Month of Giving Auction & Sweepstakes
May 1, 2024
ACTIVE MAY 21 - JULY 20
James Hetfield ESP Signature Series
Grey Truckster LTD Guitar Autographed by Metallica
For our Month of Giving Fandiem sweepstakes, one lucky winner will become the new owner of an incredibly rare piece of Metallica memorabilia: an autographed Truckster guitar. This grey Truckster guitar was autographed in 2009 by all four members of Metallica (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo) in black Sharpie.
The original Truckster began as a black ESP Eclipse. James refinished it with multiple layers of five different colors, strategically sanded to emulate a distressed car finish. That guitar was the prototype on which the Signature model was based. The Tuckster and Truckster LTD were part of ESP’s James Hetfield Signature Series but are no longer produced.
Truckster Specs:
- SET-NECK CONSTRUCTION
- 24.75” SCALE
- MAHOGANY BODY
- MAHOGANY NECK
- ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD
- FLAG INLAYS
- EMG 81/60 ACTIVE PICKUPS
- 2 VOLUME & 1 TONE CONTROL
- 2 / 3-WAY TOGGLE SWITCHES
Active May 7 - May 14
Metallica: The Black Album in Black & White Cover Poster
Silver Foil Variant Autographed by Metallica
Created exclusively for promotional purposes, this silver foil variant poster is up for auction from May 7 - 14 to benefit our Month of Giving! The poster measures 31” x 24” and displays the cover of Ross Halfin’s latest publication, Metallica: The Black Album in Black & White. It is signed in black Sharpie by all four current members of Metallica (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo).
The winner of this auction will also receive a copy of this gorgeous hardcover book documenting the era of The Black Album.
Photographer Ross Halfin was with the band during the album sessions at One on One Studios in North Hollywood and documented the 300-date tour that followed between 1991 and 1993. The hectic performing schedule is mixed in with many unique portrait sessions and candid, backstage documentary-style photography, rehearsals, interviews, band meetings, and travel.
This official Metallica book features many classic and previously unpublished images with introductions by Ross Halfin, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Jason Newsted, and Robert Trujillo, who performed on part of the tour with his band Suicidal Tendencies. Printed with a metallic silver jacket with block-foil lettering, this volume is an epic celebration of one of rock’s most legendary albums.
