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Gibson Flying V Electric Guitar
James bought this guitar in 1980 for $200, and it was his second electric guitar. He played it on Metallica’s first album “Kill ’em All”, and kept playing it up until 1984 when the neck snapped after an accident on stage. At that point the guitar had two Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers, a Tune-o-Matic Bridge.
Just prior to recording “Death Magnetic” in 2008 James decided to restore this guitar. He changed a couple of things, including the pickups which he replaced with the EMG 81/60 set, and reparation of the headstock which was broken more than one time in the past.
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James' flying V used in the early days of Metallica wasn't a Gibson.
The flying v was a fake far east copy. He put a gibson truss rod cover on it though
its an electra flying v
The headstock isn't even right, and its a fake he put a Gibson truss rod cover on.
although he now does own gibbo v's this was an electra copy which he stated he always wanted a white flying v but could only afford a copy which is shown in the image. However kirk had a black v with emg's and a badass tom bridge