ESP NAMM 2019 thread

[Kyle Jordan]

That Silver Fade E-II Arrow with the Floyd is making me look for things to sell. Including plasma.

And that Horizon III is drool-worthy.

 

[Seabeast2000]

I guess it's a virtual model from their guitar builder in their site. Wish theh made a real life pic cause it really looks like the coolest of the bunch

Yeah, that is a forearm contour there isn't it? What body carve is that?
This was pulled from their 2019 page on the main site...just FYI.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Yeah, that is a forearm contour there isn't it? What body carve is that?
This was pulled from their 2019 page on the main site...just FYI.

It's from the 2018 ESP USA lineup/configurator.

https://www.espguitars.com/pages/esp-usa-configurator

 

[Seabeast2000]

It's from the 2018 ESP USA lineup/configurator.

https://www.espguitars.com/pages/esp-usa-configurator

Cheers, put me down for an LTD version!

 

[trem licking]

really hoping for an 8 string with floyd unveil. i dont even care what it looks like. well... mostly.

 

[JD27]

I'm trying, I really am. But it's just not happening. My brain is like, look at that nice M for the headstock/neck and look at that cool Viper, but never the two shall meet.

Dude, why? I kindly asked never to post that thing again and you go and offend my delicate Viper emotions. It’s a hideous abomination and it should have been aborted. But now we are stuck with it, so we are going to lock it in a room in the attic and never speak of it again!

 

[dirtool]

gasing the snapper, hope there are no center dots

 

[Church2224]

gasing the snapper, hope there are no center dots

Have any pics of the E-II SN-2 Pop up yet? Specs sound right up my alley.

 

[cardinal]

really hoping for an 8 string with floyd unveil. i dont even care what it looks like. well... mostly.

Yeah, I would love to see this. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened since I think Carpenter has been using a Floyd 8 on his more recent builds. The Floyd 8 is a pretty nice piece, but the radius of the nut and bridge are a bit bizarre (18 and 20mm, respectively), which maybe has made it hard to adopt.

 

[Crash Dandicoot]

Would've loved to see some cockstocks on the many Horizon offerings.

 

[I play music]

really hoping for an 8 string with floyd unveil. i dont even care what it looks like. well... mostly.

Is there still something to be unveiled? I thought the product preview already shows everything new for 2019.

 

[MickD7]

And the ESP JR-don'tknowESPnamingconventions, right?

I would have been all over this if they had released it, I still get the impression that it hasn’t clicked with whoever is in charge of ESPs artists endorsements with how skilled a player Javier is. I’d be Backing him up for a new model by now considering its been what 2-3 years since he joined and now he’s touring Mestis and providing a bit more of a profile for himself.

* In before anyone bashes AAL for the “gear jumping” whilst wearing their kiss branded undies,kiss socks, kiss hat, kiss watch with their kiss pacemaker and kiss shirt and jeans on. *

I will say this though, why did we get another George Lynch model? Surely it’s only so he can climb out of his tanning booth for NAMM? I never seen him actively engaged in the conversation with the likes of G3/Generation Axe thing. Maybe he’s just not well followed in Australia?

 

[Kaura]

I will say this though, why did we get another George Lynch model? Surely it’s only so he can climb out of his tanning booth for NAMM? I never seen him actively engaged in the conversation with the likes of G3/Generation Axe thing. Maybe he’s just not well followed in Australia?

Honestly, I have never heard anything else related to George Lynch apart from his signature guitars. Not a single song or anything. Ever since I started giving shit about guitars back in 2006 those fucking tiger stripe super strats have been haunting me and I've been hoping they would just go away.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

I would have been all over this if they had released it, I still get the impression that it hasn’t clicked with whoever is in charge of ESPs artists endorsements with how skilled a player Javier is. I’d be Backing him up for a new model by now considering its been what 2-3 years since he joined and now he’s touring Mestis and providing a bit more of a profile for himself.

* In before anyone bashes AAL for the “gear jumping” whilst wearing their kiss branded undies,kiss socks, kiss hat, kiss watch with their kiss pacemaker and kiss shirt and jeans on. *

I will say this though, why did we get another George Lynch model? Surely it’s only so he can climb out of his tanning booth for NAMM? I never seen him actively engaged in the conversation with the likes of G3/Generation Axe thing. Maybe he’s just not well followed in Australia?

Lynch is part of the club where they have a well monied following that will drop stupid money for every slight variation of ESP CS they come out with. That's driven a market for the LTD variants as well.

ESP would be stupid not to feed that money machine.

 

[I play music]

Honestly, I have never heard anything else related to George Lynch apart from his signature guitars. Not a single song or anything. Ever since I started giving shit about guitars back in 2006 those fucking tiger stripe super strats have been haunting me and I've been hoping they would just go away.

I also have no idea who that guy is, only have seen his signature guitars...which have never inspired me to look up the artist

 

[Womb raider]

Lynch in many circles is considered up there with the likes of Rhoads and EVH. His guitar designs can come off as a bit tacky, but it is undeniably iconic. He's got a cult following just like Hammet and Hetfield so the market is definitely there.

 

[kevdes93]

That new steph is spectacular, its been a while since i bought a brand new guitar but i think thatll be it

 

[jephjacques]

As good of a musician as Javier Reyes is, there's no way he's well-known enough to move a lot of signature guitars. I've never even seen an NGD here for his existing LTD sig. It's a shame, he's one of the few guys out there doing something different than tappytap prog and random-note djornts on an 8 string (yours truly included, lol).

 

[r3tr0sp3ct1v3]

As good of a musician as Javier Reyes is, there's no way he's well-known enough to move a lot of signature guitars. I've never even seen an NGD here for his existing LTD sig. It's a shame, he's one of the few guys out there doing something different than tappytap prog and random-note djornts on an 8 string (yours truly included, lol).

Lol honestly it sucks. I think it comes down to when people talk about AAL, they always focus on " Oh yeah Tosin Abasi is a sick player". Javier is very talented and is constantly living in Tosin's shadow

 

[MickD7]

Javier was an absolute dude when I met him this year, his Masterclass with Plini was excellent. I said multiple times to the powers that be and companies I communicated with when I worked in music stores

1. Ibanez needed a female sig artist and model, god damn I was stoked that Nita got it.
2. Javier needs far better rep as guitarist his skills are a match for Tosin and he isn’t just a sideline player and ESP should be stoked to have that kind of player on their roster.

As for Lynch, hey fair enough. All I know of the guy besides his guitars was an old work colleague would harp on about him and he himself played guitar and owned a few of Lynch’s sig models but he never really backed up the discussion with a personal list of songs to check out. Which always struck me as weird.

Either way I guess he moves guitars. But man it still would be awesome to see that JR 8 strat