Metallica's Kirk Hammett Gets Strikingly Personal in This Video for Guitar Strings

Opens up about music, and himself for Ernie Ball

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Two years ago, Metallica made the Guinness Book of World Records by playing concerts on all seven continents—yes, including Antarctica—in a single year. The legendary metal band had already been on the road for over three decades, which means millions of people have seen Kirk Hammett, the coily-haired axman with lightning fingers, play the guitar.

But how many fans have watched Hammett talk about how he feels about playing the guitar? That number, no doubt, is considerably smaller.

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