ESP LTD James Hetfield Truckster Signature

[Mark Wein]

http://www.zzounds.com/item--ESPTRUCKSTER

Product Description
James Hetfield, one of the founding members of rock icons Metallica, has created his fifth signature guitar model. The Truckster is an ESP Signature Series guitar that is precisely based on Hetfield's personal custom ESP.

The Truckster offers every minute detail of James' ESP, down to the 'aging' of the finish. ESP has done custom guitars for Metallica for over 15 years, and Metallica's guitars have been some of their most popular signature models. ESP is proud to offer the high level of quality James demanded for a guitar with his name attached.

ESP's Truckster is a single-cutaway, solid body electric featuring a distinctive aged gray primer finish over its mahogany body and neck. The unique finish wear is precisely duplicated to match James Hetfield's personal instrument. The Truckster offers a set-neck construction, a 24.75 in. scale, and a rosewood fingerboard that features flag inlays with "LTD" at the 12th fret, and a unique cast aluminum raised logo tops each headstock.

The Truckster puts an active EMG JH Het pickup set on board. These are controlled via two volume controls and one tone control, as well as a 3-way toggle (another 3-way toggle in the upper position is inactive, but ESP included it for perfect authenticity with Hetfield's actual instrument).

The guitar's distinctive finish is complemented by satin chrome hardware, including its Sperzel locking tuners, and TonePros locking bridge w/stop tailpiece. White binding on the Truckster's body, neck and headstock and 22 extra-jumbo frets completes the detailed signature model.

Features
- Set-neck construction
- 24.75 in. scale
- Mahogany body
- 3-piece mahogany neck
- Rosewood fingerboard
- Flag inlays w/LTD at 12th fret
- EMG JH Het Set pickups
- 2 volume & 1 tone control w/2x3-way toggle (toggle switch in upper position is inactive)
- Satin chrome hardware
- Sperzel locking tuners
- Schaller straplocks
- TonePros locking bridge w/stop tailpiece
- 22 XJ frets

 

[Guitar Heel]

 

[CBHScott]

Distress fail.

 

[Chad]

no. a painted relic look? What will they think of next?

 

[jelloman]

Yeah...um...

...no...

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

A ridiculous looking guitar.

 

[Punchy]

Relic fail

 

[Prages]

It was awful when it was introduced 10 year or so back, and it hasn't gotten better with age.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

The ESP relic Strat copy I used to own was a painted-on relic job. It looked better from a distance that up close. Again, I don't like a relic body with a pristine neck and headstock.

 

[dougk]

Distress fail.

Here's the thing, if that's legitimately what James ESP looks like after years of playing... It's not really a distress fail.

If it's what he imagines his could look like... Well that's an entirely different thing.

 

[Packerbacker]

Let me sleep on it. Zzzzzzz. Nope

 

[reverend1]

IT-IS-UG-A-LEEEE-YAAA!

 

[PunkKitty]

puke:

 

[Coralkong]

There is absolutely NOTHING that I like about that guitar.
Nothing at all.

 

[Muppet]

No, this isn't legitimate distressing. They did this as a relic model, even with James' personal guitar. Notice the 2 toggles. The one on the upper bout is a dummy. It does nothing. That's really dumb.

 

[jp_nyc]

I hate this particular relic paint job more every time I see it.
puke:

 

[Toasteroven]

That one is gross, but I like his Iron Cross model.

 

[wok]

What's up with the ugly logo saying LID?

 

[bsman]

Kind of a ripoff of the original of its type, and nowhere near as cool (much like Hetfield is nowhere near as cool as the man who was the basis of this one):

 

[Muppet]

That one is gross, but I like his Iron Cross model.

I like this WAY better, too.