Hetfield’s father left when the young rocker was 13 and his mother passed away when he was 16, and his family life derailed ... on a 1948 Jaguar chassis. “James had a very heavy hand on ...

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James Hetfield has a long-standing signature guitar collaboration with ESP, made his bones playing a white Flying V knock-off, and is one of the world’s most high-profile proponents of the ...