New LTD Models: 2022 edition

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

LTD SN-1000ET. Charcoal metallic. Metal pickguard too it looks like? Spring 2022.

 

[Crash Dandicoot]

I dig the pickguard.

 

[JD27]

And here it is, the first $2000 LTD.

https://www.zzounds.com/item--ESPJR7QM?siid=311808

Also, this one has updated hardware I

https://www.zzounds.com/item--ESPAA1?siid=311807

 

[MaxOfMetal]

They got like a month to post some cool MIJ stuff or I'm changing the thread title to LTD.

 

[BusinessMan]

And here it is, the first $2000 LTD.

https://www.zzounds.com/item--ESPJR7QM?siid=311808

Absolutely, absurdly ridiculous.

 

[MrWulf]

Hey remember when LTD was only 1.2k?

God i feel like i need to hoard all those excellent MIK guitars that is in great condition in the used market cuz i aint playing 2k for an import.

 

[Crash Dandicoot]

That is fairly bonkers pricing yet completely aligned with the wild fiscal ride we're all on.

On that note, I'll never understand paying anywhere near that range for an established company's import brand, features be damned. Based on current exchange rates I paid $160 USD more than that for a bloody pre-production Ohmura Snapper 7 Custom. That is an absurd difference for the guitar you get.

 

[thebeesknees22]

LTD SN-1000ET. Charcoal metallic. Metal pickguard too it looks like? Spring 2022.

I really like that pick guard.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

And here it is, the first $2000 LTD.

https://www.zzounds.com/item--ESPJR7QM?siid=311808

Also, this one has updated hardware I

https://www.zzounds.com/item--ESPAA1?siid=311807

Looks much better with the gold.

 

[Kyle Jordan]

The strat with Evertune has my attention.

 

[Giest]

I'll buy an ESP when their quality and/or warranty improves, until then call me thrice scorned.

 

[xzacx]

And here it is, the first $2000 LTD.

https://www.zzounds.com/item--ESPJR7QM?siid=311808

The JR-608 has been $2k.

 

[Wucan]

Meanwhile I see KR Vipers sitting in classifieds for 400... CANADIAN dollars.

Buying new is becoming a tougher and tougher sell. Thankfully we don't have to turn to plywood guitars with crooked necks like our predecessors did...

 

[Ataraxia2320]

Hey remember when LTD was only 1.2k?

God i feel like i need to hoard all those excellent MIK guitars that is in great condition in the used market cuz i aint playing 2k for an import.

I remember when you could get an ESP Standard for that price. And it wasn't even that long ago.

 

[Loomer]

Hey, look at the bright side: It's all gone up in pricing, sure, but at least it's not housing!

 

[JimF]

On that SN-1000ET, anyone else think those last few frets look scalloped?

 

[I play music]

On that SN-1000ET, anyone else think those last few frets look scalloped?

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They probably are, other Snappers already have scalloped upper frets

 

[/wrists]

The snapper looks like it has potential. I'm hoping there will be an all black option for the Japanese Horizons

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I remember when you could get an ESP Standard for that price. And it wasn't even that long ago.

Shit I remember when ESP (or Guitar Center/MusiciansFriend) was blowing out some Standard Series distressed Eclipses for like fucking $900 like 10 years ago.

 

[Ataraxia2320]

Shit I remember when ESP (or Guitar Center/MusiciansFriend) was blowing out some Standard Series distressed Eclipses for like fucking $900 like 10 years ago.

Just before Covid began I had the opportunity to buy a 90s ESP Horizon in good condition for €500 and I passed because it was a 4 hour drive away.

REGRET.