ESP LTD V-307

[allseeingeye]

Hey everyone!

Been lurking around the forum for a few weeks now and decided to register now that I have ordered my first 7 string. I've been addicted to guitar playing for 24 years (parents bought me my first guitar at 11 years old, it was a Peavey Predator strat copy and Peavey Renown 212 amp.)

I just ordered the ESP LTD V-307 and am a little surprised at the lack of info online about this guitar and was wondering if anyone had any experience with it?

 

[Knyas]

Lack of info? What info exactly? All the specs are out there on display, I assume you mean craftsmanship and how it plays?

 

[AliceLG]

I played one when I was looking around for my first 7-string. I liked it a lot but found it a bit uncomfortable as normally I practice sitting down and, well, it's a V. The only reason I didn't buy it was because it would've been my first 7 AND my first V, so I thought that there would be too much of a learning curve on that one. It's a great guitar in my opinion, I still have it in my list of future purchases. Don't get worried too much, just enjoy your new guitar

Also, don't forget to post an excessive amount of pics and maybe a video if you can, for us the guitarporn addicts

 

[allseeingeye]

Lack of info? What info exactly? All the specs are out there on display, I assume you mean craftsmanship and how it plays?

Precisely. Apologies for not being more clear on the matter. Truth be known, I was playing Diablo 3 at the time and wasn't putting as much effort into the post as I should have.

By lack of information, I really mean actual owners pictures and comments regarding the fit and finish, playability, etc. I have scoured the web and can only really find stock photos of the guitar. I'm surprised that as nice as ESP's website is, they only have frontal pictures of all of their guitars. NO close up details or any other view. So really I was hoping to find pictures of it from an end user perspective.

It arrives today, and worry not, I'll be posting a shit ton of pictures and video and hopefully some decent recordings once I figure out how to sync video with Mixcraft 6.

On a side note, my main 6 string is an older Jackson Rhoads Standard I bought back in 1993. I love it so the thought of playing a V only seems natural!

 

[allseeingeye]

More to come soon. I am surprised at how light this guitar is. It plays wonderfully, btw.

 

[Michael T]

Very cool. Star Wars FTW !!!


Oh, Nice guitar also

 

[AkiraSpectrum]

StarWars = YES!

Looks great! Not a V guy myself but still looks killer awesome congrats.

 

[allseeingeye]

Thanks! The more I play this guitar the more I love it. I'm so glad I didn't settle for an RGA7 like I had planned to for quite some time now. Really it was a last minute spontaneous decision to get the ESP. More pics incoming.

 

[Deathell]

I'm sort of in a decision with this guitar in mind too, could you please take a few pictures on the back of the guitar and around the neck joint? Does it have a battery compartment?

 

[allseeingeye]

Here you go, Deathell.

 

[thealexkelley]

looks sick dude hngd!

 

[Robrecht]

Thanks for the pictures! Having had it for little over a month, what are your impressions so far? I'm thinking about ordering a V-307 but I'd be ordering blind, since I don't know of any shops in my vicinity where I could try one.

I currently own a BC Rich Warlock P7, which I bought second hand a couple of years ago (here's me playing it). It's not the greatest instrument in the world but I didn't want to spend too much as it was my first foray into seven string territory.

One thing I do like about the Warlock though is that the neck is quite thin for a 7-string (I think, as I don't have much to compare it to). That's why I'm especially curious about the thickness of the V-307's neck.

Another thing I'd like to know is if it's possible to get a good clean tone from those active EMG's.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Another thing I'd like to know is if it's possible to get a good clean tone from those active EMG's.

Some of the best clean tones I've heard come from Emgs. Pretty much anything Metallica has done clean has been Emgs, and even some of AAL's clean parts were done with 808X's.

 

[Robrecht]

Thanks, those are some very cool and enlightening recordings! The clean stuff sounds pretty clear and defined to me.

 

[Kozuki]

Does this guitar has the EMG quick connect system installed?

 

[The Only Factor]

Does this guitar has the EMG quick connect system installed?

It'll have everything hardwired - meaning all the connections will be soldered. BUT the pickups will still have and use the quick connects on them. So if you were thinking about trying/using different pickups, you could swap them out with no problem.

My EC407 came the same way. I was going to keep the 81-7 and 707 in it, but I wound up putting the 707TW set in it. I would have re-wired the 2 volume controls to be independent (because it was wired where either volume control was a master volume...) but wound up doing that when I swapped the TW's in their places.

 

[AkiraSpectrum]

great pics really make the guitar look super sexy :-D

 

[Mega-Mads]

How does it sound unplugged? My old ESP S7 was "dead" unplugged. I've heard alot of people saying the same thing about their sc's etc..

 

[7stringDemon]

There's something about the last 12 frets that just makes you want to play them. They just LOOK playable!

 

[Kozuki]

It'll have everything hardwired - meaning all the connections will be soldered. BUT the pickups will still have and use the quick connects on them. So if you were thinking about trying/using different pickups, you could swap them out with no problem.

My EC407 came the same way. I was going to keep the 81-7 and 707 in it, but I wound up putting the 707TW set in it. I would have re-wired the 2 volume controls to be independent (because it was wired where either volume control was a master volume...) but wound up doing that when I swapped the TW's in their places.

Thanks for the informative answer! I might be getting this one + new pickups so this means only good, hah! I'm not a good soldering user..