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LTD EC-401

LP-Shaped Guitar from LTD belonging to the Standard EC series

ThomasMC ThomasMC

«  Excellent value for money »

Published on 05/20/11 at 16:57
Value For Money : Excellent
Made in Indonesia

Features:

# Body mahogany table with curved
# Mahogany neck
# Rosewood
# 24 XJ frets
# Scale Length 24.75 "
# 2 x EMG 81/60 active pickups
# Controls: 2 volume, 1 tone with 3-position selector
# Black nickel hardware
# Grover
# Earvana compensated Nut
# Tune-o-matic tailpiece with
# Color: Olympic White

UTILIZATION

I think the neck is very nice for all that is shred, tapping, and other it suits me, the grip is good and access to treble niquel!
The guitar is a little heavy but well balanced and the depression in the abdomen is comfortable! I had a guitar shaped Start before you need a little time to adjust but once you get used to the shape and weight is no longer a problem!

SOUNDS

This is a typed guitar metal, EMG will only remember him. For sounds cleans, EMG 60 gives not too bad, with a good setup and a little reverb, it manages to have a little heat.
In crunch, it's harder to get something right, it lacks clarity, the EMG 60 gives too severe and 81 is not comfortable, it sounds a bit messy.
If you push a little gain to go toward more distal granules, the EMG play in their courses, it sounds to hell.
For the rhythm parts, I use both pickups otherwise it is a bit flat without the 60, however for leads or solos, I only use the 81 for potato!

I would say that the guitar did what it was made: it records sounds in rock / metal and I must admit that her style she is doing extremely well for me.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for almost a year with my band on a Randall RG 100 G3 with a Boss ML-2 and it sounds!
Properly adjusted, it does very well what we want: for the metal and the small quiet passage, it suits me perfectly!
I hesitated with a lot of other brands of model (Jackson, Ibanez, Epiphone ...) but given its features, I think she stood out: I love almost everything about this guitar!

I would do without hesitation choice!
Value for money excellent!
I recommend to all good rockers or metalheads
(Especially if the other guitarist in a guitar black type LP ^ ^!)