Kirk Hammett’s CEO4 SG – created by Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian and played at Black Sabbath’s last show – sells for over $76,000 at auction
The mystery silver Gibson SG that Metallica’s Kirk Hammett played at the final Black Sabbath show back in the summer has sold for a whopping $76,800 at auction.
The model had fans in a frenzy following the Back To The Beginning reunion concert in Birmingham last July, and was later identified as the SG CEO#4 – a one-of-one model built by Gibson’s CEO, Cesar Gueikian. Its estimated sale price was originally predicted to be a far smaller sum in comparison, at $6,000.
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The guitar hosts custom appointments and was played by Hammett during Metallica’s cover of Sabbath’s Hole In The Sky. The guitar has a 24.75-inch scale length mahogany neck, a bound 22 fret ebony fretboard, and a mahogany body with a multi-ply bound flame maple top finished in Ghost Burst. It was even sold with Gueikian’s Back To The Beginning backstage pass included, signed by the CEO himself.
The guitar was signed by Hammett following the show, and was listed for sale via Julien’s Auctions as part of its annual Played, Worn & Torn auction, which featured over 800 guitars and rare pieces of music memorabilia. The unique SG formed part of a collection of Gibson goodies in support of its Gibson Gives charity, consisting of 15 lots.
Gueikian’s previous CEO builds include the a CEO#1 Les Paul, a CEO#2 Explorer model – built for Jason Momoa’s son – and the CEO#3, a Gibson Victory. Another CEO model which was also included in the auction was the Flying V Custom CEO#8, which sold for $12,800. Gueikian played this one himself on stage at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville with rock band Maná for the song Clavado En Un Bar.
Outside of the Gibson Gives lots, a number of other guitars played by Hammett featured in the auction. In total, 150 models from Hammett were put on sale. Among the CEO#4, the highest grossing Hammett-played models were the 1985 Gibson Custom Shop Michael Schenker Flying V, which sold for a huge $160,000, a 1996 ESP Wavecaster ($89,600) with a clear body and very cool glowing goo inside, and his Mamma Said 1990s ESP Custom Shop M2 ($32,000).
You can check out all of the sale results from Played, Worn & Torn via Julien’s Auctions.
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