DISC ESP LTD Kirk Hammett Signature Electric Guitar

Full Description

EMG 81 & 60 Pickups

The Signature ESP LTD incorporates a set of powerful EMG 81 and 60 humbucking pickups, offering a thick, punchy tone when in the 81 bridge position and a warm, crisp tone in the 60 neck position. Constructed from close aperture coils and featuring ceramic magnets, the EMG humbuckers provide advanced detail and a truly meaty tone. EMG pickups are favoured by many professional musicians due to their unbeatable tone, active circuitry, high output and low noise.

Solid Alder Body

Alder is favoured by most players for its incredibly balanced tone, offering the perfect dynamic range to suit most musical styles. The alder body is perfect for playing a wide range of musical styles, with its excellent sustain and resonance ensuring each note is heard. Its bright, sizzling highs, rounded lows, and beefy midrange sets up the foundation of the guitar’s overall tone, allowing players to achieve the perfect sounds for most playing styles. The body also features a contoured design, allowing the guitar to hug the player and deliver a comfortable performance.

Maple Neck-Through Construction

Featuring a 3-piece maple neck, the ESP LTD KH-602 produces beautifully bright tones, with searing highs and strong mids for a dynamic performance. Its ultra-thin U-shaped profile is perfect for speed demons, allowing players to easy reach across the entire fingerboard without losing any comfort. The neck-through construction provides an advanced sustain and resonance by optimising the maximum contact between the neck and body joint. This setup allows superior vibration transfer and sustainability, perfect for when you need notes to ring out for as long as possible.

Floyd Rose Tremolo & Locking Nut

Kirk Hammett's Signature Guitar features a Floyd Rose tremolo bridge and a locking nut system, providing a range of unique sounds and accents to enhance your sound. The bridge can create amazing dive bombs and pitch bends, while the locking nut ensures the guitar retains its original tuning and enhances tuning stability for the ultimate performance.

Kirk Hammett

Few Guitarists have been at the peak of interest for as long as Kirk Hammett. As the guitarist for the legendary band Metallica, Hammett is renowned for playing extremely fast, technical and motivated pieces. Having toured the globe, Hammett’s guitars have to be rugged enough to last on the road. Hammett is regarded as an icon of metal music, and this signature will inspire guitarists to follow his path.

About ESP Guitars

ESP LTD is a Japanese guitar manufacturer, established in 1975, primarily focused on the production of electric guitars and basses. Their product range will suit a wide variety of budgets and playing styles, with their popular Signature, Standard, Original, Graphic, Xtone, and Left Handed series' guitars. The company has a growing number of high profile artists who have designed their own signature instruments, such as Ron Wood, Kirk Hammett, Jeff Hanneman and many more.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Body: Alder
• Construction: Neck-Through
• Bridge: Floyd Rose Tremolo
• Finish: Black

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: 3-Pc Maple
• Profile: Extra Thin U
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Radius: 350mm
• Frets: 24 Extra Jumbo
• Inlays: Skull and Crossbones
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Nut: Locking
• Nut Width: 42mm

Hardware & Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: EMG 81 (Ceramic/Active)
• Neck Pickup: EMG 60 (Ceramic/Active)
• Controls: 2 x Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
• Tuners: LTD
• Hardware: Black
• Strings: .009 - .042 Gauges
• Case Included: No