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Got the book when it came out but haven't looked at it yet. Pickup swaps don't bother me. He owns the guitars - he can do what he wants with them.
Has anyone gotten a chance to read the James Hetfield book "Messengers"?
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Mboogie7
When the fuck did we get ice cream?
No, it doesn’t make me rage at all. It’s his guitars and he can do as he pleases.
If it pisses you off so bad, save up and try and buy them from him.
Gatekeeping James Hetfield’s personal preference is incredibly weird.
If it pisses you off so bad, save up and try and buy them from him.
Gatekeeping James Hetfield’s personal preference is incredibly weird.
Ten Year Old Het was making house calls to MILFs up and down the coast.
Is there anything unique or never before seen in the book?
There's just so much already out there about his guitars that I'm not sure if I'm down to pay (insert arbitrary amount) for a coffee table book on them.
It'd be cool to have, yeah, but I'd like to know what all is inside before paying.
There's just so much already out there about his guitars that I'm not sure if I'm down to pay (insert arbitrary amount) for a coffee table book on them.
It'd be cool to have, yeah, but I'd like to know what all is inside before paying.
I pre-orderd it and received it in the middle of November. I absolutely love it. Really cool stories of some of his guitars and some cool photos of them being used throughout the years. Some interesting notes by his techs and some collector friends of his in there too. If I recall he has 5 different original 59 Les Pauls which is absurd. One of them he scratched some skull in the back with his name or the Metallica logo or something. I think that's cooler than him keeping it 100% unmolested. It's HIS guitar, HE can do what HE wants to it. His guitars are tools for the music he creates. I mean it would suck if he decided to smash one but just personalizing it or swapping parts doesn't bother me one bit.
I don't know about "never before seen" but there's plenty of stories or info that's probably never been talked about before. Like for certain guitars they will say what mod's were done and at what point in time. And there are stories of how James acquired certain guitars or what his inspiration was for doing a particular modification. Also some notes tell you what songs it was used on and stuff like that. I think I paid $80 or so for the book. Money well spent to me although it is cheaper now if you were to buy one. It's over 400 pages so well worth it for a Hetfield/Metallica fan.
HeHasTheJazzHands
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It's also cool to just get some really high-quality pictures of all the guitars, plus the various stages of wear and tear.
AwakenTheSkies
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I'm not a huge Metallica fan but good for him! He knows his sound and what he likes and sticks to that. Better than fucking around with 1000 combinations and never being happy with anything IMO
nightflameauto
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As for the actual subject, I don't much care what musicians do to guitars that they'll actually use to play music.
I feel a little weirded out by going through the national music museum, not far from me, where there are hundreds and hundreds of instruments displayed that will never be made to make music again. It's like walking through a graveyard where the corpses are displayed out in the open. Just a weird vibe for a music guy. But that's literally the only time I've had an emotional response at all to instruments being bought, used, modified, or displayed.
I feel a little weirded out by going through the national music museum, not far from me, where there are hundreds and hundreds of instruments displayed that will never be made to make music again. It's like walking through a graveyard where the corpses are displayed out in the open. Just a weird vibe for a music guy. But that's literally the only time I've had an emotional response at all to instruments being bought, used, modified, or displayed.
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You know you have a great life if you can find time to bitch about what someone like Hetfield does with his own property.
HeHasTheJazzHands
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Yeah, we have a whole thread for stuff like this lol
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Fairly productive day, get a text from a bud that the beer I like is back in stock.....it's beer 30, so I go down to grab. Get to the parking lot, and for some undetermined reason P took my car, took the keys to hers, and the only thing left to drive is the fuckin Tahoe. No 3.0L turbo driving...
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Right? I can't believe this is even up for debate.
How many people out there do you suppose have picked up guitar and wanted the sound that James Hetfield has? The answer is a fuckton. That sound has been sought after by so many it's ridiculous. Hell, it might even be the most popular metal guitar sound.
I know it's trendy to hate on EMGs and all, but James is clearly one of the last people with a tone problem. Dude can play whatever he wants, in whatever he wants.
I totalt understand him. I've change pickups on all Gibsons I've owned, and will continue doing it. Tried Dirty Fingers, different Burstbuckers, 500T, 57 Classic. The only pair I likes was the 498T, that many Gibson players hate 
For the price I sold the 57 Classics and DF I bought two pairs of used BKP.
I'm also pretty sure that the value of an expensive guitar wont be less after his ownership, no matter what he does to it.
For the price I sold the 57 Classics and DF I bought two pairs of used BKP.
I'm also pretty sure that the value of an expensive guitar wont be less after his ownership, no matter what he does to it.
Mboogie7
When the fuck did we get ice cream?
I do want to pick this book up though. Big daddy Het is by far the biggest pillar in the foundation that is my musical journey.
Shit - when I first started playing, I thought downpicking was the only way to play lol. A couple years later it dawned on me.. “wait, I don’t HAVE to downpick everything!?”
Shit - when I first started playing, I thought downpicking was the only way to play lol. A couple years later it dawned on me.. “wait, I don’t HAVE to downpick everything!?”
nightflameauto
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You don't have to, but if you play the main riff of Master of Puppets without downpicking the whole thing, Hetfield fans will riot.
Man, that's all I do.
Mboogie7
When the fuck did we get ice cream?
Nah, you have to
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EMG= known quantity with their rigs at the time. That’s important when you tour as much as they do.
I have the book, it’s very cool. I want more info on his early white Gibson explorer (I think”so what”.) he either traded away or sold (for a truck I’ve heard?) . If you watch his unboxing vid of the book, he glosses over needing to “get that guitar back”... I gotsta know!
I have the book, it’s very cool. I want more info on his early white Gibson explorer (I think”so what”.) he either traded away or sold (for a truck I’ve heard?) . If you watch his unboxing vid of the book, he glosses over needing to “get that guitar back”... I gotsta know!
Marked Man
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No, Lars and Kirk wearing eyeliner in the mid 90s made me smirk, though.
