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  • theres not a solo this guy cant play......

  • GAGO KAY SLASH KAMING LAHAT SA PILIPINAS IDOL SLASH GNR

  • recorded with a calculator

  • without Jimi there would be no metal

  • @CKSeeps7 without kirk there would be no music ;)

  • @thecoreoflame ha ha very true.

  • @thecoreoflame lol listen to DEATH !

  • Pretty nifty

  • Some guitarists are better live than the studio,some are better in the studio.You cant listen to lightning and master and tell me Kirk sucks.His solos fit in perfectly with the song.They aren't trying to sound like Van halen you know!

  • @shredmaster100 kirk fucking sucks. the only thing amazing here is he isn't using a wah pedal. kirk needs guitar lessons from SKOLNICK and JEFF WATERS.

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  • @djmm1397 No wah pedel? Look at 2:00.

  • Kirk Hammet is a very well rounded player. Sure he's no Broderick or Loomis . No one can do Kirk better than kirk or Chris Broderick better than Chris Broderick. This nonsense of comparing talented guitarist to eachother is the very reason why Justin Bieber or Chris Brown get so much radio play. So thanks to you Simon Coells of guitar playing the rest of us who find guitar to be a passion pay the price for your critical bullshit. Stick to guitar hero and let the rest of us enjoy.

  • Even if it is a bad solo or not the fans enjoyed it? that is all that matters.

  • My god, you are so horrible playing, get a fucking book of pentatonic and try to make something coherent instead of using wah wahs all time. everybody can make those noises.

    And shredmaster100. its a matter of taste, FOR YOU is better.

  • One thing about this arguing about megadeth and metallica. I would not start comparing kirk and dave, since dave is head of megadeth and writes 95% of songs in megadeth. So rather would compare Chris broderick and Marty to kirk. And Im not starting that.

  • is that solo towards the end by hendrix or ray vaugn

  • Master Of Pentatonics

  • if you wanna talk about kirk not being good, get known, then you can talk

  • @riseoftheblackout His solos aren't easy though, he has some easy solos, But if you try to play like he did in the 80's and not use some shitty inaccurate tabs, then his solos are difficult, Watch videos of him from the 80's+use ear then you've got his solo.

    Too many people fuck around with his solos, making them look easy. I think the justice tabs are closer to accurate than the rest, but Justice solos are the hardest, Dyers eve fml ;/

  • he becomes from an old era of players,seventies players and blues plyers,,he´s style i think over the years its good, but he doesn´t built the monster guitarist that really metallica needs...i think. for example: chris broderick or j petrucci !!!

  • @warhead1970

    There are technically better players no doubt. BUT, while they may be technically better, Kirk has a knack for writing memorable solo licks, it's not all about technique. Plus he's an awesome performer. Prince is a much better guitarist then Kirk can hope to be, but he don't show it enough anymore.

  • @mickthewack Hey guys atleast the part at 1:21 is in cowboys from hell lol

  • @warhead1970 are........you........fucking.­........kidding me?!?!? i don't anna get in a petty little youtube fight w/ you but i think you're just wrong.

  • Kirk is a closet fag.

  • @cheapcape So?

  • people were going crazy... kirk rocks! one my fav guitarist

  • Horrible. Period!!

  • @chosen1Imcoming

    Are u Freak? or what? that is his best peri! Just Amazing Solo's FTW!

  • @chosen1Imcoming i'm beyond frustrated, how so sir, please tell me if you're trolling or not, you really cannot think that.

  • @whatthebollocks no this is terrible. You obviouslyare 15 yrs old if you think this is good......that or you have absolutely no ear. Any descent player knows this sucks.

  • This isn't very good...

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  • Lets just settle the Mustaine vs Kirk thing. If it werent for Mustaine, then Metallica wouldnt have even got out of California. Most on the songs on the first demo were written by Mustaine. So I would hate the cause of your favorite band.

  • KIRK HAMMETT ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!

  • Look. Mustaine left cause if lars. Then he got replaced by someone more musically able to use better techniques. Now Mustaine has his own band who are sortof good

  • kirk really isnt that "good" (ofc he is good, but not very virtuoso) he lacks of melodic ideas

  • How could anybody think this is good? He just plays the same things over again.

  • @NotoriousMAN1 you suck

  • @NotoriousMAN1 you suck, any way, try to do that if you can...

  • @NotoriousMAN1 fuck of dude

  • @NotoriousMAN1 dude you probly couldnt one note of wht hes playing dumb ass so go suck ur moms cock

  • @NotoriousMAN1 if you can even play half as good as this feel free post a cover of it on youtube

  • To me Kirk Hammett is the 80's.

  • i think his cover of little wing is better than the original

  • @KfcKno48 Hush child!

  • Kirk is god so is helfield and cliff

  • Kirk s2

  • El mejor guitarro de thrash en ese momento\m/

    The best thash guitar player in that moment\m/

  • @1madaboutguitar. Hes not a good lead guitarists? Ur a retard.

  • @MrWeese33 its funny because its true

  • cool

    

  • fiera

  • he owned in the 80's and early 90's, but in my opinion he kinda started boring me in the late 90's and 2000's just my opinion

  • little wing yeah!!!!! payin tribute to hindrix,

  • lol kirk played Little wing :D

  • i believe that he suffers from a mercury poisoning, cause one can see all symptom's. He does eat a lot of fish becaues he is a vegaterian. All the sea food world wide is poisened with mercury, and other heavy metal's. i did suffer from a mercury poising by my amalgam teeth fillings too and i know how to read the symptom's. because i am also a musican and when i hear his playing and seeing him in interviews, one can recognize all the signs of a mercury/ heavy metal poisoning:-(

  • GOD!

  • @1madaboutguitar; Kirk's talented, he's got a bluesy shred sound, maybe more soloist then lead, but he doesn't suck. What ruins it for me is the constant noise from the crowd & the not so good tone coming from his rig; overall, he's talented; look at how well off he is compared to any of us

  • to the 13 people who do not like this video are crazy

  • Man this sucks.

  • @1madaboutguitar this not suck fuck you

  • @MrJrhcpj OMG those bends at 0:17 nearly made me vomit

  • @1madaboutguitar fuck you

  • @MrJrhcpj Ha Ha your infatuated with Kirk aren't you?

    Hes a terrible lead guitar player

  • @1madaboutguitar kirk he sucks at lead guitar u say?? explain why he's on the 100 greatest guitarists of all time list!!!!!!! and why metallica is one of the world's most popular bands!!!!

  • @FrancinoPisciella Well out of 100 I think its fair he may justifiably feature somehow on there but as an overall guitar player, not as a lead guitarist. But anyway, Metallica can be a good band with/without his solos, they write great songs and have cool riffs.

  • @guitarfreak781229

    I agree with you. Hetfield is a bloody amazing and underrated guitarist, and far more consistent than Kirk, who makes a LOT of mistakes live. Technically, Kirk is not the best guitarist, but many people love him because he's written some damn epic solos. If you genetically spliced Kirk Hammett and Marty Friedman, you'd get the greatest guitarist who's ever walked the earth.

  • @DrCornwallis100 He was technically more skilled in the 80's and early 90's, like up 1993

  • Wow what a great guitarist. But I think his prime was from in 89-93. Now I wish he was still this good. The load years messed up his playing. I think he can still do this but he just holdin back

  • this isn't really my cup of tea.

  • does any1 have the tabs for 3:05 part?

  • @mariosmarios13 dude... thats the song "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix that he is bastardizing. Just type in 'Little Wing + Hendrix +tab" into google.

  • @scrotzki789 thxx man!!!!!

  • epic video

    kirk #FTW

  • kirk u Rock i went to see metallica live best concert EVER I LOOOOOOOVE METALLICA

  • wow kirk was a half filipino

  • theres another one wich is the same thing but looks like not shit quality

  • holy fucking shit i juzzed in my pants....ROCK ON KIRK!!

  • i belive he had his best time from 1988-1993...after that he didnt play good anymore...today he sounds awful....but that is a poitn of practising.if you are older(and he is 48) you have to practiser more often to stay in tune.....the solo from seattle 1989 is so amazing...sadly that he isnt that good anymore

  • FUCKIN' AWESOME!

    Now watch me piss everybody off.

    Dave > Kirk

    Call me a troll, it's just the truth

  • @soadratmetc your oppinion i personally think james hetfield is the best (now everyone will be pissed at me) but dave is good like i said personal oppinion

  • @guitarfreak781229 james is god when talking about riffs, and plus, he can solo very awesome 2!

  • don't no y they made slash a ledge-on i mean slash is very good but i think that kirk is way better

  • what what a fricken beast

  • entertained for the whole 6:40

  • I wonder why Hammett and Burton have the same middle names. Hmmm

  • so people like you could draw imaginary connections, CLEARLY lol

  • Mustaine still runs circles around Kirk.

  • after watching that i don't htonk anyone has the right to say all of kirks solo's are easy, after watching that i doubt many great guitarist could do that, noway could mustaine do what kirk kas shown us here, and he always fdoes a great solo his or not, easy or hard, but this was amazing KIRK FTW. . . METALLICA FTW

  • Mick Ronson is the best

  • .if you don't have anything good to say you may not watch this video and watch your "Mick Ronson" whoever he is. Sorry never heard of this guy's name before. :P

  • A much better version of little wing than Clapton's.

  • kirk hammett fucking rocks and he pays tribute to hendrix with his excellent version of little wing for me its a better version than eric claptons version kirk is a brilliant thrash metal guitarist much better than mustaine

  • @shredmaster100 lmfao such a fan boy . + why are you comparing guitarists you fool. thats like saying one painter from the group of seven is better than another... music is an art, everyone has a different style.

  • @shredmaster100 you must be joking...mustaine used to be the lead guitarist of metallica dn his leads are better than kirk...not to forget his rhythm playing as well.

  • @shredmaster100 ha are you serious dave mustaines song writing is way above kirk hammits the best part of this solo was when he makes crazy sounds with his effects other than that his leads were just bland

  • sure is solos are not super hard but could you have wrote them anyone can play something some one wrote but being able to write the shit is what matters. and kirk is amazing.

  • im gettin pissed off of this megadeth is better than metallica! people! dont ya get it!? METALLICA IS THE BIGGEST BAND OF ALL TIME! megadeth? WTF! theyre not even famous way back in the phil.!

  • its not about who is more famous. its about the music they make. i honestly coulndt choose between megadeth or metallica if my life depended on it

  • @cruzazulrulz I'd make the obvious decision for you then. Metallica.

  • how good is this guy? seriously

  • Whatever happened to Metallica. The once amazing band they truely were? Cliff Burton R.I.P. Newstead should have stayed with Flotsam & Jetsam. Fucking traitor cunt.

  • kirk kicks ass.

    hes a lead guitarist for 1 of the bands in the big 4. hes a legend. everyone has a style and his is pentatonic scales and he loves his wah pedal . so . what . dont judge his style ppl say his solos are so easy . well if they are then hes playing easy solo getting paid alot. ok what r u doing . kirk ftw

  • yeah i know he doesnt even have to right hard shit and he makes more than all of us here

  • @riseoftheblackout your totally right, its not how hard a solo is its about how it sounds.. and this shit sounds awesome!

  • @riseoftheblackout

    no... Marty Frienman is a REAL legend

  • @alexander371zxd there can be more than 1 legend. so why does it have to marty freidman and not kirk hammett? why cant it be both. i agree marty shreds. but so does every metal guitarist. kirk has technique and is good at what he plays. i do respect ur opinion tho. :))

  • @riseoftheblackout I know this comment was a year ago, but it is very well said. Lmao

  • @GreatPartyCathy haha thank you

  • @riseoftheblackout true people need to step back and take a look in the mirror. most people need to just suck the nectar stick of kirk, james, lars, and cliff etc. metallica has also grossed soooooooo much fucking money w/ the albums they have made (90 million sold worldwide) and the ppl that bash kirk, couldn't play as cleanly, fast, virtuously, and majesticaly as he. (P.S. that clean part kinda sounds like sisters from steve vai.)

  • ya but they kicked out the best guitar player. you know dave mustaine? by far more advanced..........too bad, metallica could have been so much more.. but if you look at the bright side, we got 2 great bands..................... thats where im gonna leave that........

  • i just love this guy. my main inspiration on picking a guitar, and most importantly, to practice every day.

    I love to see all you guys who say his solos are very easy. i want to see a cover or something. creeping death, I don`t know. Or maybe shortest straw. Vey easy?

  • yes very easy

  • upload a video

  • @IwillbeWaiting Well said man! Ditto.

  • WOW people here saying that his solos are easy must be someone the dumbest fucking retards on earth..

    I can play a few a covers of metallica songs (Master of puppets, one , to live is to die, and the day that never comes) these solos are all over the place, most of the time he does still follow the soloing scales, but many of his soloes have a more difficult sporatic section that he tends to go everywere on the frets... His solos arn't easy....

  • they are very easy

    they are all pull offs and hammerons on a pentatonic scale

    how long have u been playing?

  • i'm with you, this mother fucker don't have any idea of what he's saying

  • they have no idea dude. I can play most of the solos of the black album (which are the easiest, you`ll agree with me). Its true that Kirk tends to use the pentatonics waay more than other guitarist, but what the heck? Each solo is amazing and fits the song perfectly. Besides, and most important of all, the quality of a solo, the musicality isn`t determined by its difficulty. I just love Kirk, and it pisses me off when people talk shit about him. He plays in Metallica!!!

  • @Metallica9014 Exactly!! Creeping Death, Dyers Eve, and that long fucked up descending run in the Seek and Destroy solo come to mind. All these solos take alot of time and practice to master and they are not the least bit easy to get right. I love this guys pentatonic style, even to this day he's one of the main reason why I learned to shred. It''s a matter of taste,

  • all u haters, why do u even bother watching this if u hate Kirk? huh?

    such a losers!

  • to put it simipily hes not crap or a nooby guitarist he's a legend one of the best yh theres jimi hendrix and zakk wylde and slash and joe satriani(who tought him) but everyone has got there own play style and kirks is good btw herman li is shit he fainted on stage when playing through the fire and flames and all of there songs have been sped up been proven

  • @andyb1071 slash is not good dude wtf, and what about clapton? david gilmour? gimme a break

  • @solodude45 ony forgot 2 theres many more aswell....

  • lol...hater

  • he sounds like a kid at guitar center.

  • @mistad00m this proves that you have NO knowledge when it comes to guitar playing.

  • refer to kumar1280's comment up there

    if you argue with that logic then YOU DONT KNOW SHIT

  • how can you say he sucks? i dont know shit because i dont think he sucks?

  • herman li kinda sucks. just look at the band he plays in. that should sum it up for ya.

  • james at the end? kirk hamster?? Lol

  • can't stand his playing. you might think that because he plays fast he's awesome. but to my ears it sounds horrible. and his tone is awful. just my opinion though.

  • i have no problem with ur opinion, but most people lioke him more for not only his speed, but i think his rockin leads to every song is what boosts him

  • @Wombat1010 his tone is fucking catchy

  • Kirk hammett is a god among peasants. I would give the left half of my cock to play like him, but only the left cause I'm a righty

  • i like how people trash kirk but love the new thrash metal bands... 95% of those bands were inspired by kirks playing style and you can hear it in their music. Kirk FTW! \m/

  • I play better than him ... (lie...), Kirk God Guitar

  • tanta distorsion suena feo ..

  • fuckin beasting it all the way 2:20. i feel like im floating in the air, and soaring at top speed. especially when he assed the One solo in there.

    my face has been melted

  • ur right, no1 was beter than you at fucking ur mom and gettin reared by ur dad wen u were 12. but at guitar, kirk can play better with his dik than u can wit 20,000 fingers.

  • maybe its hard to accept but its the truth. kirk sux i dont.

  • Yeah. Kirk da best in da whole world

  • dude why to pp bag on kirk for using the whammy pedal is it illegal? it doeesnt make him play worse or better hes still playing the same damn thing but the whammy warps it and makes it sound cool i suppose that akes you a shit guitarist there is no god damn difference between that and an auto wah affect pedal jimi hendrix used it one of the greatest guitarists every you cant really all this skill but you have to do something to use a whammy pedal and an auto wah effect is already on xP

  • those people bag on him cause they cant think to use their foot and hands at the same time XP thats why the same people fail at drums

  • crazy ass improvising

  • Hammett obviously :D

  • jimmy page or kirk hammett??

  • TOO GODDAMN HARD TO DECIDE! WHY DO YOU ASK SUCH A QUESTION!? They're both amazing guitarists. leave it at that

  • u shouldnt ask,its hard to decide but kirk is better

  • Kirk hammett, of course.

  • other than jimi I'd say he's got

    Dave Mustaine beat

    check the form!!!

    bending and vibrato are

    nice!

  • tell me phantom assassin can u play the guitar better than him? are you one of the greatest guitar players in the world for the first thrash metal band? have u been playing for over thirty years? shut the fuck up

    kirk hammett fuckin rules!!!!

  • IS this a joke?

  • @ibanezguitars36 dude i was fucking talking about dragonforce you fucking douche.

  • search "Kirk hammett solo matt" in youtube.  i did a short version of something kirk does after some of the metallica songs, when they play live...

  • Poland>Mustaine>Hammett>Herman Li>Ryan Peake>Nick Jonas

  • why does everyone think herman li is bad hes a great guitarist and way better than most of these guitarists

    herman li>mustaine>poland>hammett

  • bullshit. Herman Li is good, but he's not half the guitarist that Chris Poland or Dave Mustaine is.

  • Kill yourself. Now.

    Herman Li can go fuck himself. He is nothing compared to any of those guitarists

  • herman li over fuckin mustaine?

    you must be trippin dude

    mustaine is considered by many musicians the best metal guitarist of all time and not without a reason

  • god dammit people are so stupid

    the only reason ppl say herman li sucks is cuz when guitar hero came out he was overrated and therfore he is now underrated.

    herman li's solos are faster, longer, and much more technical

  • duuuuuuuude! have you seen him live. i know better now but he STILL HAS TROUBLE WITH HIS OWN FUCKEN SONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i understand a fan doing a cover by him and do a little mistakes but when it's your fucking song!!!!!!!!!!! your not suppose to have any trouble at all perfecting it anytime you play it!!!!!!!!!!!! he always messes up with his song atleast times!!!!

  • @Phant0mAssass1n dude he doesnt mess up. He said himself in numerous interviews that he never plays the same solo once becuse it bores him. What you think is messing up is just a completely different solo.

  • @Sto0pidPenguinPro you do know i was talking about fucking dragonforce. wow! every1 is to stupid to know that. didn't you see me ay even hammett is better than him.

  • no

    hes good but he uss a sweep which isnt to hard

  • More like the combined shits of hammet, poland and mustaine > herman li

  • but is average. but definitely not better than mustaine, poland, or hammett

  • Herman li sux bigtime. Speed up fucker, maybe a good guitar sound maker. but that's all it is man!

  • @kumar1280 ur fucking stupid. fucking hammett is better than herman li. he can play his own solos without trouble. now saying merman li is better than poland or mustaine is a funny joke.

  • herman li is a fantastic

    he is incrediblly overrated

    if you knew anything about music theory or guitar in general then you would know kirk hammett is the epidemy of noob guitarists.

    his guitar solos are the same licks in different orders pretty much, comprised of going up and down E minor pentatonic scales using the same 3 licks. even here he is doing random pulloffs on a pentatonic scale on the E,B, and G strings.

    herman li is fantastic live, 98% of the ppl that say he isnt havent even seen him

  • @kumar1280 i didnt want to say this but kirk hammett fucking sucks. all he uses is the pentatonic scale. in glad you know that also. with the annoying wah of course. but what pisses me off is when people say kirk hammett is better than slash and zakk.