When Metallica were in England last fall, Kirk Hammett took some time to visit the gang at the UK's Guitar Interactive. In the clip above, Hammett chats with GI's Jonathan Graham while clutching his 1959 Les Paul, which—as any little schoolboy knows—was once owned by Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green and by his disciple, Gary Moore.
Watch Kirk Hammett Play Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well" on the Peter Green Les Paul
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