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 spider 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 ltd kirk hammett signature series 30th anniversary kh-3 spider is a reissue of the original kh-3 model with a few upgrades. In addition to neck-thru-body construction, a floyd rose 1000 bridge, and a fast extra-thin u-shaped neck with an ebony fingerboard which is scalloped from #17-24. Also new for the anniversary model are kirk’s signature emg bonebreaker pickups.
Specifications
- Construction : neck-thru
- Scale : 24.75"
- Body : alder
- Neck : 3pc maple
- Fingerboard : macassar ebony
- Fingerboard radius : 350mm
- Finish : black w/ spider graphic
- Nut width : 42mm
- Nut type : locking
- Neck contour : extra thin u
- Frets/type : 24 xj
- Hardware color : black
- Strap button : standard
- Tuners : grover
- Bridge : floyd rose 1000
- Neck pu : emg bonebreaker
- Bridge pu : emg bonebreaker
- Electronics layout : neck volume/bridge volume/tone/toggle switch
- Strings : d'addario xl120 (.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042)
