There’s been an onslaught of Metallica news recently, mainly because the band are playing live for the first time in 5 years and are gearing up to release a new album in September of this year. So it’s no surprise that the release of this has been timed accordingly…

“Randall Amplifiers has announced the KH-15 Kirk Hammett Signature Practice Amplifier, a full-featured practice amp created through a year-long collaboration between Hammett and Randall engineers. With a fierce, solid tone and details that include control labels written in Kirk’s own handwriting, the Randall Kirk Hammett Signature Practice Amplifier is the perfect choice for musicians jamming on-the-go and recording in the studio.”

This is a little strange, seeing as though Kirk Hammett is usually associated with a monster sound. However, if this is the amp he actually uses backstage, etc…I could see a lot of Metallica and Hammett fans really wanting this. As far as practice amps go it looks like it has a ton of features…

“The Randall Kirk Hammett Signature Practice Amp features two channels — clean and a custom Kirk Hammett Signature Overdrive with boost for extra gain. Additional facilities include a 3-band equalizer, spring reverb, headphone out for silent jamming and a CD/tape input for playing along with a favorite tune or rehearsing.”

More info can be found here.