Dunlop Kirk Hammet Signature Wah

[MDV]

God, how I hate kirk hammet.

Had to say that. happy now.

[Roobubba]

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

[dave_mc]

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:

[headtheball]

I don't mind his playing up until the Black Album, really. He does some nice stuff on the earlier albums.

[noodleplugerine]

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...

[Ted 'N' Leo]

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?

[Spitfire]

some of kirk's solos off rtl, mop and ajfa were inspiring....

i think kirk would be a better blues guitarist than metal nowerdays.

[MDV]

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.

[Roobubba]

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 ;)

[dave_mc]

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...

[il˙ti]

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)

[Spitfire]

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

[Transcend]

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