ESP Owners Club-Show Us Your ESPs!

[grimmchaos]

Posted in the other thread but I’ll share here too

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I need a white one... ugh. Why must they be so cool (and so expensive)?

 

[Nashville Riff Co]

I need a white one... ugh. Why must they be so cool (and so expensive)?

Unobtainium, that’s really it unfortunately

 

[Flappydoodle]

Maybe a dumb question, but what happened to ESP USA? It used to be semi-custom and you could spec out a guitar and order it through a dealer. Now the configurator seems to be completely gone, along with all mention of "custom".

 

[Nashville Riff Co]

Maybe a dumb question, but what happened to ESP USA? It used to be semi-custom and you could spec out a guitar and order it through a dealer. Now the configurator seems to be completely gone, along with all mention of "custom".

Last I heard, all ESP custom orders are now going through Japan as masterbuilt.

At least that’s what happened when I submitted an order for an Eclipse and was quoted $11k

 

[JimF]

I'm sure I read they had a huge backlog and were just doing current orders and stock builds for now.

 

[madrigal77]

I need a white one... ugh. Why must they be so cool (and so expensive)?

I got mine used in the ESP custom shop in Osaka for $2k CAD in 2016. Honestly there's nothing that special about them. They are about standard series/E2 quality, despite the "Custom" logo. It's actually one of my guitars I play the least. I'll never sell it though because it was my dream guitar growing up

 

[Metropolis]

Got these a while ago

ESP E-II M-II NT Black Turqoise Burst
ESP LTD M-1000 Purple Natural Burst
ESP LTD M-1000 Snow White

 

[He_Ma]

Got these a while ago

ESP E-II M-II NT Black Turqoise Burst
ESP LTD M-1000 Purple Natural Burst
ESP LTD M-1000 Snow White

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If you got this E-II from muusikoiden.net, I also had my eyes on this, but couldn't pull the trigger at the moment. Great looking trio there!

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Maybe a dumb question, but what happened to ESP USA? It used to be semi-custom and you could spec out a guitar and order it through a dealer. Now the configurator seems to be completely gone, along with all mention of "custom".

Custom orders are closed for now. They didn't say they wouldn't be available again at some point, but for the time being it's all dealer runs and in-stocks as space slowly frees up.

They were running with a 16 to 20 month back log unless you grabbed an existing dealer spot, and quality was starting to suffer, so they pulled the regular customs.

 

[Sermo Lupi]

I don't think this has been posted yet. Apologies if it has.

 

[MetalDestroyer]

The thin neck pickup route and the bound rosewood fretboard are such intentional choices I love it

 

[narad]

I think the thin neck pickup route is prooobably aftermarket

 

[MetalDestroyer]

I think the thin neck pickup route is prooobably aftermarket

it is, he says it in the video