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Insanely lightweight yet resident, sounds great!
By: Tyler Zumwalt
Submitted: 11/6/2022
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I purchased a blemished product version of this guitar. The case was a little bit dinged up, there’s a small hole in one of the corners of the interior of it, as well as the exterior damage. All very minimal, considering that the guitar was in perfect shape, other than needing to have the strap button on the back of the neck, tightened, and the knobs Tightened. Plugged in this sounds great! The neck feels really good, and the set up on this thing was immaculate when I received it.
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james hetfield snakebyte is amazing
By: steve
Submitted: 2/5/2022
4 people found this review helpful.
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this is by far my favorite guitar it looks amazing feels amazing and sounds amazing. the only word to describe it … amazing
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INSANELY BEAUTIFUL
By: Dustin Wilde
Submitted: 1/12/2022
2 people found this review helpful.
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Amazingly beautiful guitar, shipped quick and was in perfect condition.
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This guitar f#*!$
By: evolgenius
Submitted: 8/27/2021
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I've owned this Snakebyte for about six months now. The satin neck is fast and the EMG Het Set sounds amazzing. This is my first guitar with active pickups and I am officially a convert. Articulate and aggressive with the bridge pickup and a fat and smooth sound from the neck. Also my first guitar with locking tuners and I'm enjoying the lack of string slippage. Only negative is this thing is HEAVY. Could've used some weight relief in my opinion.
Overall it's a versatile guitar that looks great.
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C'mon, it's a freakin Snakebyte!!!
By: JT
Submitted: 8/20/2021
3 people found this review helpful.
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You'll want to change out the battery first thing, but other that that it screams. Awesome guitar!
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well worth yhe money
By: steve fauls
Submitted: 5/29/2021
1 person found this review helpful.
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i have a pretty nice collection of guitars. the snakebyte is by far my favorite. this thing is amazing. the sound. the feel. the playability. definitely the best guitar i own
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Setup
By: Ken P
Submitted: 2/17/2021
2 people found this review helpful.
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Guitar came with very high play. Needed a lot of adjustment. Other than that. It’s AMAZING!!
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Awesome high quality guitar
By: Bill
Submitted: 1/29/2021
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Bought a white one. The pictures don't start to do it justice, flawless. Action perfect out of the box. Slightly out of tune but the weather was very cold when delivered. The pickups are just ridiculous. Beautiful clean tones, very articulate. When running distortion they really shine. Sustain for days. I've owned and played a lot of guitars through the years but this is by far the best. Case is top notch too. Extremely happy with my purchase.
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Snakebyte bites back to the glory days.
By: Seth Robinson
Submitted: 4/9/2020
2 people found this review helpful.
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James Hetfields snakebyte guitar is a masterpiece. Starting with the explorer looking body style, and the carefully integrated specifications.
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Tone is awesome
By: Brandon
Submitted: 2/8/2020
1 person found this review helpful.
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The neck is a super fast playing shape with the thin u. Tone at least for heavy metal is awesome. It’s already my favorite guitar. The emg jh pickups are the best sounding emg I have played I switched my other 3 guitars over to them since I got this guitar.
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It screams
By: M Deese
Submitted: 1/14/2020
5 people found this review helpful.
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Awesome guitar awesome pickups I recommend this guitar to anyone wanting to have huge tone I own this guitar and it is superb from feel to tone.
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ESP Guitars are great.
By: Robbie
Submitted: 1/6/2020
1 person found this review helpful.
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This is a great guitar love the body style of the Snakebyte and prefer the satin finish over gloss. Add the EMG Hetfield pickups and this guitar is knocked out of the park. Highly recommended.
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Great Guitar!
By: Teresa
Submitted: 10/30/2019
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This was purchased for my son, who loves everything Metallica. He was blown away by the sound of this guitar. Right out of the case, it is a gorgeous sounding guitar! Don't hesitate adding this one to your collection! It was definitely worth it!!!
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Perfect guitar
By: Cody
Submitted: 9/26/2019
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I’m in absolute love with this thing. Straight out of the box this guitar played phenomenally. The het provides a great clean and distorted sound. The guitar feels much lighter than you’d imagine. Overall, this is the perfect guitar for me
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Amazing Guitar, would recommend to anyone
By: Matthew Peebles
Submitted: 6/5/2019
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Right out of the box, this thing blows me away!! The active EMG’s the ebony fretboard, the locking tuners... flawless. I also have the KH-602 and this Snakebyte has solidified my trust in ESP/LTD guitars. Thanks AMS for amazing deal on this!!
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best guitar I've owned
By: Kevin Kozak
Submitted: 5/7/2019
9 people found this review helpful.
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Best guitar I've owned. So much fun to play. Sounds great!!!!
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Absolutley Amazing!
By: Benjamin whitcher
Submitted: 4/26/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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If you love Ltd and Esp guitars you will love the James Hetfield Snakebyte. Ltd has a history of being high quality at a great price and I have to say the snakebyte plays just as well as my Esp KH2. You really cant beat the quality for this price range. The Ltd Snakebyte has all of the same features as the Esp version I have found it to be truly amazing with great sustain, amazing sound quality from the emg JH set, and great tuning stability. The guitar also came perfectly set up no adjustments needed.
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It's a BEAST!
By: Greg F.
Submitted: 4/6/2019
3 people found this review helpful.
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It's not really heave for it's size, Plays and sounds amazing. The pickups clean up really nice when turning down the volume. Very well balanced.
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Great guitar
By: Robert McCoy
Submitted: 3/8/2019
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I love my guitar. Sounds good.
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Great Guitar !!!
By: Robert Elliott
Submitted: 3/6/2019
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Great tone and action..very comfortable and light.
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Best
By: Dante
Submitted: 2/3/2019
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So beautiful. Looks, feels, sounds beautiful. ????METALLICA???? Papahet
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Pleasantly surprised!
By: J
Submitted: 1/24/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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First impressions this guitar is excellent, the tuners feel solid the neck is super comfy and the body sits perfectly balanced on a strap, pickups have tons of output and punch and this guitar is so resonant, I seriously played for 15 minutes before I plugged in and was blown away a second time, the frets are beautifully crowned and the edges are silky smooth nothing rough or out of place excellent quality all the way around! And the case is beefy I keep looking for where they cut corners to get the price down from the USA model and I can’t find it anywhere nothing feels lacking or half assed. If your a les Paul guy you’ll immediately feel at home and if your a shred guy once you stop reaching for the bar you’ll have a new favorite!
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Absolutely amazing!
By: Clint R.
Submitted: 12/27/2018
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What a great guitar for the price. High build quality! The Het set pickups absolutely rock! This is the most metal sounding guitar out of the case I have ever owned. It feels and sounds like a $3000.00 guitar all for $1199. Don’t hesitate it won’t disappoint!
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Absolutely amazing!
By: Clint R.
Submitted: 12/27/2018
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What a great guitar for the price. High build quality! The Het set pickups absolutely rock! This is the most metal sounding guitar out of the case I have ever owned. It feels and sounds like a $3000.00 guitar all for $1199. Don’t hesitate it won’t disappoint!
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I love this thing
By: Lloyd S Beverly
Submitted: 11/6/2018
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Balance is great you can sit and play very comfortable and the tone is awesome.The neck is smooth and lighting fast. It is very well made for the price
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I love this thing
By: kenneth S holmes
Submitted: 10/4/2018
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Very cool and fun to play!
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Best I've ever owned
By: Jason
Submitted: 9/26/2018
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I love it, I have three guitars and it by far my favorite
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Killer
By: Jason
Submitted: 9/26/2018
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Light, killer tone
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Great guitar but had to be tweaked
By: Rob
Submitted: 7/22/2018
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I purchased the Snakebyte a few months ago (the Snow White version) and fell in love with it. The updated shape of the Explorer along with the hardware and snake inlay really make it a guitar that stands out. It’s a comfortable weight so you can play for hours without feeling fatigued and its balanced very well so that when you are wearing it, it doesn’t feel like it wants to “nose dive” as soon as you let go of the neck. It will stay put. I love the hardware. It is heavy duty and I love having the set pins on the on the bridge. It really helps when changing your strings as it wont fall off. I also love the EMG’s (JH-N and JH-B). They have an excellent sound. The crunch is strong when playing dirty and the clean is just about the cleanest I’ve ever had. The only downfall to the Het Set pickups is, they’re so hot, that there was a lot of humming through my amp. I rewired the guitar and got a noise supressor and that corrected the problem. Over all, I love this guitar!!!
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Seriously hot guitar
By: Tristan B
Submitted: 3/17/2018
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Loving this guitar, seriously high output on this guitar. The hetfield set is a really great sounding set of pickups. Neck is nice and round and on the fatter side. The paint job (satin black) is a little thin and is wearing pretty fast from where my arm rests on the guitar. So character grows fast on these guitars.
Other than that, sounds great, plays great, I love it.
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Awesome guitar!!
By: James Kitchen
Submitted: 12/26/2017
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Great sound and great workmanship. The neck is so easy gliding back and forth.
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Awesome buy!
By: D.R. Brownie
Submitted: 12/1/2017
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Great guitar. Setup was good. Ready to play right out the gate and sounds great.
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Great guitar but...
By: sricabla
Submitted: 10/17/2017
2 people found this review helpful.
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I see where there can be a difference in the ESP and LTD versions. Besides cost, my friend said that the ESP's are made in LA at their custom shop. You figure, American labor costs and just better wood, finish and components and maybe craftsmanship is why they are very expensive. The problem with mine is that the finish where I strum is already starting to get glossy, I've only had the guitar 3 weeks. Though, it plays great and sounds really what you would think it sounds.
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Incredible!
By: Kevin
Submitted: 4/17/2015
4 people found this review helpful.
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Another flawless tone monster from ESP/LTD. Mahogany body & neck, EMG's, Tone Pros stop tailpiece, Ebony fretboard, locking tuners, 10-46 strings, all and up to an amazing machine with amazing tone and sustain.
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best guitar i own
By: Ronald
Submitted: 8/19/2014
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Awesome
Very versitile
Exellent
Exellent
Beautifull
Great value
Sweet
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Amazing guitar! Delivers the "Heavy" you need.
By: Tony K. from East coast USA
Submitted: 8/8/2014
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The ESP LTD Snakebyte is the guitar I've been waiting for and I love it!
The guitar is, overall, well made. The black paint job is brilliant gloss and the frets are polished.
This is great for playing all Metallica and other heavy styles of music.
The guitar's average weight is balanced sitting or standing.
It is great for leads but I like its heavy tone. I have it tuned half step down with .11's and it holds the low notes loud and clear.
Controls are easy to get to.
The Jh set pups are great. You get a mix of passive like and active humbuckers. I like the option of two volume knobs so you have the power to mute one pup if you need.
Finish was perfect. No chips, swirls, or marks on the guitar. Very pleased.
This guitar was worth the price tag for the ltd line. You do get the new jh pickups and esp case. The quality was 9.5 out of 10. The only issue I had with my Snakebyte is the raised ltd emblem on the headstock doesn't sit flat and flush to the headstock. Other than that, this guitar is the best!!!
I had to adjust the bridge a little to bring the action lower but not by much. Also I put thicker strings on to get the baritone feel.
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Great guitar!!!!!
By: Sean K
Submitted: 12/6/2013
0 people found this review helpful.
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One of the best guitars I have ever owned
By: carlos from woodbridge, va, usa
Submitted: 8/19/2013
0 people found this review helpful.
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Great
perfect
crazy fast
its on dark monster
Perefect right out the box
wonderful
so far so good.
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Hetfield really knows what hes doing
By: Nate from Rochester, NH
Submitted: 4/18/2012
1 person found this review helpful.
Very well made, and light for an explorer style.
Had it only a few weeks, so......
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This is the nicest guitar Ive ever owned
Had a thin neck for very fast playing.
Those are hot pickups with smooth tone.
Paint is great, now if only I can get a polishing kit.
Perfect out of the box.
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Amazing!
By: Dan from Ohio, United States
Submitted: 12/13/2011
Very well made. As big as this guitar is it is very light and comfortable.
Just got it
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This feels like a high end ESP and not an LTD. Very well made.
Feels smooth. Neck plays very fast.
Pickups are great. I have two other guitars, one with the 81/85 combo and the other with 81/81 combo and this one is my go to.
The white looks amazing.
Action was almost perfect out of the box.
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As good if not better than the truckster!
By: Steve G from Castalia, Ohio USA
Submitted: 8/12/2011
1 person found this review helpful.
The quality of this guitar is great. Everytime I pick it up to play it I never have to tune it since it is still in tune.
I haven't had this but a week but it seems like it is holding up well.
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I had a JH-3 Truckster when it first came out. Like a dork I got rid of it. I was almost about to by the one in black until I seen the snakebyte. This guitar is in my oppinion better than my truckster I had.
This guitar feels great! It seems to play a little faster than the truckster I had. I'm a little rusty since I haven't played in almost 2 yrs
This has a good bite depending on the amp you are playing through.
The paint was great. I bought the scratch and dent and I was looking for a major flaw and could not find one.
The action out of the box is good.
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Great rhtym guitar
By: Gab Kranjcar from Brooklyn, NY, US
Submitted: 5/12/2011
had it for 1 month, looks dependable
made very well
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Great guitar for playing heavy metal rhythm.
James's signature says for itself. Love it.
Great EMG tone, for heavy metal, exactly what i needed
Beautiful
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Riff machine
By: John from Syracuse, NY
Submitted: 4/21/2011
1 person found this review helpful.
great quality
Only had it like a week. I baby my guitars but, it's made verry well. Made w quality materials n high end parts.
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Deffinetly a rhythem guitar. Sounds great with distortion. Verry powerful pickups. Frets are a little high. Strings tend to buzz on the frets so, clean tone, not that clean but, I plan on adjusting the truss rod n hopefully that will solve that but, I don't play alot of clean so, I personally love this guitar. I got the snow white. It's a great lookin guitar. Headstock is vicious. Durrabillity......I'm not a pro n don't gig. I baby my guitars n I just got it so, I put a 4 on that part of my review. I'm verry happy w this guitar. At first w the strings it came w in standard tunning I was questioning this purhase but, now that I have heavier strings on it and it's tuned how I play. A little pricey for a LTD but, you are paying for the Hetfield name along w the high end quality parts and materials that make this guitar. Overall verry pleased w this purchase.
verry comfortable sitting and standing. I personally like how a guitar sits on you better when the strap fastens on the side of the body and not on the back by the neck but still verry comfortable.
Heavy, great attack, powerful, low noise, high output. Just what I expected out of a set of EMG's
flawless like ESP's always do
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brownmetal
By: larry page from east los angeles california
Submitted: 3/27/2011
it is a real fragil guitar not that dependible
i only had it for 2weeks hard to say
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goodlooking but to much money for this guitar
the thing is real light the neck is thin its fast all the controls are graet easy to get to
dark smooth hot and thick very good sound
thats the best thing on the guitar thats why i bought it
im sorry but not that good the strings are vibrating to much againts the neck