ESP LTD Kirk Hammett Signature White Zombie Electric Guitar vs Gibson Les Paul Custom 1969
The ESP LTD Kirk Hammett Signature White Zombie Electric Guitar and the Gibson Les Paul Custom 1969 are both electric guitars. The Gibson Les Paul Custom 1969 leans tight and sustaining. Current prices: $1619.10 vs $1901.79.
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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.44% — somewhat different
ESP LTD Kirk Hammett Signature White Zombie Electric Guitar
Esp · electric guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom 1969
Gibson · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$1619.10via Reverb
$1901.79via Reverb
This entry's name combines Kirk Hammett's ESP LTD signature line with a White Zombie reference, though ESP's documented Kirk Hammett signature guitars, including the KH-1 Flying V and the horror-themed Mummy model, have no established connection to the band White Zombie in any source currently available to verify. It's possible this represents either a specific ESP LTD Kirk Hammett model with an unusual name pairing, or a data conflation between two separate products, one tied to Hammett and one tied to White Zombie guitarist Jay Yuenger, who has also had ESP signature involvement; without a confirmable source distinguishing the two, this entry should be read as representing Hammett's broader, well-documented ESP LTD signature line rather than asserting a specific White Zombie connection as verified fact.
John Frusciante acquired this 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom, fitted with two uncovered PAF-style humbuckers, around mid-2004 as a practical alternative to his SG, whose factory tremolo system his guitar technician Dave Lee found unreliable and impractical for touring. He used it to record Readymade on Stadium Arcadium and to add overdubs on Make You Feel Better, then continued using it live during the Roll On The Red tour starting in June 2004. As a late-60s Les Paul Custom it carries the model's mahogany body, multi-ply binding, and ebony fingerboard, giving Frusciante a heavier, more sustain-focused alternative to the brighter Stratocasters most associated with his main recorded tone.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Electronic
- Metal
- Classic Rock
- Alternative Rock
- Hard Rock
- Rock
- Punk
- Punk Rock
- tight
- sustaining
- mid-forward
- transparent
- dynamic