Metallica and priceless instruments

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Chistopher

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I was just reading up on how Jaco Pastorious's signature bass is sitting in a vault in CA under the ownership of Robert Trujillo of Metallica. Between that and Kirk Hammett's Greeny, you kind of wonder if Metallica has a thing for buying up the signature instruments of non-metal musicians. It's almost like they are collecting the infinity stones of rock history. Who knows maybe tomorrow we will found out Lars Ulrich has bought up Mitch Mitchel's drum set or something
 
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Lars is into priceless paintings like Va goes ect.
They sold out long ago and band therapy was their downfall.
So much for ruthless aggression.
 
I have never liked any of their guitars including but not limited to the Green turd.
Not a P. Green fan either.
 
JMP/HBE said:
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Lars is into priceless paintings like Va goes ect.
They sold out long ago and band therapy was their downfall.
So much for ruthless aggression.
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His own paintings are pretty terrible. The kind of “folk art” where you can literally show a zoomed in photo of a stained art smok to the people paying these ridiculous prices and they’ll wax poetic about emotions that aren’t really there. Obviously it’s more about who he is than what he paints. It’s not surprising a lot of modern art is the easiest way for organised crime syndicates to launder money.
 
I don't know if the H-team has more non-metal player instruments, but I've read that they have quite big vintage collection both of them. I like that Kirk is playing the Greeny instead of sealing it in a climatized vault somewhere.
 
Though it's mostly Kirk who's been in the news over Greeny and his other Gibsons, Hetfield has like five Bursts?

Certainly when they're recording, they use all sorts of stuff.
 
JOLLY said:
I think it is more along the lines that they have the money, and chose to purchase instruments of musicians that they look up to, and that may have influenced them as well.
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Seriously, if any of us had that money, what would we be buying?
 
I was kind of resentful for Kirk buying it at first, seeing that he isn't exactly a guitarist of Gary's stature. What softened me to him was seeing him act like a seventeen year old fanboi when he met Michael Schenker for the first time. Unlike the other guys in the band, he still seems to genuinely love the guitar.
 
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