Metallica: A Look at James & Kirk's Guitar Rigs

A lot of ppl backstage don't get enough credit. They are just as much a part of the performance as the bands themselves. Much respect!

Little known fact....The entire stage surface also acts as a wah pedal....just in case Kirk needs to wah in between wahs and he is to far away from one of his 5 main wah pedals. As a back up his shoes also have built in wah effect incase he falls into the crowd and still needs to wah while he is away from the main wah pedals and secondary stage surface back up wah. Kirk is a damn good wah player and we are not about to let a little guitar playing get in the way and distract the audiance from the wah they know and love and have grown to expect from Kirk. Currently we are working to include a quadruple redundant wah in Lars's drum pedals. That way if Kirk is too far way from one of his 5 main wahs, he leaves the wah stage surface, and loses his wah equipped shoes in the crowd, then Lars can help out with the wah untill a wah tech can get Kirk back up and wah-ing on his own again. Thank goodness Kirk did not develope an affection for talk boxes over the wah.....but if he does we are ready to handle it....the need for superior wah drives our wah r&d program. We are proud to be on the cutting edge of maximum wah accessibility and leading an exciting joint venture with nasa and space x, soon we will be testing a new wah system with global reach satellite link network so kirk can wah from anywhere on the planet with little to no wah interruptions.

Full respect to Kirk for using the Peter Green/Gary Moore lespaul on tour. The beast was meant to be played not locked away.

It is great that 59' Les Paul is being played and not in a museum or stored with a collector behind a glass

9:00 Dude, what's he holding? I only see a fretboard.

Its always cool to see a rig rundown of a professional band, but the fact that Metallica uploaded this to their own youtube is beyond awesome. Its nice to see that they do indeed care about the fans. Metallica has inspired thousands upon thousands of musicians.

The intricacies, skill and knowledge of this setup is astounding! This is just 2 of the Metallica team - a real rock and roll family rating these epic concerts! So cool to see what goes on behind the scenes - makes you appreciate the production a lot more : )

9:50 ''Well, This is the guitar that I forgot to tune it Eb in St Louis 4 months ago for Fade to Black and 11:04 band bought me this ipad to use tuner in big screen ''

It doesn't get said enough for generous Metallica are with their free online content, this is beyond awesome!

casually pulls out Kirk's $2 million Gary Moore/Peter Greene '59 Les Paul

And here I am thinking my $79 wireless guitar transmitter was hi-tech.

Well, I should have expected it. Kirk has 5 wah pedals on stage, because one is not good enough for him =|

Love watching these kinds of backstage videos, thanks for putting this together!

It's crazy how much fear goes into creating the desired sound and this guy must be a damn engineer to understand it all and make it all work. Big thanks to the unsung hero who helps Metallica sound so good live!

Amazing tech. This guys are the unsung heroes of Metallica. Respect.

Wow, even as a guitarist I never realised how much technology is actually involved in a show this caliber.

I have no clue what they are talking about but its cool as hell. All that shit must hook up to the flux capacitor.

Are we not going to talk about the transition from One to Master of Puppets at 6:51

as an engineer, imo the electronics behind these stages is amazing, but can we just take a moment for Kirk's guitars... simply stunning

Wow, Kirk has been touring that Rhoads for almost 40 years? Wild.