Kirk Hammett co-founded pedal model KHDK Electronics has branched out into guitar constructing, with a variety of recent fashions debuted on the current Guitar Summit 2025 in Mannheim, Germany.

Whereas information is comparatively sparse presently, we do know that the guitars unveiled sport some unconventional shapes, which some commenters have picked up on…

That stated, it appears to be like like a few of the shapes are impressed by traditional designs, together with a mannequin harking back to a Les Paul with P-90 pickups and Bigsby vibrato, an Explorer-style mannequin, and what appears to be like to be an SG-inspired double minimize.

In response to at least one consumer on its Instagram publish unveiling the guitars, who wrote, “I’m so sick of copyrights, all it does is make firms launch ugly guitar shapes,” KHDK merely replied: “We love ugly guitars.”

As we are saying, data surrounding spec sheets for these guitars or pricing is few and much between at this stage, however we’ll endeavour to maintain you within the loop as we all know extra…

Based in 2012 by Kirk Hammett and collaborator David Karon, KHDK has, till now, been a pedal model, with signature stompboxes designed for the likes of Deftones’ Chino Moreno, Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Avenged Sevenfold’s Zacky Vengeance.

The model’s foray into electrical guitars is a daring one, and a transfer not typically undertaken by pedal manufacturers.

Go to KHDK Electronics for extra data because it comes out.

Sam is the Affiliate Information Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Totally immersed in music tradition for almost all of his life, Sam has performed guitar for 20 years, studied music know-how and manufacturing at college, and in addition written for the likes of Guitar World, Complete Guitar, Steel Hammer and MusicRadar.