Guitar
Rigs of the Gods, Part 12(a). Kirk Hammet of Metallica runs a rig as convoluted
as some of the music he makes. His rig set-up is driven by the requirements of
his stage show. Kirk’s sound starts with the guitar, in this case being an ESP
Kirk Hammet laded with EMG Pickups. From there it takes a turn into delirium,
as he needs to be able to access his rig and all of the sounds it can produces
from no less than 4 different points on the stage. The first device his signal
encounters is a Mesa Engineering Amp Switcher. From there, the signal is sent
to either a) a Marshall JMP-1, b) a Mesa/Boogie Tri-Axis, or c) a Mesa/ Boogie
Dual Rectifier head. But wait, that’s to simple…keep reading these tips to find
out just how weird he gets! |
