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LTD EC-500

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

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Published on 11/12/07 at 22:58
LTD guitar painted black les paul shape (no kidding!).
Mahogany body and rosewood fingerboard.
Channel 24 frets al end of IDAL for fast games.
Fixed bridge: tun-o-matic and stop bar.
2 EMG pickups: an 81 in the bridge position and 60 in the neck position, both active.
2 volume knobs, one tone and a 3 slecteur positions.
The finish is beautiful and well trs couraging, to say anything.

UTILIZATION

When you put a guitar around his neck one is surprised by the "lgretquot; of it. You might think what PSE trs but not heavy. Being thinner than the les paul weight is less consquent.
The guitar is balance: the head does not tend to dive.
Access in acute trs is good until the 22nd cargo. For both dernires a little getting used to but there is ncessaire accde then without.
Then you plug and go!
I put 8 / 10 because some will find it just be a little heavy.

SOUNDS

I play on a Marshall Valvestate 100W home. I do a little of everything and the guitar is quite versatile despite its two EMG.
Its clear
I t impressed with the clean sound of the EMG 60 (neck): round, warm and crystalline. A bit the same as the clean sound of metallica. The 81 is cooler but it will find its usefulness: for the country, the riffs in mtal clean.
The position intermdiaire plutt funky sounds.
Crunch: the 60 sounds in beautifully IDAL crunch for blues. It DGIG heat ...
The 81 trs own sounds, but by pushing the channel gain and the Tone is "dirty" sound nicely. So it's closer to zztop, AC / DC and company!
Its saturated: that's it we enter the field of prdilection bte namely saturax of death that kills! Commenons 81 in the bridge: a killing. The sound is sharp desire (the palm mute and rhythmic sound 200 hour wonder.
In the high rev sound is always clean with a thundering drive. The hard solo will be delighted.
60 in the sleeve does not bleed. It's just beautiful. The sound you get can be used both for serious and for rhythmic solos.
The position offers a intermdiaire his heavy and sharp once.
Artificial harmonics fuse all cots.
I put 9 / 10 as picky about their musicians will clear sound may be that 90% met.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this guitar for 2 months now. For the price (650 euros) was an instrument that has a mouth, a trs beautiful violin and an exemplary finish.
The ratio quality price is trs good!
Its stability is apprcie live and sounds that are dlivre cry. On the lamp while I can not imagine ...
I do it again this choice without hsiter. This guitar is worth the dtour and reputable ESP and LTD guitars in his major concern is not trampled!