wow, what's the name of that finish?
yeah my thoughts exactly haha
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Definitely. Gibson scaled shredmonsters!
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Flappydoodle
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Nice. I have an M3 with the same finish as yours, but gold hardware.
Is the Maverick a similar feel overall? I've never played one
If you’ve ever played an original NightSwan, that’s it. Next closest comparison would be a Horus with a strattier neck, yet 24.75 scale.
An M3 will be slightly thinner front to back, and wider, bass to treble, in comparison. Mavericks are almost USA fender Strat necks, but skinny R1 or R2 nut width.
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cardinal
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Scapegoat is killer. Workmanship is incredible
Wow, both of those look incredible. I have to ask, since I’ve obviously never held any of their crazier custom shop designs - what is the weight like on those? Is it considerably heavier than a plain, traditional version of that body shape?
I’d imagine with the extra wood and detailing they probably have some way to offset the extra weight, but yeah, always wondered.
Reminds me of my favorite player V. Brass nut makes it sound Sykes-ey like a mofo
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And quite the baaaaaargain at only 42k lol
DarrellM5
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This is my 1st, but definitely not last, ESP guitar. I've owned LTD before but this is on an entirely different level. It's an E-II M-II NT.
Dumple Stilzkin
Pointy star bastard.
ESP has quickly become my favorite brand. I’m selling my LTD’s to fund another original series. Enjoy, that is one cool guitar.
Let’s be clear, ESP is mother Fing GOOD. I am a picky guitar shit, and I approve this ESP message.
Love,
Eel
Love,
Eel
I have been ESP’ing since 48th street days. I have seen some crazy shit. That very question mark strathead above, I’ve seen that on 48th street. I have a maple board, but tint is red, so red clear ESP neck with exactly those weird rounding. Mine looks just like that.
DarrellM5
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I get it. I'm already planning on selling five other guitars to get an ESP Custom Shop model.
Custom shop is sexytime. ESP used to have a store in NYC with custom parts, and we’d sneak over, from Sam Ash old location, where I worked at time
I’ve got over a dozen, totally illegal stratheads that are so delicious. I need to photo them. The 48th street ones, I’m pretty sure that’s how the whole M series was born. They are some of my favorite necks, blatantly Fenderish, but real nice. They did cray things back then. Still do at Custom level. ESP never tells me no, it’s the best. Ask for literally anything, it has a possible price, lol.
10 lbs is actually much better than what I would have guessed! you get that incredibly unique design, for not that much more weight than a regular LP (without Gibson's modern weight relief).
*Edit* - As a followup - you are probably the right person to ask, given your extensive experience with ESP: Have you ever had a 3p maple neck from ESP warp?
I just bought a second hand Horizon NT-II Original series online, from a Hard-Off! store in Japan, and was more than a little sad to see a twist in it. Still a great guitar and everything, but I was under the impression that a properly dried 3p maple neck was bulletproof.
