Description
KIRK HAMMETT KH-3 SPIDER
30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
In 1991, Kirk Hammett of Metallica came to ESP with a request for a new guitar with a single cutaway design, but with the features of his KH-2 guitar. Metallica’s graphic artist Pushead designed a spider graphic specifically for this new instrument. The KH-3 was played by Kirk throughout the ’90s on tours supporting the legendary Black Album.
After spending a number of years on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, the original KH-3 was returned to ESP so we could reference it for this 30th Anniversary edition. The ESP and LTD Kirk Hammett Signature Series 30th Anniversary KH-3 Spider are reissues of the original KH-3 model with a few upgrades. In addition to neck-thru-body construction and a fast extra-thin U-shaped neck with an ebony fingerboard, we’ve added a scalloped fingerboard from frets #17-24. Both new models also feature Kirk’s signature EMG Bonebreaker pickups.
“I always liked the feel of the single cutaway shape, and thought it would be great with a Floyd Rose and my usual pickups. Not to mention having a place to plaster the killer Pushead graphic that was drawn specifically for that guitar back in the day!”
– Kirk Hammett
- Body: Material Alder
- Neck Material: 3-Piece Maple
- Neck Shape: Extra Thin U
- Neck Joint: Neck-through
- Radius: 13.7″
- Fingerboard Material: Macassar Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay: White Spiders/Skulls
- Number of Frets: 24, Extra Jumbo
- Scale Length: 24.75″
- Nut Width: 1.653″
- Bridge/Tailpiece: Floyd Rose 1000 Locking Tremolo
- Tuners: Grover
- Neck Pickup: EMG BoneBreaker Humbucker
- Bridge Pickup: EMG BoneBreaker Humbucker
- Controls: 2 x volume, 1 x master tone, 3-way toggle pickup switch
