Danzig. I know for sure that Kirk had it on a shirt too. But if he did he probably did it himself, maybe Eerie Von did that shirt for him (he did basically ALL their Misfits shirts)

[@eccentricgentlemen]

$15,000 and they can't even notch/space the saddled correctly. Can they not see that the strings run diagonally up the fretboard? I also imagine it would be a lot harder getting replacement saddles to fix it.

[@rainyday2315]

What I always wanted, a beautiful new guitar beat to crap, tortured and chemically altered for way too much money. Sounds awesome.

[@unionrdr]

I just can't bring myself to pay that kinda money for somebody to beat the living crap out of a beautiful guitar and then try to sell it to me for 6x's what it's worth?! " But it LOOKS just like Kirk's!?" IF it WAS Kirk's, I might pay 15-20K. But not for a precision beat-down version. I bought a used one from a musician that opened his own guitar store. And had it redone. Cool that mine also came with abalone fret markers too!

[@djhoneylove5710]

People think a recreation will bring their playing closer to the artist sound. It won't. Any guitar with humbuckers through whatever kirk's signal processing and amp would sound more like it, plus decades of playing experience.

[@albertosotelo9969]

The one that got snatched in Chicago in 83 hahaha... I just saw that concert today, it is great! I believe my favorite Hetfield guitar is the Custom purple LP, hopefully it comes out

[@wadeguidry6675]

That's the one the fans in front took out of his hands? I loved the look on his face, like wtf?

[@albertosotelo9969]

@@wadeguidry6675 That one!!! he sort of scolds them with his eyes hahahaha!!!

[@sjlefebvre]

You told the price of the Greeny guitars... it would be nice to not hsve to look it up since you said it was kind of high for what you're getting...

[@darrenmayes9869]

Finally got my hands on one and ain’t gonna lie, it’s a guilty pleasure and draws a good ‘ol bleeding me and of course enter sandman. Its has super resonance and great attention to detail. If you get a chance try one out - absolutely awesome.

[@OliverAmberg]

Great review Austin! Thanks. The price tag is rather absurd.

[@samiam5557]

KIRK HAMMETT's Flying V! Very nice indeed.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Nice

[@bikerjon8934]

🧇

[@Sean_Plays_Guitar]

Studio updates, band stuff. Backstage stuff…but mostly, more shorts like the one you’re wearing in this video. Glad you’re doing well bro!!

[@1000poundsguitar]

If you were a REAL Metallica fan you’d document the ESP signatures from the 80s/90s… 😝

[@kattycat3502]

ESP are way better than Gibson clowns😆 Probably why Trog won't. Might bust the Gibson bubble.

[@bigmike2149]

@@kattycat3502 Wow, take it easy.

[@stkbkr1]

Austin, kudos on your guitar play, you are so much better than a few years back. I enjoy watching all your vids everyday!!! And I always look forward to the next one. Yes, I am addicted.

[@larryburwell8550]

To me Paul Stanley had the coolest 70s flying V. Black single pickup with mirror pick guard and dimarzio pickup

[@guitarrilho502]

Will you compare it to the 2013 model?

[@mire0000]

You switching to ESP is much better idea than Hatfield switching to Gibson. :)

[@ziggylayneable]

I think that the picture of Kirk Hammett that was black and it had a skull with crossbones? Was meant to be a backpack for a jean jacket with no sleeves. I'm old enough to know. I'm 50 years old and that's the way I used to dress when I was a kid

[@viperBSG]

I could buy 2 used suv and still have thousands in savings! Keep it Im not that much of a complete idiot to pay that kind of money for a guitar. A Fool and his Money will soon be parted!

[@smelltheglove2038]

To be fair, with inflation as high as it is, you’re much better blowing money than saving it. 3% interest is actually a 7% yearly loss if you keep it in a money account. At least with a guitar you can actually play it, and when you sell it the depreciation will be much less than the rate of inflation, or hell, it might even turn a profit. Putting your money in actual assets is much wiser move in todays economy. The country is dying, not much to save for anyway. Pretty soon we’ll all be using government controlled central digital currency, and if you’re buying things they don’t want you to, well, too bad. No, you can’t buy gas this week, you bought gas last week, and if you bought it this week your carbon footprint will be too big. It’s coming.

[@LocalMachine]

He most likely bought it for the video, then ships it back for refund or it was shipped to him free to do a video then he sends it back.

[@SnappyJCM800]

That’s my favorite V headstock. I don’t like how pointy they normally are

[@matt-770]

Another sound piece, Austin will you fill us in regarding the “key characteristics” that all Murphy custom jobs have? Just curious…

[@Trog]

It depends on the run. For example, this V - they will all have the tape and that rectangle mark on the back of the headstock. Most signature models have a small list of things that must be there to give the guitar it’s identity - the rest is just in house aging

[@viktorstorelv]

The tape on the back. Watching a concert from Chicago 1983. The tape covered almost the entire back here. Kirk also abused the guitar quite a bit, plus the crowd took it, just luck it didn't get destroyed hehe. He also have his single humbucker esp flying v on this show.

[@WREDog]

Hey Trog can you do a video on the new Certified Vintage Gibsons that came up? Looks like an interesting new batch of Guitars.

[@Nokšė0]

that intro gives me vibes of Cars movie thanks!

[@leviathan_is_me]

The closest I will ever get to a Metallica machine is a Gothic Explorer I use to own and the Harley Benton Pro series 84' Explorer with the old Het set (EMG 81/60) I currently abuse. Something odd with Thomann. They seem to swap the pups around a lot. They ship them with the EMG 60 in the body and the EMG 81 in the neck.

[@LRP-e1m]

Omg i forgot about the Gothic series!

[@leviathan_is_me]

@@LRP-e1m I LOVED that series! The 1999-2000 original run..MAN those were awesome 👌.

[@unionrdr]

I have a Black Gibson Flying V built on my Birthday in 1983. What's the odds of stumbling onto that!? It had cracks in the body and a little the worse for wear after being in Ron Zelle's trunk with another one for years gigging. Mine was the better of the 2. I had it redone with black body after filling the lil cracks along with the face of the neck being left original. Natural satin neck with the stock rosewood fingerboard, new frets, etc. EMG 81 pickups that Het used in those days. Original Flying V case too! I used to play Sabbath, Priest & Metallica on it.

[@jameslanclos568]

Damn it Hammett !!! Too many signature guitars.

[@larryc835]

Schenkers, Wolf Hoffman and Lips all used these exclusively. Beautiful guitar.💯

[@elamon51]

Woot woot Trogly's guitars 🎸 🙌

[@Relayer6a]

From what I understand the way they do the checking now is to actually freeze the guitar and then let it expand rather than slicing the checking with a razor blade like they used to.

[@clarkbabin9799]

I don't know if Gibson made a deal with SKB on cases but the first SKB case I bought was for a rogue that was a Jackson knockoff. The cases have improved a lot since 96.

[@DennisTrovato]

I wish they'd do an Epiphone version of this and James' white Flying V.

[@nickcarlin2643]

That James one would be so expensive. Even epiphone

[@kaivalentine9664]

James flying V is not gibson tho It's Electra copy

[@DennisTrovato]

@@kaivalentine9664 I'm sure Epiphone is allowed to make a copy of a copy of a Gibson. 😄

[@discoreposession]

greatest guitar ive ever played… i handled this thing in the gibson garage in a once in a lifetime opportunity a few days ago (shoutout to matt from gibson garage!)

[@seanyiscubsfan1]

There needs to be a Gibson USA version of this V.

[@hermanturnip3984]

Perhaps you're meant to pin/sew that cloth tapestry of KH onto your battle jacket?

[@guitarandmore69]

Now this is more appropriate to have his name on it.

[@palehorsenameddeath7731]

This is so ridicules. 15k For this is just overpriced hype. You can buy an actual 1978 V for around 2500 or a 67 reissue for 2500. So you get a bunch of trinkets for your 15k. PT Barnum was correct. Gibson learned this as well.

[@trevorrostek5995]

Love that PT Barnum reference.

[@LocalMachine]

He most likely bought it for the video, then ships it back for refund or it was shipped to him free to do a video then he sends it back.

[@palehorsenameddeath7731]

I understand that but someone is buying this .And I have to say after playing buying guitars for over 5 decades I just can’t believe people buy this. I have over 200 guitars in my collection and can tell you some guitars are just better then others and the magic “custom shop” are not Better then the production model. The custom shop years ago was there to build you what you wanted like installing a Kahler trem in a Les Paul or three pickups . It did not mean you got a far superior guitar you got a “custom “ guitar built to your specs. This is a marketing tactic.

[@phillipvisnaw2355]

@@palehorsenameddeath7731 and I thought custom shop meant hand built or actual customer service person for taking complaints about all tool marks and unscraped binding..

[@palehorsenameddeath7731]

@@phillipvisnaw2355 All I can tell you is I have custom shop Les Pauls and production Les Pauls and some of my regular production guitars play better then my custom shop Les Pauls. As far as fit and finish for me mine all look the same and are very well executed. I have a buddy that has over 300 Les Pauls from original vintage to the 80's custom shop made just for him to new custom shop guitars and just off the rack guitars. Trust me some are better them others. Both myself and my buddy are older guys so keep in mind we have buying and collection for 50 years. You tend to accumulate a lot of "treasures" in that amount of time.

[@zigzagrz]

My skb V case is the same for my Gibson V, not very well fitted

[@richardcarlson7802]

Replicated tuner holes? I'm done.

[@tallicafan2010]

I think he was on about the kind of dent left by the original klusons, idk tho

[@rebelcat420]

I always thought it was a Rickenbacker bridge. Thank you for clarifying.

[@timtaylor164]

Sounds killer but 15k 🤦‍♂️ your right 15k is nuts.

[@alexmosberg7833]

For the concert and recording of ride the lightning he used a strat

[@Justin-hb6cg]

“We get another cloth tapestry … I’m not quite sure what you’re supposed to do with that.” Are you sure you are a Metallica fan Trogly ?

[@Justin-hb6cg]

@@cataclysmicconverter I don’t think he even has a denim jacket.

[@johnnyxmusic]

Has a lively sound to it.

[@TristanJCumpole]

Statistically, the most-used words in KZbin videos are: #1 "the", #2 "basically", #3 "iconic".

[@davidbloomquist5385]

Never been a big fan of Vs or middle switch, but wow, I love that sound!

[@soldozer]

They were all using ESP from Justice onward.

[@MuscleCarLover]

Speaking of Flying Vs, I got an email today from The Music Zoo showing a pair of Korinas, a Flying V and an Explorer......for $100k, bit ridiculous for a reissue IMO, but they are both very low serial numbers of their respective runs

[@Trog]

Sounds like the collectors edition set

[@palehorsenameddeath7731]

I had all three back in the late 80's they cost about 700.00 each. I just can't buy into all this hype. Wood is wood wire is wire everything else is snake oil.

[@MuscleCarLover]

@@Trog Yeah, that's the one. They look great, but damn that's a steep price

[@wadeguidry6675]

I need to play a V sometime. I don't recall ever playing one of any brand.

[@natashanyxx9486]

Cashtallica

[@willk.illyouii5583]

Yes,thats a back patch for your levi jacket everybody wore in the 80's...

[@jameshughes6049]

I don't get the aging crap. To me, this guitar looks like sh*t, I would never buy it, but that's just me.

[@LocalMachine]

The Murphy Lab aging is so numb. Who pays to have their guitar damaged and worn? Ridiculous lol

[@vladimirpoutine7522]

That has similar neck dimensions as my 1971 SG 200

[@stevenlight6785]

I had a 72 SG 200 years ago. I still have the pickups from it.

[@vladimirpoutine7522]

@@stevenlight6785 Yeah I'm not a huge fan of the one I have. That narrow neck almost feels like a broomstick. Then again I tend to prefer their 2015 soloist necks. Are you using the pickups or no?

[@misa-qu2fq]

That initial song would be like: “que pasa con los tardigrados?”

[@andye3684]

👍

[@Jacen13]

Hi! Do you think the Epiphone version is good? I want one but can’t afford Gibson version. Kirk Hammett is my favorite guitar player & I love Metallica.

[@Trog]

i plan to review that version next week sometime

[@Gene_Cali]

Sweet pickles!

[@user-sr9in2es8b]

Gibson has to be targeting wealthy type people with these guitars. they basically are investment guitars with those prices.

[@ericsyre9418]

Aging a brand new instrument and selling it for more than its new version is simply ridiculous.

[@danieldesy2969]

Resonance, not resonancy. Come on

[@jordanpratt3821]

Thank god you were here.

[@FLOSSDOGG]

Even though the price point is RIDICULOUS!!! The rounded headstock is the best version IMO

[@kal5163]

"Goofy rounded-over headstocks"?! How dare you! When Gibson - or even Epiphone - bring out a 'proper' 70's V with the "goofy" headstock, I'll think about parting with my cash, moreso if its a Michael Schenker two-tone. The long headstock just looks.....wrong!😏

[@kal5163]

At least, it does if you're calling it a " '70's Flying V"..... .... (but I'm biased)!

[@ericbgordon1575]

Kirk is a great player. All the same, he is one of the reasons that I spent way too long resisting getting an instrument with the Flying V shape. I have never been to a Metallica concert, so I've got no idea how earsplitting their live set is. Of all things, it took the passing of another guitar player whose live set definitely was earsplitting, Leslie West, to make me sit up and take note of how much longer lasting Legacy of the Flying V is than just encompassing the metal scene.

[@calvinlee8103]

Albert King, come on man.

[@pricetag30]

I wouldn’t pay more than $500 for that beat up wreck!

[@jleote]

James is just fine where hes at with ESP

[@intoit1074]

Cool guitar, but Im not paying 15k for it. I got a real 82 white one. You can get a real one for like 8-10k. Why wouldn’t you just buy vintage at that price point??

[@CodeNameV13]

15k for a recreation, that is just as wild as the Adam Jones Custom that retailed for 10k.

[@jasonwilson8877]

I actually don't think any guitar is worth that much as a consumer product. A collector's thing? Fine. And I've played a few Gibson's and almost bought a vintage but they have balls to think a guitar should be priced like that. No way your brand isn't worth it

[@shelbyavant5081]

Every time you mention the 1983-on-up Vs, you say "alder" like that's how they all came. My 1983 and 1985 Vs with no pickguard are both mahogany body. Maple necks, one rosewood board with tunamatic, one ebony with Kahler.

[@gayrodeo]

Trogly do they replicate original body fluid staining for $15,000? From that groupie in Cleveland during the 1983 Kill ‘Em All tour?

[@joshuathetelecaster5055]

We need an epiphone one now

[@Louzahsol]

I’m surprised it doesn’t have a built in auto wah that you can’t turn off

[@danriley5848]

This is an over priced beat up guitar imho, not for me.