Kirk Hammett will get the joke. On Tuesday (Feb. 15), the Metallica guitarist shared a photograph that reveals him acting on high of an enormous wah pedal.
“Look over there!!” Hammett captioned the pic. That is as a result of it reveals the Metallica member and chief of The Wedding ceremony Band gesturing together with his hand, stylishly pointing off-camera as a comically giant but immediately recognizable reproduction of a Dunlop Cry Child Wah pedal helps his weight. That features his instrument, cables, and, sure, his precise wah pedal.
That is proper — there is a wah on high of a wah. See the picture down towards the underside of this submit.
The {photograph} was taken by Ross Halfin, the prolific music photographer behind a current ebook of black-and-white Metallica portraits.
Over Metallica’s historical past, Hammett has developed a little bit of a status for his liberal use of wah, and it appears he is leaning into that now. (As soon as seemingly in response, Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine quipped that he did not use a wah till 2019.) Reddit has noticed Hammett’s large wah onstage earlier than, so it appears like that is considerably of an everyday gag for the rocker.
Nonetheless, final yr, Hammett defined that he does not use the wah when writing guitar solos, one thing he confused of his solos on Metallica’s 1991 “Black Album,” the landmark heavy metallic effort that just lately celebrated its thirtieth anniversary.
The guitarist mentioned his wah use earlier than then was the “end result of getting been on tour for …And Justice for All and simply having enjoyable on stage, stepping on my wah for a lead break or in between songs.”
“However after I actually take into consideration the solos on the black album,” he continued, “I got here up with all of them inside a few week. ‘Enter Sandman,’ I had that one full by the second or third time we performed it. As a result of when the songs are sturdy, the solos come straightforward. And again then, I would compose a solo after which, if it felt applicable within the studio, I would carry within the wah and see if it introduced something extra out.”
Hammett will launch his first-ever solo EP, Portals, on April 23. Final yr, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich mentioned it was “method too early” to speak a few new Metallica album, although the band has seemingly been engaged on one.
