ESP Custom Shop Kirk Hammett Signature KH1 KH-1 Flying V Black vs ESP Phoenix
The ESP Custom Shop Kirk Hammett Signature KH1 KH-1 Flying V Black and the ESP Phoenix are both electric guitars sharing sustaining, transparent, warm. The ESP Custom Shop Kirk Hammett Signature KH1 KH-1 Flying V Black leans tight and high gain. The ESP Phoenix leans full.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.52% — moderately similar
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Metal
- Hard Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- sustaining
- transparent
- warm
ESP Custom Shop Kirk Hammett Signature KH1 KH-1 Flying V Black
Esp · electric guitar
ESP Phoenix
Unknown brand · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.The ESP Custom Shop Kirk Hammett Signature KH-1 in black is a Flying V built to the Metallica guitarists specification, drawing on the aggressive angular shape Gibson introduced in the 1950s but built to ESPs high-gain metal-oriented standards with active or hot-output pickups suited to Hammetts lead and rhythm playing. Hammett has been an ESP signature artist since the mid-1990s, and the KH-1 designation marks one of the earliest and most enduring models in that long-running partnership. It suits metal and hard rock players wanting a Flying V voiced for high gain.
The ESP Phoenix is a set-neck single-cutaway with an offset, elongated body outline distinct from the Les Paul shape ESP's Eclipse follows. Built on a mahogany body with a 24.75-inch scale and passive or active humbuckers depending on the run, it is aimed squarely at metal, with the extended lower horn improving upper-fret access.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Jazz
- Blues
- Rock
- tight
- high gain
- mid-forward
- full