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Summary: Great Kirk Hammett Book
Review: Everything in this book is right. The tab to all his solos is here and spot on with no errors to be seen. It has all his solos from the early albums (Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightining) to the newer albums (Load). Some of the better solos include Seek and Destroy, Fade To Black, One, Blackened, Battery, and Enter Sandman. It also includes an interview with Kirk, his gear setup, photos, and scale diagrams. Along with the solos it also includes some of Kirks licks. This book is not for everyone however, as anyone who has listened to Kirk play knows that his solos are fast and flashy for the most part, and no beginning guitar player will have the skill to play like this yet.Overall this is a great book for the advanced guitar player. If your interested in learning how to solo this book is for you too. It has helped me learn how to craft my own solos, as well as help me gain playing speed.
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Summary: It's ok
Review: I bought this as a present for my brother, a Metallica fan and accomplished guitarist. This is a very attractively formatted book which Metallica fans that play or want to play guitar will enjoy. There is a well written introduction section with an interesting interview with Kirk. There are diagrams of the scale boxes that Kirk most often uses -- *if* these are accurate reflections of Kirk's playing (yes I am a little sceptical) then it is very interesting. According to this, he uses mainly 3 or 4 common scales, including the Minor Pentatonic and Dorian scales -- the other(s) was/were probably Major scale, aeolian and/or blues scale, I forget -- mainly centered around the most common position...although with some interesting extensions at both ends. The scale diagrams are very clear and well presented. The rest of the book has detailed breakdowns of Kirks solos which was of little interest to me and seemed a little dry, but this would presumably be quite interesting to a fan (pity they haven't done "the Art of Brian Robertson" yet!!Hint. Hint.) Some more desciptive text later in the book may have improved things for non-fans.
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Summary: Nicely formatted, for fans 4/5* for others 2/3*
Review: I bought this as a present for my brother, a Metallica fan and accomplished guitarist. This is a very attractively formatted book which Metallica fans that play or want to play guitar will enjoy. There is a well written introduction section with an interesting interview with Kirk. There are diagrams of the scale boxes that Kirk most often uses -- *if* these are accurate reflections of Kirk's playing (yes I am a little sceptical) then it is very interesting. According to this, he uses mainly 3 or 4 common scales, including the Minor Pentatonic and Dorian scales -- the other(s) was/were probably Major scale, aeolian and/or blues scale, I forget -- mainly centered around the most common position...although with some interesting extensions at both ends. The scale diagrams are very clear and well presented. The rest of the book has detailed breakdowns of Kirks solos which was of little interest to me and seemed a little dry, but this would presumably be quite interesting to a fan (pity they haven't done "the Art of Brian Robertson" yet!!Hint. Hint.) Some more desciptive text later in the book may have improved things for non-fans.
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Summary: decent text and content
Review: I gave the book three stars because it's about kirk hammett. He used to play so much better than the way he plays (or doesn't) now. I've taught some students out of this book (their copies-I didn't buy it), the book is ON. However, I caution spending so much time on a mediocre guitar player in a used-to-be-good band. If you really want to study metal and come up with your own style, you'd be better to study a player that makes more unique decisions and has more tools/styles at his/her disposal-like Friedman or Skolnick. Hell, I'd say even Yngwie has more usable ideas than Kirk-not that Kirk sucks, he's a good player, it's just that his best ideas are soooo textbook that you don't need to copy his example to come up with your own equally valid ideas! All you need is an IQ of 5o, a metronome, and a book of scales/arpeggios. If you just want to learn the songs, you don't need the analysis, the stuff is straight forward (self-explanatory) -not too difficult to learn from books that include a lot more songs for the same price. Besides every song Metallica has ever written is republished about 10 times a year in those dorky guitar mags you love to read so much.
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Summary: The Art of Kirk Hammett
Review: I give this book 4 stars only because I wish there were more guitar solos in it, the accuracy is perfect, ths book is great. Kirk Hammet is a god!
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Summary: The Art of Kirk Hammett
Review: I personally haven't read this book yet, but I know that Kirk Hammett is a kick arse lead guitarist so it should be good.
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Summary: Not that great.
Review: If you love Metallica maybe you'll like this. The only cool part is where they show the fingerings that Hammett uses for scales. Everything else is just mundane tab with a snippet of Hammett saying something like "When I came up with this lick I felt cool." Ummmm ok so teach me something bozo I just bought your book.
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Summary: It's ok
Review: See other reviews, but rest assured, this is not going to make you a sophisticated guitar player... if that's what you're trying to be. (I got the impression that it was the author's intent) You might as well get the songbooks that have the complete songs instead of this solos-only format.
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Summary: The Art of Kirk Hammett
Review: This book was incredible. The tablature on the solos were 100% accurate. Kirk Hammett is awesome and so is this book.
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Summary: well....
Review: This is a fine book for diving into the art of Kirk Hammet. Soloing, signature licks, and an interview; they are all there to give you some of meaning of the man, Kirk Hammet. When it comes time for the Metallica fan in all of us to reach out to the music, we get a guitar and lay down our best attempt at doing that. That is where this book will come in handy. Great and renowned solo's monopolize the book. Including a small comment on the solo strait from Kirk and the author. Not really a beginner book, but it was for me, well I would still buy it even if you are a beginner. You will find very much to keep you busy, promise.
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