Hot or Not? ESP Edition

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• A brand new ESP model within the ESP Vintage Series, with absolutely professional features and an outstanding price-quality relation.
• Finish: Highgloss black, with chrome hardware.
• Body: Alder - for best resonance, especially on distorted sounds.
• Neck: Maple, 1-piece. Bolt-on neck construction - this enables a fast, precise attack response, while retaining a full, "fat" tone.
• Scale: 25.5" - Standard.
• Fretboard: Rosewood, with dot inlays - this instrument looks just classic!
• Frets: 22, XJ (Jumbo) - with a perfect fretjob, another famous feature of ESP instruments.
• Headstock: ESP Vintage.
• Tuners: Orig. Gotoh.
• Bridge: Orig. Floyd Rose locking tremolo. - stays perfectly in tune.
• Pickups: 1x Seymour Duncan SSL-1 (neck) singlecoil, 1x Seymour Duncan SSL-1 (middle) singlecoil, 1x Seymour Duncan TB-4 (bridge) humbucker- this classic combination is very versatile, dynamic, easy to control and absolutely quiet.
• Alternatively, upon request of the purchaser, we can also perform a professional installation of a different pickup combination, e.g. any DiMarzio, EMG or Seymour Duncan etc. (Very fair prices per pickup swap). Furthermore, we offer installation of active boost and EQ circuits like EMG Afterburner, PA-2, SPC, RPC, VMC, EXG etc. Please ask for details if interested.
• Electronics: 1x volume, 2x tone, 5-way slotted switch, 1x bridge pickup direct switch.
• Absolutely outstanding quality of selected woods, craftsmanship, handling and sound!
• The guitar comes in a high-quality original ESP Vintage Series formfit hardcase with ESP logo.

 

[Coralkong]

Really, really meh.

 

[CBHScott]

Wow, a Strat with a Floyd.

Good thing no one else makes these.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Very nice...

 

[Tig]

I've heard positive things about them but have no personal experience.

 

[reverend1]

Look! A strat!!!!!!!

 

[Scott_Abene]

ESP makes amazing Strats

 

[Chad]

I have no use for the floyd and I prefer maple boards, but I do like the black and tort look. I haven't played an ESP in years, but the strat copy I tried out in the mid 90s felt much better than my American Standard Fender.

 

[LittleSnakes]

Give me a maple board and I'm all over that.

 

[Scott_Abene]

With every ding and scratch I love it more!

 

[Stratguy]

I'd sure pick it up and try it out.

 

[Knox in Box]

I actually read ESP and expected to hate it. But I like that a lot. I can even forgive the tort guard.

 

[Muppet]

"Price-quality relation." Hmmmm, interesting. Anyone know the price, off hand?

 

[PunkKitty]

No.

 

[Scott_Abene]

Looks like they sell in the 2,000 pound / euro range

 

[Muppet]

Looks like they sell in the 2,000 pound / euro range

That's $2770. Screw that. I can buy 2 Fender American Strats for that, and still have beer money left over.

 

[Scott_Abene]

That's $2770. Screw that. I can buy 2 Fender American Strats for that, and still have beer money left over.

I could easily build 4-5 strats like that from custom parts that play and sound as good if not better. Which is why I rarely buy any name brands anymore. It is just easier to build what I want when I want.

Also, Everything in Euroland is priced higher than the US when it comes to guitars and amps... I bet the guitar will most like be in the $1,200-$1,400 range in the US

 

[Mark Wein]

Not really my thing.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

middle pickup failboat

 

[LeftyTom]

Hot as Judge Judy in a thong. o_O