James Hetfield talks with EMGtv about guitars, pickups and more
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2015
- Icon of the metal world, James Hetfield sits down with EMGtv to discuss his inspiration for the EMG Het Set and his three signature ESP guitars - Truckster, Snakebite, and Iron Cross. Like making music for his legendary band Metallica, James takes developing his signature sound very seriously. Watch as he talks about the past and the future of Metallica on EMGtv. Subscribe to EMGtv to get weekly updates on future releases from other EMG artists. ruclips.net/user/subscription_c...
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he's the reason why i play guitar...
he is the reason why I love heavy metal music
shadowalk, same
Me too
Me too
Him and Mustaine are the reasons why I picked up a guitar
I could watch a straight 8 hour interview with just James in a room talking about guitars.
We all could
Yes and yes , but I want a tour of him showing his old gear from over the years , Amps and all that shit . I love it
@@syracuse6651 hell yeah
Fosho
the most important comment "we are recording right now"!
+r1xTer haha! i was like O.O (eyes wide open) lol
+r1xTer As long as someone locks them in the studio, cause we all know how they get bored and decide to go tour again and then finally get back to work on an album
I'm from the future, it's called Hardwired... To Self-Destruct
I'm from the future, Hardwired is awesome.
Lol @ 5:09 "they're always there, they're easy to get on the phone; if somethings needed, it's there" as if he isn't the singer for Metallica or something.
Tell that to gibson. I think james is referring to that.
Legendary dude. Can't wait to hear the new album!
+metfan4l Yes he is legendary looks likes he has a past life.
Long Life to metallica.
Best regards.
+metfan4l new album? oh no..
+metfan4l R.I.P. Metallica 1982/1989
+Cas_Lateralus So you're one of those, huh?
+Cas_Lateralus and who are you?
James is a cool dude
Yup
Ha, no kiddin
I guess
I agree
@@pdub4600 you’re mid stfu🤣🤣🤣
I have the LTD version of the black Snakebyte, even if its LTD but still fucking awesome!!
+Harout Bezdjian LTDs are great.
i have the ltd also. i love it!
+Harout Bezdjian I have one too, there's no reason to buy the ESP version, the LTD has the exact same specs:D
+Bats Except the better wood, the better hardware, way better craftmanship........
I don't say LTD's are bad, they are really good, but compare them with an original ESP is just out off place.
yerushalaimnehereset I have an EC1000 that is fantastic. I reckon they are pretty road worthy too, seeing that Gary Holt and others use them live.
Where's EET FUK tho?
+Jakob Winter Ive heard somewhere that it's retired to the studio, i think you can catch a glimpse of it somewhere in the death magnetic doco but yeah its all trashed up and all haha so papa het's given it retirement
+TheManwithafan Yeah, i've seen it in the studio footage. It's sad, but we can still hope for MORE BEER!!
+Jakob Winter naaaah dont think so, James said these guitars are to valuable for him now to take on tour.
+Jakob Winter It was shown at 2nd Orion fest in museum-like room.
chupasaurus Reeally? damn thats awesome! eet fuk, fuk em up, more beer, all them relics.
Love that he looked into not only the heavy distortion but clean tone as well. You want a pickup that has it all.
I wonder how this ESP Les Paul survived all these years of James's downpicking...?
Constant maintenence and string change after EVERY gig. Still looks worn out as fuck tho 😂😂
+ashholes24 not every gig man, its like every week of touring.
+sergio doto I remember hearing Hammetts tech saying he changes his strings after every gig, so Hetfield probably does too!
+sergio doto They do it for Hammet and Rob, so I'm 300% sure that Hetfield gets fresh strings for every gig too. Besides, he hits the strings much harder than the two others so why not switch strings every gig having all that $$$?
+Ricky Mendham most premiere touring bands change strings every gig....
I put the Het set in my 1985 Gibson Explorer & they are awesome !!!!
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dude i got a set in my gibson sg its like a passive pickup with balls
@@rudycastillo6369 I need to put some in my Ibanez AX120 and if I get an Ibanez RG I would put the Het Set in that because not too many Ibanez guitars have EMG's because Ibanez players love Dimarzios but not me.
yeah I also use and love the EMG Het Set.
Thanks for everything James! I play passive EMGS and I love them
Thanks for doing this James! You friggin ROCK!!!
The Snakebyte, Iron Cross, and Vulture are awesome guitars.
If there is anyone I would want be, other than me, i would want to be JH. I can't even think of a second choice, because there is no second choice. Thank you James, and Metallica, for all the years of playing your hearts out. I'm set on getting the Hettset, thank you EMG, for hooking up my hero's.
Seen that legend the other night in Birmingham Alabama after an amazing show,got a high five from him on the way out too awesome
I met James last year, and he is actually a really cool guy, he talked to my girlfriend and i for a few minutes and even congratulated us for our first baby, too bad he doesn't like pictures.
Absolutely cannot wait.
I like the snakebyte but the older esp explorers are my favorite. Since he pretty much reinvented the image of metallica into something that fits the modern world, I think it would be awesome if he made a snakebyte guitar in vintage white with a witty phrase written on the lower part of the guitar, just like the good 'ol days as sort of a nod to the past.
It's too bad that Gibson loves lawyers as much as they do
I don't care what the guitar looks like during recording, you have to admit that there are some brief sections in "Spit Out the Bone" where James recorded layers and layers of guitars on top of each other (the "Wall of Guitars") and the chromatic and melodic playing over the top of the doubled-up downpicking, with Kirks solo sendoff and Rob's bass all howling together in different pitch and tembor sounds incredible.
I come from the future and their new album will be called HARDWIRED TO SELF DESTRUCT
Is Spit Out The Bone on their album?
Ceszar Esztrada were so fucked
I came from the future-er and the album is incredible.
WOW! Time travel!
I've had EMG's in the past. I bought a Les Paul Custom that came with EMG's. I'm starting to like them more and more. Great video. 😎👍🎸🎸🎸🎸.
In my 79 les Paul custom , the sound is great and the vintage look with the brushed gold looks perfect!
Het Set is awesome... I need one more
Still KICKIN' AS* after all these years. YEAH!!.
I always call Matt directly too when there’s something wrong with my ESP. Luckily I haven’t had any problems with my M-II, but it’s comforting to know that I have a hotline whenever I need him.
No Ken Lawrence guitar mention... I want some info on *that* one
+TheManwithafan No shit dude. That's been my favorite guitar since day 1
Christopher Sardinha Most epic headstock ever!
+TheManwithafan Don't forget the flame inlays on the neck!
TheManwithafan not much to know about it. It’s all custom made I’ve had contact with ken myself and he’s a really cool guy and willing to work with you if you’d like to get a custom and pricey of course lol
I put the gold Het set in my Epiphone Lzzy Hale explorer and they are my favorite metal pickups! The 60 in the neck has more character than an 85.
Haha awesome video. It's cool to hear they are recording. I think the new one will be delicious
Most powerful man in history of Metal > Uses Photoshop
I wished he talked more about pickups and how he evolved to the Het Set. The headstock story is pretty nice though, didn't know he came up with the shape.
ESP and EMG 🤘
Sei metal in persona uomo grande hetfield!
Wow... In Studioooooo ! Cool Jaymz !
Couldn't help but sing "Forgiveeeee meeee" during the intro.
Loved the car painted one!!
I fucking love that Snakebite explorer shape. What a fucking beautiful piece of art.
Amazing guy
Awesome.
wish james would bring the grey truckster out on tour again.
Heaven 2..Esp and Emg For Life!
Those are some really nice guitars!
The EMG Bone Breaker is an AWESOME pup. I have only found 3 pups I would use in the Bridge, Carvin M22T, Ibanez V2, and the Bone Breaker, which is wonderful, because they don't make the Carvin M22T any longer, or the V2, and the M22T is the Bridge Pup in all of my axes, until now:)
THE man...
All Behold The Mighty Hetfield!!! 🔥🤘🤘🤘🤘
Of course they're going to answer the phone and "be there"... you're James Hetfield!!!
Awesome guitars \m/ .. awesome dude !! :D
Love ESP EMG
James is the polite nice boy from the neighbourhood !
I would never buy one more guitar without EMGs !
EMG rules! 🤘
legend
is the death magnetic tracks remastered? it sounds way more kill em all-ish and not all loud and fuzzy-ish
Wouldnt that be great if Metallica has been hiding some secret album from the 80s or 90s?
+Cody Hyde FUCK YEAH DUDE!!!:)
Cody Hyde that would make my life
Somethin with cliff would be sik
I think the second guitar is the best looking one of all!.
Should have asked him if the new album will be out by the 25th century
❤
luv this video! Especially recent 'tallica music! not in all videos about the band Enter Sandman is needed :)
I have made it my mission in life to own an ESP Snakebyte.
This is why esp and ltd and my go to for hunks of wood that just fucking work and feel great
James HETFIELD ❤
They can't. Gibson sued ESP.
Actual music
What a decent guy this James.
iam in love of james! its the fuckin god!
Love all EMG pups. All my guitars have them in. Rob turner is the active genius pup builder period. For me 81-85 are the bees knees end of.
I love the 81/60 combo. I had the EMG 57/66TW set and Fishman Fluence Modern set and the classic 81/60 just does it for me. Nasty metal tones and dreamy cleans. That's about all I need.
I like the 60 over the 85. Piano like cleans. Waiting for my het set to come for my ec 1000. (And my ex black metal to come).
@@mr.phil.a I’ve tried both and the 60 l can’t feel the power. 81-85 just kick brutality in my opinion though 🤟🤟🤟
James is so fuckin rad
I miss his white explorer he used in the kill them all album
#bringbacktheWhiteExplorer
he’s such a dad
Im Sure Deep Down James wants the MX220 to come back but the Gibson Lawsuit for the EX Shape is something we cant talk about haha
At 0:57 I thought that dude holding the camera was Kurt kobain
I honestly think that all ESP models should use EMG's pickups. Nothing against the in-house ESP pickups, but I think they should put them in more than just the higher end models
The greats only get better with age.
More Death Magnetic songs need to be played again!
Of course he is easy to get on the phone when James Hetfield calls ! You bring them money ! 😂
Awesome. Long Live Metallica.
Such an underrated guitarist.
i dont know about that lol
should make a guitar that has a body shape of M (with the metallica font)
I made a guitar pick-up off an old motor..I called it MGI..Meneses Guitar Inc
J-yeah!!! :D
I have the LTD Snakebyte and it's pretty damn heavy in my opinion. Maybe because it doesn't have that contour shown at 4:16.
+KenoxProductions EET FUK and other ESP MX-250s weigh 4.3 kg.
Pretty heavy. My Snakebyte is 5kg.
EMGs are some of the best sounding Pickups in History.
Car world rat rod guitar ....love it.
Legend! Dave and James are the most Thrashy metal musicians I know :)
timwins31 pantera is more on groove metal than thrash, they have few songs that are thrashy
The only band I can think of that almost competes is anthrax.
EET FUK
Snakebyte, Truckster, or Iron Cross. Which would you pick?
James still needs a Gibson Signature guitar before the ride is over. Love his ESP's but he's been playing Gibson also from the beginning and IMO at least one James Hetfield Gibson Signature, like Kirk did, would be amazing!!!
Say what you want about Master of Puppets album how great it was, once Black Album appeared the sound of this recording its just what i have always on back of my head
I'm kind of tired of using Emg pick ups all of the time. Passive pickups are my choice right now. I prefer active pickups with tube amps though
James Hetfield is the reason why I picked up the guitar
James may I have one of the white snake bites pleasssseeeee I want to rock like you ♡
METALLICA!!! \m/
I'd sell any extra body parts and my soul to sing and play like Papa Het!
Doing my latest guitar build. Not EMG’s. But my next build....”Het Set” EMG’s.
question:
can I ask, if I can bypass the tone knob control? instead two volume control without the tone control, 3 way toggle switch with seperate volume on each pick ups both neck and bridge? can I do that?
Yes
What are the double battery to bring up to 24 volt why is emg not selling them like this
0:39 Guatemalaaaaa!!!!
EMGpickupsTV, please, which shotgun microphone was this, capturing JH voice at the interview? O.O
Does anyone know the pick ups used on James’ guitar for the And Justice For All Album? -thank you in advance.
EMG 81/60s are the only pickups he used since MOPs album
@@Locallybuiltauto Thank you 🙏🏻
Say what you want about Metallica , Hetfield has wrote some great riffs over the years! They would of never been anything without his songwriting
I am saving my money for one!!!!!!!!!