Does kirk hammett from metallica usually use single coil or humbucker pick ups?

Question

i heard that he has used emg 81 or 85's humbuckers but i watched the video for 'one' and he was useing single coil pick ups.

Answer 1

Double Humbucker of course... Single coils couldnt handle that kind of music... Ibanez is perfect for that.

Answer 2

yea im like the biggest kirk and metallica fan out there. and yea kirk uses EMG-81s thats his favourite and signature style trust me they are perfection. but in one thats like the only time he uses a single electrode pick ups. there upgraded.

Answer 3

Humbuckers

EMG 81 and 85

http://www.emginc.com/displayproducts.as...

Answer 4

Back in the day (Kill Em All,  Master of Puppets) ,  he used one hummbucker and two other ones on his Flying V.  Of course they Shredded allot harder and faster back then.  All guitarists switch between pickups during a show to play different stuff like Mind Blowing Solos (Kirk Hammet) and then going back to the rhythm of the song.