Most legendary guitars become famous in the hands of a single player, but “Greeny” can claim three. From Peter Green to Gary Moore to Kirk Hammett, the 1959 Les Paul originally made famous by the Fleetwood Mac co-founder has been regularly honored by Gibson with museum-grade replications, sporting every nick, scratch, and dent of the original.
Now, for the first time, the Gibson Kirk Hammett “Greeny” brings the instrument’s iconic tone and signature looks into the company’s standard production line! This guitar flaunts a superlative set of specs common among ’59-style Les Pauls, including a warm-sounding mahogany body, an AAA flame maple top, a chunky late ’50s mahogany neck, and a sleek Indian rosewood fingerboard. However, the Kirk Hammett “Greeny” Les Paul Standard features two Greenybucker pickups, with the neck pickup boasting a flipped-magnet construction, providing you with a spot-on emulation of the “magic” out-of-phase bite that’s graced countless classic tracks across all three guitarists’ careers.
After many long years of extremely limited-run Gibson Custom creations, the Gibson Kirk Hammett “Greeny” Les Paul Standard finally brings the fabled tone of the original instrument to the masses.
Body Material: | Mahogany |
Top Material: | AAA Figured Maple |
Body Finish: | Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck Material: | Mahogany |
Neck Shape: | 50's Vintage |
Radius: | 12" |
Fingerboard Material: | Indian Rosewood |
Fingerboard Inlay: | Acrylic Trapezoids |
Number of Frets: | 22, Medium Jumbo |
Scale Length: | 24.75" |
Nut Width: | 1.695" |
Nut Material: | GraphTech |
Neck Pickup: | Gibson Greenybucker Humbucker (Reverse Mounted, Reverse Polarity) |
Bridge Pickup: | Gibson Greenybucker Humbucker |
Controls: | 2 Volume, 2 Tone, 3-way toggle pickup switch |
Bridge: | ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic |
Tailpiece: | Aluminum Stopbar |
Tuners: | Grover Rotomatics |
Strings: | Gibson Brite Wires .010-.046 |
Accessories: | Gibson USA Hardshell Case |