The only problem I’ve had with my Vox wah is its tendency to move around on the floor. So now it sits on a rubber mat that says in big letters, ‘Kirk’s Wah-Wah Rug.’ Kirk Hammett Read Quote
On ‘Metallica,’ I recorded six or seven different guitar solos for almost every song, took the best aspects of each solo, mapped out a master solo and made a composite. Then I learned how to play the composite solo, tightened it up and replayed it for the final version. Kirk Hammett Read Quote
It really shocked me just to hear of the fans’ response to ‘St. Anger’ not having guitar solos. Kirk Hammett Read Quote
Everyone has a side to them that’s kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood. Kirk Hammett Read Quote
After months of playing air guitar to ‘Free Bird’, what really got me into guitar was watching a documentary about Jimi Hendrix and picking up the Woodstock soundtrack. Listening to his version of ‘Star Spangled Banner’ and ‘Purple Haze.’ My brother played acoustic guitar and, idolising him, I thought, ‘I’m going to get a guitar.’ Kirk Hammett Read Quote
When people are confronted with something they’ve never seen before, they really don’t know how to react. Kirk Hammett Read Quote
Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn’t mean you have to use them all in a solo. Kirk Hammett Read Quote
Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it – ‘St. Anger’ being the fire and ‘Death Magnetic’ being the phoenix. Kirk Hammett Read Quote
