Item Reviews for: ESP LTD James Hetfield Iron Cross Electric Guitar with Case  -  ESP JHIC LIST
ESP LTD James Hetfield Iron Cross Electric Guitar with Case
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Beautiful

By: Jaime Silva      Submitted: 1/4/2024

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Product Rating Product Review This guitar plays amazingly and is absolutely beautiful. Definitely holds up to the name
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The sound is freaking amazing

By: Christie Myers      Submitted: 10/28/2023

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Product Review I have 15 guitars and this one is unreal with 6 pickups I can’t believe the sounds it can make. I would HIGHLY recommend this guitar!!!!
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Amazing axe all around

By: Auzzy      Submitted: 3/4/2023

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Product Review Being a huge Metallica fan, I have always wanted this guitar. It was my dream guitar throughout my high school career. This guitar sounds and feels amazing.
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It’s definitely a Hetfield signature!

By: Michael      Submitted: 9/6/2021

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Product Review Easily one of the best guitars I’ve owned/played! The hetset (pickups) are absolutely amazing I’ve bought those separate just to put in other guitars! The neck is great for rhythm but that’s not all even though it’s a James hetfield signature the lead capability’s of this guitar are nuts! The case it comes with is very well built with a soft interior. American musical supply did a great job with shipping packaging and overall customer service on this order with me. I would recommend ams and this guitar a million times!
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Awesome Guitar from an Awesome Supplier! AMS!

By: Matt ShW      Submitted: 7/6/2021

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Product Review This is my SECOND Signature series instrument Inusve purchased from AMS. Everything from my online ordering experience, to the lightning fast shipping, to receiving, and unboxing experience is hands down the greatest time ever. The Guitar came super fast, my payment plan was super affordable, the hassle free environment, and the awesome customer service is top notch and I’d recommend to anyone thinking about buying a music instrument purchase it from American Musical Supply. As far as the actual guitar I purchased, the ESP LTD James Hetfield signage Iron Cross, what can I say it’s just a piece of pure perfection. The design is like a Les Paul style, but thinner and lighter. The visuals scream Hetfield. It plays unbelievably fast and smooth. The pickups are extremely HOT. If you love Metallica or just want an awesome guitar I’d recommend it to anyone. I’m sure I’ll be jamming this for many years to come.
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Quality Guitar, Must Buy if you are a Hetfield fan...

By: Davidmsh76      Submitted: 4/27/2021

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Product Review Received this guitar and needed only slight setup adjustments due to me installing 9 gauge strings. I am using an Mesa amp modeler and wow does this thing sound like James.. The iron cross and inlays are perfect, great neck and no issues at all with the frets. I would expect this quality from and ESP, not an LTD... I have purchase several LTD's over the last few months and as long as you get them in the $1000+ range, they are great.. Can't say enough good things about them. Quality is all I can say..
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Wow!!!!!!!

By: Derek      Submitted: 3/5/2021

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Product Review American musical supply made it quick and easy for me to get the guitar I’ve always wanted with a great monthly low price I love it??????
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This guitar is exactly what you think it is and exactly what you want it to be!

By: Jeremy Rose      Submitted: 2/26/2021

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Product Review I expected a good product being LTD. when I got my guitar I was blown away at just how detailed and how much of a great guitar I had bought. Was worth every penny I paid!
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great guitar

By: Dmitriy      Submitted: 1/8/2021

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Product Review this guitar has unique character sound and spirit of METALLICA. If you Metallica fan you will enjoy this guitar. I like this buitiful Instrument. Dont Wait take one you will enjoy .
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A mesmerizing guitar

By: Bruno Santos      Submitted: 7/28/2020

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Product Review Starting with the fact that it is light, and has an amazing sound. This is one of the best guitar both for rythym and lead. Fade to black and Master of puppets are a dream with this James Hetfield ESP
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My favorite guitar hands down!

By: Robbie      Submitted: 4/9/2020

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Product Review The feel of this guitar is amazing, the way the body is cut, the thin neck. Then you have that amazing sound of the Hetfield Sig EMG pickups. This guitar is the perfect package, especially for the money.
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Awesome guitar with reasonable monthly payments and quick delivery

By: Ashley Lowman      Submitted: 3/5/2020

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Awesome guitar with reasonable monthly payments and quick delivery
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Absolutely amazing

By: Disney      Submitted: 1/13/2020

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Product Review I've been super pumped about this guitar since the first day it came out! Straight out of the box was love at first sight. Plays extremely well and sounds as good as it looks. The case is top notch as well. Looking forward to many hours on this beautiful thing!
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Amazing sound

By: Stephanie Araiza      Submitted: 9/5/2019

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Product Review I was blown away at how amazing the guitar sounded right out of the box. And the build quality was far beyond my expectations. Les Paul style guitars are usually on the heavier side but this guitar is not overly heavy. I would highly recommend this guitar.
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Easy to play, sounds great

By: John B.      Submitted: 6/5/2019

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Product Review Plugging this guitar into the MXR Full Bore Metal pedal sounds amazing. The neck is very comfortable. The pick-ups are awesome. The look of the guitar is great. The hard shell case was a nice bonus. I was amazed how easy this guitar plays because it has a finished neck. This is the best piece of musical gear I’ve ever purchased. Highly recommended.
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"I love this thing"

By: Jason      Submitted: 5/13/2019

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Product Review Perfect in every way. Sounds amazing out of the case. Feels comfortable and I love the look. Papa Hetfield knows how to design an amazing guitar and make it sound different then the rest. I now own 6 LTD's by ESP. I can't wait to buy more.
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Heavy and clean

By: D Man      Submitted: 4/5/2019

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11 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Heavy when you want it... Clean when you need it...
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Not as great as I hope

By: Bruce Godfrey      Submitted: 12/5/2018

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Not high quality but you get what you pay for
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My first esp!!!!

By: Alan      Submitted: 10/23/2018

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Product Review Plays wonderfully
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Best thing I have ever purchased!

By: Dustin      Submitted: 10/11/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Literally the best purchase I have ever made. It sounds incredible, played great right out of the box. The fit and finish is perfect. I can't find anything that I would complain about. I love it!
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Exactly what I expected!!

By: Brad      Submitted: 9/5/2018

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Product Review I have 25 guitars and this is in my top 5!! I love this thing!
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Worth the money

By: Jon aka j5      Submitted: 8/9/2018

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Product Review All around awesome guitar sounds bada$$,, playability is sweet i didn't play it out of the box I had it set up first I didn't want a bad first impression I have a 76 Gibson les Paul custom sunburst I'll tell ya what even with the emg pickups this thing sounds just as good as the custom except the custom has a better sustain hands down. I put it through all different types of music 1 out of 10 I'll give it a 8 1/2 two things I'm gonna do is a shaler bridge and Grover tuners one was no good out of the box ..it looks cool and it doesn't feel like a lead weight after playing for awhile
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Finally Had the Guitar of my dreamsd

By: Isael “Axel” Ramos      Submitted: 7/23/2018

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Product Review It sounds great, the looks is awsum of course James taste is a Great Guitar I totally recomended to all those Metallica Or Metal Fans.
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Really ,Really nice guitar

By: Gabriel Poli      Submitted: 7/22/2018

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Product Review Very easy to play, great sound from pickups especially like the middle position,plus the looks of it are really great
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Awesome axe!

By: Steve      Submitted: 7/21/2018

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Product Review This guitar does it all from great cleans to nice heavy overdrive. But what would you expect from a James Hetfield guitar? Very nice design, looks good, feels great, sounds and plays awesome.
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Amazing sound and quality

By: Jaime Bertola      Submitted: 5/14/2018

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Product Review Absolutely in love
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Loved by all!

By: M.Y.      Submitted: 12/27/2017

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Product Review Awesome! All my friends want one now.
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Simply Amazing!

By: Jon      Submitted: 10/7/2017

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is by far the best guitar that I have played period. It plays extremely smooth, sounds amazing, is very light and feels complete.
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Fine piece

By: Erin      Submitted: 8/26/2017

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Product Review Excellent sound and quality
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Metallica fans will absolutely love this guitar

By: Josh lambert      Submitted: 12/12/2016

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Product Review Plays great, sounds even better, wish it came with better strings but that's just my own opinion, it's a beautiful guitar and love playing it.
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What a work of art

By: Sal      Submitted: 10/10/2015

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Product Review One of the nicest guitars I've seen truly a masterpiece from an artist.
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love the guitar the setup was disapointing-i set guitars up myself .expected more from ESP

By: Ted Earnhardt      Submitted: 2/10/2015

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Product Review very nice ...great sound after setup...I think ESP should have done better on setup and used the same guage string James does.. nice feel..nice finish... nice components.. over all a thumbs up...I think esp should setup and build all James Hetfield signature guitars as if they were for him personally no matter the price and iam sure he would agree ,,.. still great guitar..
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Excellent Guitar

By: Scott F.      Submitted: 1/12/2015

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Product Review Absolutely love the feel and playability of this guitar. Well worth the money. And it looks AWESOME.
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Awesome Guitar plays like a dream!

By: Josh Smith      Submitted: 8/25/2014

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Product Review I just purchased this guitar and I couldn't be happier so far. The feel and look of this guitar is outstanding. It sounds amazing! It has a ton of bite and is incredibly responsive. The EMG JH pickup set is second to none. Playing through a tube amp and a reasonably loud volume I noticed no extra feedback or background noise. Well worth the money. As far as comparing it to the ESP version I would find it hard to believe that it would be that much superior to the LTD version with the exception of the feel of the neck. I will probably file the edges of the frets just to get that ultra smooth feel but other than that I can't ask for more out of a guitar