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ESP Eclipse-II

LP-Shaped Guitar from ESP belonging to the Eclipse-II Series series

Juitariste Juitariste

«  Fabulously great! »

Published on 08/05/12 at 09:04
The guitar was made in a factory in Japan, apparently in January 2008 (according to the serial number).
The body is mahogany with a maple top, mahogany neck and also with the ebony fingerboard. So much for the woods. Here we have a configuration with a set neck profile Thin U.
Compared to the violin and fittings, there is a TonePros bridge and tailpiece in gold finish, 22 frets jumbo and extra mechanical self-locking Gotoh Magnum, still golden finish.
For electronics, factory settings announces two emg 81 and 60, respectively easel and neck, and two volume knobs and one tone, and a 3-position selector toggle types. Good as I bought second hand, the previous owner had mounted EMG Zakk Wylde with the kit, and the tone knob had been replaced by a push / pull. Belt fasteners were also replaced with Schaller straplocks.
Currently my guitar was put together with two seymour duncan: SH4 a splittable (see the push / pull) in bridge and neck in a phatcat.

UTILIZATION

The guitar is excellent for use. The weight is perfect, neither too light nor too heavy, and straplocks offer real security in situations of intense live, avoiding your beloved instrument to go for a ride elsewhere. The lack of chamfer down the body can put some people off by breaking his hand, but this is a detail that depends on how to make the instrument.
The handle is very nice, and ebony gives a kind of soft touch but frank pleasant. The varnish finish is matt not to displease (although I never feel fundamental difference between a veneer and a satin gloss). The pitch is slightly shorter than what is done in fender, and is perfect (at least for me). Access to the treble begins to be complicated from the 17th-fret because we take the thickness of the body simultaneously, but if you know this deal, it's not really annoying. on the other hand for the shredders I recommend a more scratched with access worked more in the series horizon for example).
The engine sounds incredibly well. The phatcat takes maximum advantage of the exceptional quality of wood used, and SH4 reveals all its character. The split is also interesting on clean sounds.

SOUNDS

This guitar fits perfectly with my style of music (electro rock, classic rock, hard rock). I play a blackstar combo HT20.
In his clear the phatcat fits into a vein rather jazz, with sounds very warm and round singing. The SH4 it is more classic, slamming tasty, but also interesting in Split where he develops a sound with less bass and sharper. No "lens" with this guitar but the round and fat.
With distortion, the phatcat is also quite comfortable, and develops soft and warm tones. When the SH4 is no introduction in this register. Graou machine, a fabulously huge grain, sound BITE, powerful, spitting like never and could summarize what the sound of rock guitar in an agreement. Harmonics come out by themselves with such paraphernalia. I almost never use the middle position, and the split is not me that little use in my group of compounds.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for four months now, and she may become scratched my reference as it develops the sounds are interesting.
Before, I already had a ltd EC1000 and who had strongly marked by its quality, and convinced that ESP was a major brand, which is why I came to choose my first guitar upscale home.
For the price / quality ratio, it was great for me since I bought it in time (780 euros and 200 euros to pass around at the luthier for electronics and mechanical one of which was broken , its former owner being frankly not careful with his instrument, for a total of about 1000 euros instead of 1600. I think you could hardly do better).
With experience, I would do certainly this choice, perhaps for another finish alder or other micro configuration. But I will keep this guitar as long as possible as I find it exceptional.