And the winner of this year’s Maddest Cyber Monday Deal Award goes to Sweetwater for this 6 grand saving on the Kirk Hammett Flying V…

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Actually: At $8K, it's actually cheaper than other Custom Shop Gibsons AND it's limited to just 200 worldwide

Kirk Hammett looking comically at his Flying V and thinking 'Wow!'
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Every year we scour the web guitar stores to find you the best Cyber Weekend Guitar deals. And every year, there's always one that blows our minds.

This year, the award for Maddest – and, to be fair, possibly BEST – Cyber Monday Deal goes to Sweetwater who are offering this Gibson Custom Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V at a $6000 discount, knocking it down from its original price tag of $14,999 to a – cough! – much more affordable $8,999.

Dunno about you, but I might get two.

To be fair, if you've got the money and you're in the market for replica of the guitar that built trash metal, then it's an amazing deal. Gibson Custom Shop have perfectly replicated Hammett's ‘79 Flying V. Just like the original, this new version features a mahogany body, a three-piece mahogany “V” neck, a beautiful rosewood fingerboard, and a late ’70s Tune-o-matic bridge – and every scrape, scratch, dent, and mod has been included. It also comes with an SKB Flying V case just like Kirk’s original, and a bunch of Hammett/Metallica-themed collectibles.

Gibson Custom Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V
Gibson Custom Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V: was US$14,999 now US$8,999 at Sweetwater Sound

Only 200 of these guitars were ever produced worldwide, and Sweetwater is now offering you the opportunity to save $6,000 on the original price. It's a lot but you won’t be able to get one of these guitars any cheaper.

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For context, at $8,999, the Kirk Hammett Flying V is now $1,000 cheaper than the Gibson Custom 1958 Korina Flying V at $9,999! It's actually cheaper than other Custom Shop Gibsons AND it's limited to just 200 worldwide.

Sweetwater aren't mad – YOU'RE mad for not buying it.

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Scott Rowley
Scott Rowley
Content Director of Music @ Future plc

Scott is the Content Director of Music at Future plc, responsible for the editorial strategy for online and print brands like Guitar Player, Guitar World, Total Guitar, Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Prog, Guitarist and more. He was Editor in Chief of Classic Rock for 10 years and Editor of Total Guitar for 4 years. Scott regularly appears on Classic Rock’s podcast, The 20 Million Club, and was the writer/researcher on 2017’s Mick Ronson documentary Beside Bowie. 

Over the years Scott has interviewed players like  Jimmy Page, Slash, Brian May, Poison ivy (the Cramps), Lemmy, Johnny Depp (Hollywood Vampires), Mark Knopfler, Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins), Will Sergeant (Echo & The Bunnymen), Robert Smith (The Cure), Robbie Robertson (The Band), Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead), Joe Bonamassa, Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Mick Jones and Paul Simonon (The Clash), Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks) and more.

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