jordanky
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Am I the only one more interested in the EC-256 Gold-top with the P-90s?
New ESP LTD 8's!!
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Lothar
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Well, they look like 25,5 and are black :/
Eric Christian
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In Photoshop I put an opaque layer of this newest image over some similar pictures of their older line and the scale length appears to be the same at 25.5 inches.
theicon2125
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If that 308 was 27 inch scale i would sell my Loomis in a heartbeat to buy it.
GuitaristOfHell
The Optimist Prime.
Or a 7 Eclipse. Either would be delicious.
Stealthdjentstic
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Call me when we get actual ESP 8-strings that aren't boring SC models with an extra string.
If I was in the market for an import, budget 8-string my money would still go to Agile.
What about the new Fender Squire or the new Gibson Epiphone!??!?
Goatchrist
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How boring! In line headstock looked way more awesome.
Shape and finish is like the usual stuff, nor excited by that, sry.
Shape and finish is like the usual stuff, nor excited by that, sry.
By no means. That P90ed Viper is pretty neat too!
InfinityAndThree
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So do we think it's going to be a 25.5"? Right, screw that. Time to start saving again.
The only reason I was exited is because I'm in the UK, so agile isn't really an option, and I thought they might be cheap. I also thought that ESP would learn from their mistakes from the 25.5" scale though...
The only reason I was exited is because I'm in the UK, so agile isn't really an option, and I thought they might be cheap. I also thought that ESP would learn from their mistakes from the 25.5" scale though...
A hearty MEH to the 8 strings, but those 7 string EC models...!!! 
DO WANT!
DO WANT!
Kamikaze7
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Interseting to see these, but not impressed... And besides, I already have the predecessor of these anyway, so no need to get excited about a newer and cheaper version of what I already have. And again with the black, WTF??? 
I just found the thread about the new 7's... EC-407 is a MUST!!! OMFG!!!!
I just found the thread about the new 7's... EC-407 is a MUST!!! OMFG!!!!
Why not? I'm in Norway and have two Agiles and a third that will come in december.
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I understand that it's a matter of personal preference, but since it is, I don't necessarily think that ESP has to "learn the lesson" about making something longer than 25.5" 8-strings.
I own 3, and they work for me down to E1. I'm not the only one here who prefers a shorter scale length. My two LTDs and my Agile semicustom Intrepid are great.
Really, if they were so bad and unworkable, ESP would look at the numbers and conclude they hadn't sold many units. You'd also think the FM408 and FM418 would show up more often used, and at lower prices... but they don't.
I'd take real sales numbers and scarcity as indicators of desirability over forum chatter any day. I suspect ESP would do so as well.
(is it worth asking again if those posting against 25.5" actually did the string calculations to make it work, or if they just winged it on string gauge... or, if they're even just repeating what they've heard? ...nah.)
I own 3, and they work for me down to E1. I'm not the only one here who prefers a shorter scale length. My two LTDs and my Agile semicustom Intrepid are great.
Really, if they were so bad and unworkable, ESP would look at the numbers and conclude they hadn't sold many units. You'd also think the FM408 and FM418 would show up more often used, and at lower prices... but they don't.
I'd take real sales numbers and scarcity as indicators of desirability over forum chatter any day. I suspect ESP would do so as well.
(is it worth asking again if those posting against 25.5" actually did the string calculations to make it work, or if they just winged it on string gauge... or, if they're even just repeating what they've heard? ...nah.)
jordanky
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This! I've messed with a couple of SC-208's, and my only major gripe with them is that they have absolute shit pickups. The shorter scale didn't really bother me as much as I thought it would.
InfinityAndThree
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Fair enough. This was coming from someone who was talking out his ass a bit, because he's never played a 25.5" 8.
It's just what pretty much everyone on here seems to say! I'll take it from you though. Although I do hope that it is 27" still... 
God damm it I want them to make a f series 8. I mean a f series 7 would be a start
Spend the extra $1000 or so and get a real ESP Forest custom.
Reion
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Would it kill them to do ONE model in 27" or something?
Yeah yeah I know, 25.5 is enough blah blah, I've heard that story over 9000 times here now.
It's just that I PREFER the feel of thinner strings, but I don't like da flub, so I gravitate towards longer scales. It's just a matter of taste, and I know I'm not alone in liking ESP/LTD and preferring longer scales.
Still, it's great that they're at least making more ERG's, as the market expands/opens up, maybe there will be place for a longer scale one, like their Stephen Carpenter models.
Yeah yeah I know, 25.5 is enough blah blah, I've heard that story over 9000 times here now.
It's just that I PREFER the feel of thinner strings, but I don't like da flub, so I gravitate towards longer scales. It's just a matter of taste, and I know I'm not alone in liking ESP/LTD and preferring longer scales.
Still, it's great that they're at least making more ERG's, as the market expands/opens up, maybe there will be place for a longer scale one, like their Stephen Carpenter models.
Sepultorture
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NICE, I MIGHT ACTUALLY JUMP ON THAT 308
aleXander
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why dont you click the link and see the new 7 strin Eclipse then
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