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LTD EC-256 [2009-2012]

LP-Shaped Guitar from LTD belonging to the Distressed series

Joe-Rhys Joe-Rhys

«  A very good guitar at a very attractive price! »

Published on 02/07/11 at 04:45
the beautiful is manufactured in Asia and is a guitar while mahogany (neck and body) to fixed bridge les paul standard, moreover, is typically a les paul shape but improved, finer, and it seems to me that the thickness of the body of this young lady is less than 5cm and has a notch for a typical strato comfort gaming
the neck 22 frets rosewood fingerboard is very thin, and between 1.5cm and 2cm max; his hooping is exemplary, very accurate, it blows the first box in the 22nd.
for the sound it has 2 humbuckers ESP LH-150 in neck and bridge, and they are chrome and are getting married very well with the color of beautiful vintage gold.
they are routed via a switch 3 positions and both have a volume knob, there is a button tone they share two and can be splitted by pulling it.

UTILIZATION

The handle is an example of finesse, precision and intonation (you'd almost a pub when I talk Fender ...).
I rarely played on a round as thin and shrink as well.
Ergonomics is top for me a cut worthy of the finest guitars, a super fine round with an intonation terrible ... even access to treble is a breeze!
we get very good sounds with this instrument and can play without problems of rock, blues, rhythmic and precise as the finest funk, arpeggios in clean out very well, for jazz, I do not know, but I thought she sounded great, it had character ...


SOUNDS

To me is one of the best guitars in its class, rock and metal does not frighten him!
it is a guitar that has the "genius" in it!
and for solos, it's enjoyable!
frankly, a guitar rock like that, y 'not much!
I plugged in a Blackstar HT-20 and it sounded really good!
I think I prefer the humbucker sounds rather than simple, one must say that I like the sounds that have character and who are present and in the same vein, it was the music of Eddie Van Halen man, a guitar character too ...

OVERALL OPINION

I've used this past Saturday to milonga and I must say that I was well filled with fun!
I tried a bunch of guitars that I mentioned in my previous test rigs I have owned or owns or ...
I love the most, the whole "vintage" distressed "(this is marked here on the site of ESP is a series) that suits him well, the sound of the pickups, neck fabulous, easel that HOLDS the agreement without worries, build quality, tone and vibration of the instrument when playing.
I like the least, and perhaps double splitted ... and having to go!
value for money and more than excellent; € 448!
I do not know if I buy it, but one thing is certain is that I keep a special regard for ESP-LTD guitars because they create much less expensive than Ibanez and, in terms of quality, well exceed one notch at least!

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