ESP NAMM 2019 thread

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I'm guessing Akira owned the brand and asked ESP to built for him since he had a really close relationship with them.

I'm also guessing ESP still makes the cream-of-the-crop guitars. Someone else makes the cheaper models, though. I can't for the life of me remember, though.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

I'm guessing Akira owned the brand and asked ESP to built for him since he had a really close relationship with them.

I'm also guessing ESP still makes the cream-of-the-crop guitars. Someone else makes the cheaper models, though. I can't for the life of me remember, though.

I had read it was the other way around these days. With the Japanese ones being made by someone and ESP handling the import stuff. The info could be out of date though.

 

[Ikke]

Oh okke. Very interesting.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Sorry for pulling this off topic.

Any leaks of E-II stuff yet?

 

[Ikke]

Knowledge is power! And nope not from anything I've seen. I've checked to see if there is any Gakki Fair info as well, but haven't found any.

 

[cardinal]

One of my huge guitar regrets is not importing a Killer Prime 7 when they were making them. Man that was a cool guitar.

 

[Hollowway]

One of my huge guitar regrets is not importing a Killer Prime 7 when they were making them. Man that was a cool guitar.

 

[Hollowway]

There's an Edwards version too.

Holy shit, I didn't realize there was an Edwards version! I've loved that guitar for quite a while, but no way I can rationalize paying what it costs. But I could easily swing a used Edwards. And I'll be honest - I only want it for the pink sparkle finish.

 

[Crash Dandicoot]

One of my huge guitar regrets is not importing a Killer Prime 7 when they were making them. Man that was a cool guitar.

Looks tasty in a pointy kind of way. What's up with the area just behind the neck pickup?

 

[feraledge]

Looks tasty in a pointy kind of way. What's up with the area just behind the neck pickup?

It’s a sticker that says “if you can read this, the spiked gauntlet fell off”

 

[cardinal]

Looks tasty in a pointy kind of way. What's up with the area just behind the neck pickup?

IIRC, it’s part of the neck. It’s a bolt on that extends really far into the body. They just route a channel for the neck pickup into the neck itself and stain the bit that extends past the pickup.

 

[dirtool]

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Looks tasty in a pointy kind of way. What's up with the area just behind the neck pickup?

I actually like that a lot, headstock gives me some heartburn though, but it reminds me of the cool Stars from the 90's.

 

[Zado]

...and we're back at the "they should bring back the Eclipse I shape"

 

[Womb raider]

Forget the Eclipse 1, bring back the MX

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Forget the Eclipse 1, bring back the MX

Both?

 

[Womb raider]

Both?

Fair enough

 

[cardinal]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BosICprAYVE/?hl=en&taken-by=espguitars

No idea how to link to instagram, but there's a pic on the ESP instagram of Steffen Kummerer with a white E-II M-II 7-string with a Floyd. That thing looks pretty neat. Wonder if that's going into production; it would seem odd to have a custom built, one-off guitar labeled E-II.

EDIT: actually, I see that ESP Japan still lists the E-II M Seven as available, I think, so it easily could be just a one-off paint job.

 

[Andromalia]

Forget the Eclipse 1, bring back the MX

CS still manufactures them to this day. You can get those from an intermediary in Japan, at some point Meestursparkle had a few new ones, I haven't looked at his page for months though.

 

[Mathemagician]

I want that super loud red and white one so bad. No matter HOW “American appropriating Japanese symbols” it may make me look, lmao. ‘Dat maple.

That thing looks so fun. I am a sucker for loud stuff like that.