ESP Snapper 7 PINK MONSTER (Ohmura Signature) demo and review

[Andromalia]

Not playing pink panther was HERESY.

 

[Jinogalpa]

seems people love or hate it, but i love it, the sheer craziness of this, a statement, congrats dude

 

[AltecGreen]

A used one just popped up.

ESP／【USED】SNAPPER-7 Pink Monster -15th Anniversary Limited Edition-／中古／¥1870000／状態：A

／イケベ楽器／デジマート支店／【イケベリユースOSAKA取扱い】

www.digimart.net

 

[Moongrum]

A used one just popped up.

ESP／【USED】SNAPPER-7 Pink Monster -15th Anniversary Limited Edition-／中古／¥1870000／状態：A

／イケベ楽器／デジマート支店／【イケベリユースOSAKA取扱い】

www.digimart.net

$12.6k USD. I never really thought of Baby Metal fans having the same budget as those who buy Murphy Labs or PRSs.

 

[AltecGreen]

$12.6k USD. I never really thought of Baby Metal fans having the same budget as those who buy Murphy Labs or PRSs.

Babymetal hasn't used the Japanese players in a while. They been using Galactic Empire as a backing band for while. Ohmura has his own fans. Crazy fans in Japan will sacrifice everything else to buy stuff from their idols.

Unfortunately, $12-15K is not unusual for ESP Custom shop now. For example....

ESP／【予約商品】POTBELLYPOTBELLYPOTBELLY PM Rāna【納期約2年】／新品／¥1452000／状態：S

赤系／ESP御茶ノ水テクニカルハウス／／

www.digimart.net

 

[Moongrum]

Ohmura has his own fans.

Ah, my bad.

Unfortunately, $12-15K is not unusual for ESP Custom shop now. For example....

ESP／【予約商品】POTBELLYPOTBELLYPOTBELLY PM Rāna【納期約2年】／新品／¥1452000／状態：S

赤系／ESP御茶ノ水テクニカルハウス／／

www.digimart.net

Ah, yes, of course, the esteemed BanG Dream! Franchise....
Are there Japanese gear forums that make fun of expensive anime fan guitars, like how the meta on Western gear forums is to make fun of expensive blues-lawyer/dentist guitars? Or are we the only assholes?

 

[AltecGreen]

Ah, my bad.

Ah, yes, of course, the esteemed BanG Dream! Franchise....
Are there Japanese gear forums that make fun of expensive anime fan guitars, like how the meta on Western gear forums is to make fun of expensive blues-lawyer/dentist guitars? Or are we the only assholes?

The anime guitars have nothing on some of the other ESP Custom shop builds. Someone ordered this.

ESP／Custom Order Guitar Custom Color／中古／¥0／状態：B+

青系／ギター買取のハイブリッド ギターズ 新宿／／【今なら買取強化中】他店様の20～30%UPキャンペーンよりも高額買取実績多数！C/Sやハイエンドギターで下取りよりも高額買取の実績多数！電話、メールで無料見積！自信があるからキャンセルでも無料！

www.digimart.net

 

[Moongrum]

The anime guitars have nothing on some of the other ESP Custom shop builds. Someone ordered this.

ESP／Custom Order Guitar Custom Color／中古／¥0／状態：B+

青系／ギター買取のハイブリッド ギターズ 新宿／／【今なら買取強化中】他店様の20～30%UPキャンペーンよりも高額買取実績多数！C/Sやハイエンドギターで下取りよりも高額買取の実績多数！電話、メールで無料見積！自信があるからキャンセルでも無料！

www.digimart.net

Wow, there's so much I don't know about ESP. Is this shape a specific model, or is it custom itself? I have no doubt it's a great guitar, but feel like it would be a hard sell, since it doesn't resemble any famous artist's (that I'm aware of) guitar, or a well-known esp model. Maybe the perception is different in Japan?

 

[AltecGreen]

Wow, there's so much I don't know about ESP. Is this shape a specific model, or is it custom itself? I have no doubt it's a great guitar, but feel like it would be a hard sell, since it doesn't resemble any famous artist's (that I'm aware of) guitar, or a well-known esp model. Maybe the perception is different in Japan?

custom order. ESP is a full custom shop. They will, with specific restrictions, make anything if you have the cash.

That one has been sitting for months.

 

[asopala]

Ahh, the ESP custom shop. I went to their museum in Tokyo. Ohmura's guitar is honestly tame in comparison to some of the guitars I've seen ESP display, and that's saying something.

I feel like the more outrageous the guitar, the more it seems like an overcompensation for lack of skills. So yes, I want this very much.

The irony is if you've seen Ohmura's playing, he's easily one of the MOST skilled guitarists out there right now. But he's only really known in Japan and among people who saw Babymetal when they brought the backing band from Japan. They haven't done that since they did the gig with Galactic Empire and Sabaton opening for them in Tokyo.

 

[Crundles]

The irony is if you've seen Ohmura's playing, he's easily one of the MOST skilled guitarists out there right now. But he's only really known in Japan and among people who saw Babymetal when they brought the backing band from Japan. They haven't done that since they did the gig with Galactic Empire and Sabaton opening for them in Tokyo.

Ohmura is reasonably popular in guitar technique communities (all 1 of them, I guess), because he is insane, and has a weird enough technique to be of interest. Look at this fkin thing from 15 years ago:

 

[asopala]

Ohmura is reasonably popular in guitar technique communities (all 1 of them, I guess), because he is insane, and has a weird enough technique to be of interest. Look at this fkin thing from 15 years ago:

That is true, though he himself is still in a niche within a niche. Even among the guitar technique community he's not the most well-known in my experience. Interestingly enough, I've noticed Yngwie does a lot of the circular picking stuff that Ohmura does, but not nearly to the same degree. But it's pretty clear how much Ohmura loves Yngwie (though he's on record saying George Lynch was a bigger influence).

 

[nightsprinter]

$12.6k USD. I never really thought of Baby Metal fans having the same budget as those who buy Murphy Labs or PRSs.

There are a  lot of weird dentists out there.

 

[nightsprinter]

This would be kinda fly if the clip art inlays were deleted and didn't have the whole painted fingerboard a la Larry Graham's Moon bass.

Ebonol or super light maple board and a price tag of $1600 or less and it would be fun. The pink sparkle reminds me of everyday life in the 90s with all the Lisa Frank stuff from Ames.

 

[Fenriswolf]

The irony is if you've seen Ohmura's playing, he's easily one of the MOST skilled guitarists out there right now. But he's only really known in Japan and among people who saw Babymetal when they brought the backing band from Japan. They haven't done that since they did the gig with Galactic Empire and Sabaton opening for them in Tokyo.

Between him and Leda, that's the main reason I'm such a Babymetal fan, and how I found out about Mikio Fujioka. I mean all their shit is written by one dude and then they find guitar players good enough to figure out how to actually play it, it seems like they should be a lot bigger on guitar forums just because of the talent of their backing band.

 

[asopala]

Between him and Leda, that's the main reason I'm such a Babymetal fan, and how I found out about Mikio Fujioka. I mean all their shit is written by one dude and then they find guitar players good enough to figure out how to actually play it, it seems like they should be a lot bigger on guitar forums just because of the talent of their backing band.

Agreed. Though it's worth mentioning it's actually a whole team of people who write the songs, or rather different writers separately writing the music behind different songs. The power metal stuff is written by one guy (Norikazu Nakayama), the electronic stuff from another guy (Takeshi Ueda), etc. etc.

The annoying thing is the backing band has been hidden behind masks and wigs since I saw Avatar (one of my favorite bands) open for them, and the backing band isn't nearly as active a part of the show anymore. Honestly when I saw Avatar open that show, I felt like they upstaged the headliner!

How much of that is because Galactic Empire does that anyway when they're NOT backing Babymetal, I have no idea.

 

[ctgblue]

That guitar is fucking loud. And that's just to look at it. However, I don't think this axe was made with going to a local blues jam in mind.

I took a hot pink Kramer, (that I'd setup for a buddy) to a blues Jam one time. You'd better be able to play when you show up with one of those. Fortunately, I could, but still...
Looked like this. No sustainier, but coli splitting mini switches

 

[adrianb]

Between him and Leda, that's the main reason I'm such a Babymetal fan, and how I found out about Mikio Fujioka. I mean all their shit is written by one dude and then they find guitar players good enough to figure out how to actually play it, it seems like they should be a lot bigger on guitar forums just because of the talent of their backing band.

I think Isao is pretty cool too. And his main guitars are 8 and 9 strings. Crazy.

 

[Shawn]

I love it. The only one I see available is listed at $15K so a little beyond my means. I'll make due with this one:
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Those reverse pointed headstocks are the best. They should put them on all their guitars imo.