Jason from Poulsbo, WA, USA
timkellyjax@aol.com
Subject:
Great Axe For The Price!
Quality:
This guitar is put together well. I am rough on my gear and this one takes a beating and stays in perfect tune!
Reliability:
Again, with what I put this thing through, it has held up perfectly.
Overall:
I love this guitar! Easy to play and great sound!
Playability and Feel:
This thing has great action! Easily played by the beginners and appreciated ease for the more experienced rockers.
Tone:
Dark and deep! With the pick-ups that it comes with this thing sounds like it is straight out of the dungeon. Clear tones, but deeper sounding than most.
Finish:
Its simply a beautiful guitar.
Action:
Straight out of the box this thing performed better than expected. For the price, this thing can't be beat. I will be buying another one!
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Do you own this product?:
Yes
Date submitted:
2/21/2009
Edward from birmingham, Alabama
Subject:
best sound, looks, playability
Quality:
i expected the guitar to be average quality, but has turned out awesome!
Sound:
until i bought my first tube amp, i did not understand hw important every component of a guitar was. the ltd pups and body are a great combination for a great tone with my peavey XXX. it is sharp and clear with no muddiness.
Reliability:
I have owned this guitar for 2 years. it has been my #1 gun since
Overall:
this is my best guitar in all aspects. I also have an epiphone explorer, OLP orange county and newer kramer striker. they are all nice guitars, but the ltd has it all.
Playability and Feel:
I had never had a guitar with jumbo frets, it plays great!
Tone:
tone is excellent, just what I wanted.
Finish:
wonderful! still looks great today.
Action:
I recall it played good brand new. i did wedge the floyd down with a piece of wood to keep it from floating, just my personal preference.
Do you own this product?:
yes
Date submitted:
10/7/2010
Wes from Freeport, IL, USA
Subject:
Worth every penny
Quality:
I would recommend to anyone. I want to get the black to match
Sound:
The tone out of this guitar is great, i usually prefer set necks but this bolt on carries its tone. The stock humbuckers by ESP sound awesome. And the floyd rose special gives the guitar an endless amount of possibilities.
Reliability:
Had it for a little while and its holding up great
Overall:
For 300 bucks this thing is amazing. It should be worth more.
Playability and Feel:
The neck on this guitar was made for speed and solos, very easy to play. The guitar has a good low end bite, with screaming highs. Not a bad low priced guitar.
Tone:
Great tone from the pick ups, can play various styles on music. Jazz, metal, rock, bluegrass
Finish:
I love the Cherry flamed top, it matched my les paul.
Action:
The action was set perfect when I Bought it, but i detune to C# so it needed a little work, but the ease of doing the setup was no problem at all.
Do you own this product?:
yes
Date submitted:
9-15-2010
Frank Sancho from Ossineke Michigan U.S.A.
Frank_Sancho5150@yahoo.com
Quality:
very high quality. seems to be dependable.
Sound:
its great. it sounds great thru most of my amps.
Reliability:
well only three months .
Overall:
I love this guitar.
it stays in tune and im not easy on it.
Playability and Feel:
this thing is great, fast, clean, rich, and has a great sustain.
Tone:
pickups are hot. im used to a les paul so this is like a chain saw.
Finish:
its flawless. well for now.
Action:
it was good for a factory setting.
Do you own this product?:
yes
Date submitted:
may/10/10
T Byrd from Blytheville, Arkansas
Quality:
It is very dependable. I take great care of my guitars and it has not given me any problems
Reliability:
I have had mine for seven years. Played the original pickups till last year and switched them out with EMGs
Overall:
Great guitar for its price range
Playability and Feel:
Neck is fast, this guitar is fun to play with a light weight you can play for hours
Tone:
Has a smooth tone with a thick sound. A great all round rock guitar
Finish:
mine is a gun metal blue, and it was fabulous
Action:
Ok, but I had it set up by a professional, and it was an incredible axe after being fine tuned
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Do you own this product?:
yes
Date submitted:
02-24-2010
Tim Harris from Madison, MS, USA
timsh5@att.net
Subject:
Great action unplayable at bridge
Quality:
It's made very well. The knobs, although placed in the wrong position, turn as smooth as silk and are very responsive.
Reliability:
I've had it for 2 months and perfect so far - made really well.
Overall:
This would be a five star guitar IF some genius at ESP hadn't have placed the volume knob right below the E string which interferes with one's playing. In the pic it looks about 2 inches away, but it's really about an inch - and i have a typical medium sized hand and it still interferes. If you get this guitar the volume knob WILL get in your way unless you're one who plays with your bottom three fingers extended outward which would then go over the knob.
Playability and Feel:
Plays smooth (due to the factory polished frets). The weight is just right. Everything is pretty much perfect for it's price point. The reason i gave it three stars is because the guitar, as great as it is, is literally unplayable near the B and high E strings due to the genius who decided to place the volume knob right below them. This interferes with one's playing, if they pick with their bottom three fingers curled inward as i and most everyone else does (especially jazz and metal players).
Tone:
I'ld say it's in between the mid and high end freq. It has a well balanced sound.
Action:
Awesome. It came with a low action for easy playing.
Skill Level:
Pro-Rock Star
Do you own this product?:
Yes
disapointed badly from texas
Quality:
i cnt believe this is a esp this was more like a cheap cresent guitar i had to order a new neck and it still doesnt have a clean sound ive bought quite a few items from ams but this guitartakes the cake
Reliability:
none i played one gig with it and on the first set was already out of tune thank god for mark at randys music mart in amarillo tx or it would have been a disaster
Overall:
if your a beginner its alright but for a pro na its worthless
Playability and Feel:
the best part is the flyod rose and after mark reset the new neck and strobed it set the intec it got a fair feel but not like a esp in perfect shape.
Tone:
the pickups are super distorted keeps good substain but over corrects the mid tones great for thrash metal but not classic rock.
Finish:
this should have been a scratch and dent item right out of the box small scratchs from box rubbing not really that noticable unless you look for them probly ups shipping, box was torn!
Action:
none neck was warped
Do you own this product?:
unfornatalty yes