MetalSir
ESP Fanatic
ok.. here is my first Review!
ESP LTD de Luxe M1000 (first version)
ok.. i got this guitar some year ago.. now is aviable another model with the same name that sucks and costs about 700euro less than mine.. different body, different sound, different construction.. i recently played this last version in the plave were i bought my ESP sc607.. really orrible.. by the way, this first version of M1000, when i bought it, was the top of LTD de luxe series and was not aviable in europe. I order and bought it in NY. and i pay ONLY of custom clearance and taxes something like 600 euros for importing it in Italy.. the guitar was 1999 US dollars (without case).
Features:
* NECK-THRU-BODY CONSTRUCTION
* 25.5" SCALE
* ALDER BODY
* 3-PIECE MAPLE NECK
* ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD
* ABALONE ARROWHEAD INLAYS W/MODEL NAME AT 12TH FRET
* EMG 81 ACTIVE PICKUPS
* VOLUME & TONE CONTROLS W/3-WAY SWITCH
* BLACK HARDWARE
* ORIGINAL FLOYD ROSE BRIDGE
* WHITE W/ABALONE BINDING ON NECK & HEADSTOCK
* 24 XJ FRETS
i hope they are all true, couse of this model i really can't find nothing on the web..
Playability: i never play a guitar more comfortable. the NECK-THRU-BODY CONSTRUCTION make all the neck really flat.. and this model has the thinist neck of all the LTD series, or so was at the time..
The tuning is really precise.. the guitar stay in tune for weeks, and i use a lot the wbar!
The original floyd rose is incredible precise too. even with one or two strings broken the other strings remain in tune.. don't ask me what is possible.. you can play, broke 2 strings and end to play the song with the guitar perfectly tuned.
The Hardware is not the best.. really cool and signed ESP, but not the of best..
I noticed (after years of using this guitar a lot a day) that the fingerboard is well done.. and the frets (i mind dunlop 6000) are really enduring. from the date of buying i have the same frets on..
after buying it i had to set the action that was really high..
Sound: EMG81 on NECK-THRU and Alder body (the same of Vai's Ibz)= incredible sustain. it sounds really aggressive on each distrortion and at the same time really precise on sound. you can hold your gain at maximum and do a muted fast scale on the last strings and listen perfectly all the notes. but i mind that EMG81 are well noted to everyone =)
at the moment i use it tuned DGCFAD and sounds really aggressive!
Value: i pay the right.. 1999 US dollars, for the last arrived and top LTD del luxe sounds to me the right.. then i was in love of it..
the 600 euros of taxes i payed for returning in Italy were really extorionate 
Summary: i was a child when i saw it for the first time, my guitar idols was palyn' all ESP guitars, (and they still play ESP), and this guitar was my big dream.. tks to my father i got it and till now i mind that was the best thing i've ever done. This guitar, like carpenter SC607 is the demonstration that some LTD really sounds good!
i have a bad english.. eheh.. i take an our to write this.. and for SURE something is written wrong.. plz tell me what to correct! =)
FINAL SCORE: 4.5 out of 5.0.
special tks to zimbloth for inspiring me in the structure of this review!
pics: neck design
vids of me playn' this guitar (bad sound, recorded with Mobilephone!): #1, #2
ESP LTD de Luxe M1000 (first version)
ok.. i got this guitar some year ago.. now is aviable another model with the same name that sucks and costs about 700euro less than mine.. different body, different sound, different construction.. i recently played this last version in the plave were i bought my ESP sc607.. really orrible.. by the way, this first version of M1000, when i bought it, was the top of LTD de luxe series and was not aviable in europe. I order and bought it in NY. and i pay ONLY of custom clearance and taxes something like 600 euros for importing it in Italy.. the guitar was 1999 US dollars (without case).
Features:
* NECK-THRU-BODY CONSTRUCTION
* 25.5" SCALE
* ALDER BODY
* 3-PIECE MAPLE NECK
* ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD
* ABALONE ARROWHEAD INLAYS W/MODEL NAME AT 12TH FRET
* EMG 81 ACTIVE PICKUPS
* VOLUME & TONE CONTROLS W/3-WAY SWITCH
* BLACK HARDWARE
* ORIGINAL FLOYD ROSE BRIDGE
* WHITE W/ABALONE BINDING ON NECK & HEADSTOCK
* 24 XJ FRETS
i hope they are all true, couse of this model i really can't find nothing on the web..
Playability: i never play a guitar more comfortable. the NECK-THRU-BODY CONSTRUCTION make all the neck really flat.. and this model has the thinist neck of all the LTD series, or so was at the time..
The tuning is really precise.. the guitar stay in tune for weeks, and i use a lot the wbar!
The original floyd rose is incredible precise too. even with one or two strings broken the other strings remain in tune.. don't ask me what is possible.. you can play, broke 2 strings and end to play the song with the guitar perfectly tuned.
The Hardware is not the best.. really cool and signed ESP, but not the of best..
I noticed (after years of using this guitar a lot a day) that the fingerboard is well done.. and the frets (i mind dunlop 6000) are really enduring. from the date of buying i have the same frets on..
after buying it i had to set the action that was really high..
Sound: EMG81 on NECK-THRU and Alder body (the same of Vai's Ibz)= incredible sustain. it sounds really aggressive on each distrortion and at the same time really precise on sound. you can hold your gain at maximum and do a muted fast scale on the last strings and listen perfectly all the notes. but i mind that EMG81 are well noted to everyone =)
at the moment i use it tuned DGCFAD and sounds really aggressive!
Value: i pay the right.. 1999 US dollars, for the last arrived and top LTD del luxe sounds to me the right.. then i was in love of it..
the 600 euros of taxes i payed for returning in Italy were really extorionate Summary: i was a child when i saw it for the first time, my guitar idols was palyn' all ESP guitars, (and they still play ESP), and this guitar was my big dream.. tks to my father i got it and till now i mind that was the best thing i've ever done. This guitar, like carpenter SC607 is the demonstration that some LTD really sounds good!
i have a bad english.. eheh.. i take an our to write this.. and for SURE something is written wrong.. plz tell me what to correct! =)FINAL SCORE: 4.5 out of 5.0.
special tks to zimbloth for inspiring me in the structure of this review!
pics: neck design
vids of me playn' this guitar (bad sound, recorded with Mobilephone!): #1, #2
Wow. You paid alot on that one. Nice guitar though and great review. 
