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I realise I’m probably behind the times on this one; I played one of these in Glasgow today (whilst waiting on my wife’s clothes shopping spree to end). I’m not usually a fan of ESP guitars but these I like very much (appart from the headstock).

Love it. Love the stock too. Though I'm an ESP fan in general.

Oh; It also says Hybrid on the 12th fret marker which is a bit naff

dezb1 wrote:Oh; It also says Hybrid on the 12th fret marker which is a bit naff

Better than a tribal dragon or some other such nonsense. The rest of teh guitar looks good enough that I'm willing to let that slide.

or some PRS style seagulls

Ooh. Now then. I like that. Whoever it was posting about the Big Black guitar would do well to look at one of these.

Apparently these came out in 2006 (why didn’t anyone tell me?). Played like a tele plus, very low action, £699 second hand and it was the sunburst version which (strangely as I usually prefer the sunburst) is my least favourite finish.

gash hackjob.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:gash hackjob.

hly shit. i like that.
i wonder how much they are, and if i could get my hands on one i'd put a saddle tele bridge and a sc in it.

Honestly esp makes damn good guitars. Everyone I ever played has played like a dream, super smooth. Even the ones that I would never ever consider buying and playing that they make played well.

I had an ESP goldtop Les paul with p90's that I thought was miles better than the epi ones or other knock offs out there. Only ESP I ever had, but it was great and was like 299 new or something relatively cheap like that. I just hated the headstock.

The guitarist in our band is rocking a low-end ESP SG-style guitar at the moment. It was only really meant as a stand-in, but it's really grown on us. The only "complaint" any of us have is that it looks a little too metal, and the pickups slide a little too easily into "metal" territory, so it's wise to keep an eye on the gain. But it's a very nice guitar (and couldn't really be sniffed at for £50).

dezb1 wrote:

hotrodperlmutter wrote:gash hackjob.

hotrodperlmutter wrote: my posts never make sense.

Looks really nice. Body shape reminds me of a Wilshire.

ekwatts wrote:The guitarist in our band is rocking a low-end ESP SG-style guitar at the moment. It was only really meant as a stand-in, but it's really grown on us. The only "complaint" any of us have is that it looks a little too metal, and the pickups slide a little too easily into "metal" territory, so it's wise to keep an eye on the gain. But it's a very nice guitar (and couldn't really be sniffed at for £50).

a viper 50


also played one of them today not too shabby for £199 but like you said a bit too metal.

I'm just gonna say it. I love metal guitars. Not the crazy pointy bc rich shit, but I'd rock a schecter c-1 or a ESP ph600 in a second.

My main guitar right now is a squier m-80. The M stands for METAL!

Suck it fenderbots.

benecol wrote:Ooh. Now then. I like that. Whoever it was posting about the Big Black guitar would do well to look at one of these.

Was me and I've played one sounds well sweet. Found the bridge pickup (JB) too bright though.

I think they're discontinued?

Prefer this one

Noirie. wrote:Prefer this one

samsies