ESP Owners Club-Show Us Your ESPs!

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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".
 
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Flappydoodle said:
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".
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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 :frantic:
 
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grimmchaos said:
I need a white one... ugh. Why must they be so cool (and so expensive)?
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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 :rofl:
 
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Got these a while ago :shred:

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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Flappydoodle said:
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".
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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.
 
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works0fheart said:
Holy cow man, everything about that thing is sick. Especially digging the floyd and of course the headstock. What a sick guitar.
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There's something about the burst on that shade of metallic pink that does it for me. I never would think to order a guitar like that, but when you see it...
 
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works0fheart said:
Holy cow man, everything about that thing is sick. Especially digging the floyd and of course the headstock. What a sick guitar.
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He has some awesome old ESP's. I have a Mirage Deluxe like his (different color) that I put a Lockmeister on like he did except the trem route is every so slightly too narrow and I can't have the trem arm on it. I'm not sure if I have the heart to expand the route though
 
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