ESP 2018 Preview is up: lots of new 7 models

[Nightside]

I could have sworn it was also steel, but according to Hipshot's website, it's actually brass.

Well I'll be damned. I never knew that. I always assumed it was black anodized aluminum because of the matte finish.

 

[Ben Pinkus]

That multi scale is the first ESP I've wanted in years!

 

[park0496]

Please have a sonic blue SRC6 as the ESP 20th anniversary model.. haha

 

[gunshow86de]

^
Agreed

 

[park0496]

There it is! Come on ESP!

 

[Necky379]

As cool as that SC-20 is I wish they would reissue the sunburst SC-607. I cannot find one. That being said, I’m going to have a hard time passing up the chance to buy the 20 since that was really this first signature model I ever dreamed of owning when I was younger. Hopefully this is the first of more Stef reissues, give me a sunburst Sc-607 and a SRC-7 next ESP, please.

 

[Necky379]

I think I remember reading somewhere that he only chose that pickup configuration because he thought it looked cool

It does look cool

 

[dlam_ivs]

I wish they had just reissued the SC-600 instead of doing the slanted neck pickup. I've always liked the pickup configuration on Stephen's guitars, but I cannot stand that neck position because it messes with the pickup symmetry.

 

[Curt]

I really want that red sparkle on the 608b, but on a 7 string TE model with a floyd rose and some black nickel fishman moderns. Ah, I can dream...

 

[Petar Bogdanov]

The purple sparkle KH, with those skull inlays... Who is it for?

 

[Curt]

The purple sparkle KH, with those skull inlays... Who is it for?

I can only guess for KH fanboys that gotta have everything with his name on it. Or people that really want a purple sparkle MII, but don't want to pay top dollar for their own custom. Frankly, if it had a maple board instead of rosewood and no skull inlays, I would have fallen in love. But yeah, obviously knew that wasn't going to happen.

 

[gunch]

I could have sworn it was also steel, but according to Hipshot's website, it's actually brass.

Big brass for big toanz

 

[USMarine75]

Dammit was hoping on word if there be a ESP MIJ version of the Ken Susi Blingmachine...

 

[Rtf417]

I wish they had just reissued the SC-600 instead of doing the slanted neck pickup. I've always liked the pickup configuration on Stephen's guitars, but I cannot stand that neck position because it messes with the pickup symmetry.

I have a few of the old ESP STEF SRC 6-String guitars that came out back in the late 90’s. What do you mean by position of the pickup symmetry?? A lot of people bag on the pickup configuration of these guitars but I don’t get why. The 3 pickup configuration in this guitar is quite unique as you can get a variety of great tones out of this guitar.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Having a middle and neck pickup makes sense. You get a slew of tones like you would on a Strat, but with more beef because of the bridge and middle bucker. Super versatile.

Having a middle with no neck makes no sense. Not as versatile and you don't get the awesomeness that is the neck + middle combined.

 

[Marchpip]

I just found a first SC20 listing: http://bmusic.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_15_20&products_id=7018

1.799 AUD which equals 1.163€ or 1.380 US$.

Not sure if it's worth it or not.

 

[Jacksonluvr636]

Some cool stuff from Edwards and ESP Japan as well...

I know this is a 6 but this has to be the coolest finish on a Horizon-1 I've seen in a long time.

Where did you get the ESP Japan info? Trying to see what else they will have.

 

[Triple-J]

As cool as that SC-20 is I wish they would reissue the sunburst SC-607. I cannot find one. That being said, I’m going to have a hard time passing up the chance to buy the 20 since that was really this first signature model I ever dreamed of owning when I was younger. Hopefully this is the first of more Stef reissues, give me a sunburst Sc-607 and a SRC-7 next ESP, please.

While there's still time for them to announce a 7 string equivalent of the SC20 I doubt they'll be more Stef reissues on the way as the SC20 is part of their one off artist sig thing which focuses on replicas/reissues of artist guitars such as the Vernon Reid and Page Hamilton sigs or limited edition finishes like they did for Kirk Hammett and Jeff Hanneman.

 

[Masoo2]

Where did you get the ESP Japan info? Trying to see what else they will have.

All this stuff has been out for a while. You can find it on ESP Japan's website but I generally use something like Ikebe Gakki, Digimart, or Ishibashi

 

[feraledge]

Where did you get the ESP Japan info? Trying to see what else they will have.

Espguitars.co.jp
I always have to use a proxy browser for it.