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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Transcend on October 21, 2008, 12:23:11 PM

Title: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Transcend on October 21, 2008, 12:23:11 PM
I'm mainly posting this for Dave (spitfire) as i was talking about it yesterday and couldnt find the link to show him.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=107095
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Spitfire on October 21, 2008, 12:31:51 PM
nice, ill have to look when i get home, and played about with me new geetar
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Transcend on October 21, 2008, 12:35:53 PM
Just watching it again and Kirk seems like hes completely stoned.

Also he doesnt mention the built in tubescreamer circuit and all of the various Eq options and whatnot on this vid so im gonna try find the other one.
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Will on October 21, 2008, 12:58:31 PM
Dunlap :lol:
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Ratrod on October 21, 2008, 04:33:24 PM
I remember a Hammet signature wah. Someone posted a picture of but I can't find it.

It had a sneaker attached to it and no off switch.
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Transcend on October 21, 2008, 05:02:45 PM
I remember a Hammet signature wah. Someone posted a picture of but I can't find it.

It had a sneaker attached to it and no off switch.

That was me about a year ago :P
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: dave_mc on October 21, 2008, 05:04:44 PM
I remember a Hammet signature wah. Someone posted a picture of but I can't find it.

It had a sneaker attached to it and no off switch.

dang you beat me to it. :lol:
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Woogie on October 21, 2008, 05:17:17 PM
The wah boots were on youtube ages ago. Kirk has been wearing em for ages
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Jamie on October 21, 2008, 10:14:04 PM
Ugh don't get me started on Hammet :shock: I think its impossible for him to play a solo without a wah pedal.
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: SG Thrasher on October 21, 2008, 11:09:29 PM
I heard once they locked his wah away in a metallica-proof box and he still played a solo that was 100% wah wankage.

As they say...wah is all in the fingers
>_>

<_<
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Transcend on October 22, 2008, 08:31:23 AM
Ugh don't get me started on Hammet :shock: I think its impossible for him to play a solo without a wah pedal.

he can he just prefers not to

there are a few solos on death magnetic with no wah.

THe day that never comes & erm.... thats the only one.....
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Roobubba on October 22, 2008, 09:19:47 AM
There are no solos worth mentioning on Death Magnetic, tbh. Christ, *even I* can play solos better than some of those efforts! It's almost like Lars said "don't bother putting that final take on, we'll go with the first one that was all boring and had lots of phrases starting and finishing on the tonic. Then we'll EQ the **** out of it, like I did with my wonderful drums."

Other than that, I really like the album, but the lead work (and drum EQ) is a real let down for me, personally.

Roo
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Philosoful on October 22, 2008, 09:30:36 AM
Just watching it again and Kirk seems like hes completely stoned.

 :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Transcend on October 22, 2008, 09:56:25 AM
There are no solos worth mentioning on Death Magnetic, tbh. Christ, *even I* can play solos better than some of those efforts! It's almost like Lars said "don't bother putting that final take on, we'll go with the first one that was all boring and had lots of phrases starting and finishing on the tonic. Then we'll EQ the **** out of it, like I did with my wonderful drums."

Other than that, I really like the album, but the lead work (and drum EQ) is a real let down for me, personally.

Roo

Do you mean the actual distortion on the drums? listen my judas clip tone test in the players section i used the stem files from the guitar hero version of DM and the drums arent distorted at all. I believe it was just a side effect of the shitety brickwalling.
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: MDV on October 22, 2008, 11:55:19 AM
Cant be a hammet wah.

Theres no surgery kit to graft it onto your foot.

Any true hammet wah would have to have a portion of it replace much of your foot to properly integrate with your body. It would be called the metawahsal.
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: MDV on October 22, 2008, 12:01:41 PM
God, how I hate kirk hammet.

Had to say that. happy now.
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Roobubba on October 22, 2008, 12:21:40 PM
There are no solos worth mentioning on Death Magnetic, tbh. Christ, *even I* can play solos better than some of those efforts! It's almost like Lars said "don't bother putting that final take on, we'll go with the first one that was all boring and had lots of phrases starting and finishing on the tonic. Then we'll EQ the **** out of it, like I did with my wonderful drums."

Other than that, I really like the album, but the lead work (and drum EQ) is a real let down for me, personally.

Roo

Do you mean the actual distortion on the drums? listen my judas clip tone test in the players section i used the stem files from the guitar hero version of DM and the drums arent distorted at all. I believe it was just a side effect of the shiteety brickwalling.

No, I've sourced the guitar hero version of the album, and this has replaced my retail copy now. At least the drums sound better than St Anger. I almost can't listen to that album because of the snare drum, now. <shudders>

Roo
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: dave_mc on October 22, 2008, 05:02:20 PM
God, how I hate kirk hammet.

Had to say that. happy now.

he seems a nice enough bloke from any interviews etc. i've seen with him, just i can't stand his playing... :lol:
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: headtheball on October 22, 2008, 06:51:00 PM
I don't mind his playing up until the Black Album, really. He does some nice stuff on the earlier albums.
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: noodleplugerine on October 22, 2008, 07:29:08 PM
I don't mind his playing up until the Black Album, really. He does some nice stuff on the earlier albums.

Especially Kill em all.

Oh wait...
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Ted 'N' Leo on October 22, 2008, 08:10:19 PM
I almost can't listen to that album because of the snare drum, now. <shudders>

I'm going to quote Philly here "don't you mean the old quality street tin full of nuts and bolts?"

And also, the snare is the only reason you can't listen to St Anger?
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Spitfire on October 22, 2008, 10:14:21 PM
some of kirk's solos off rtl, mop and ajfa were inspiring....

i think kirk would be a better blues guitarist than metal nowerdays.
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: MDV on October 23, 2008, 11:30:33 AM
Oh, some of the old stuff was good. The solo to battery comes to mind.

But he's been recycling the same old licks for nearly 20 years now, his new solos have no sense of progression, no structure to speak of, minimal melody and are generally obnoxious and live he can be quite shockingly bad.

Yeah, dave, he does seem like a nice chap. Its nothing personal.
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Roobubba on October 23, 2008, 02:57:23 PM
I almost can't listen to that album because of the snare drum, now. <shudders>

I'm going to quote Philly here "don't you mean the old quality street tin full of nuts and bolts?"

And also, the snare is the only reason you can't listen to St Anger?

I said I almost couldn't listen to it ;)
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: dave_mc on October 23, 2008, 05:16:28 PM
Oh, some of the old stuff was good. The solo to battery comes to mind.

But he's been recycling the same old licks for nearly 20 years now, his new solos have no sense of progression, no structure to speak of, minimal melody and are generally obnoxious and live he can be quite shockingly bad.

Yeah, dave, he does seem like a nice chap. Its nothing personal.

:drink:

and yeah, some of his older stuff was quite good. though his vibrato has never been great...
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: il˙ti on October 23, 2008, 06:58:08 PM
His 80s solos were mediocre at best, to be honest. There were better guitarists around in the thrash scene. Black Album had some really nice solos, as did Load and ReLoad. In other words, he didn't really get good until he realized he couldn't shred. (IMO, of course)
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Spitfire on October 23, 2008, 09:56:22 PM
His 80s solos were mediocre at best, to be honest. There were better guitarists around in the thrash scene. Black Album had some really nice solos, as did Load and ReLoad. In other words, he didn't really get good until he realized he couldn't shred. (IMO, of course)

he wasnt the most technical shreadder... or a shreadder at all.. but that does not mean that his stuff was no good.  which is a good thing cos i can only listen to the same swept arpegios so many times
Title: Re: Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah
Post by: Transcend on October 23, 2008, 10:27:07 PM
His 80s solos were mediocre at best, to be honest. There were better guitarists around in the thrash scene. Black Album had some really nice solos, as did Load and ReLoad. In other words, he didn't really get good until he realized he couldn't shred. (IMO, of course)

he wasnt the most technical shreadder... or a shreadder at all.. but that does not mean that his stuff was no good.  which is a good thing cos i can only listen to the same swept arpegios so many times

I know exactly how you feel there dave.

Shredders really do my head in tbh, the only one i can listen to is friedman