Come on, inaugurate:

To form, it's still a form of strata, still with a better look ... sharp!
Guitar-made in Indonesia.
-The body is mahogany topped with ebony wings.
Channel crossing, 24 jumbo frets made of mahogany and maple with ebony buttons.
-Compass Points + by model name at 12th fret.
Two EMG-ESP LH301 humbuckers.
On-bridge: floyd licensed ESP.
-1 Volume, 1 tone push / pull switch and splitter for 3 positions.
The features seem attractive at first glance and licensed floyd does me no problem.

I replaced, there is little microphones ESP microphones assets at SD. The guitar has been transformed.

UTILIZATION

The guitar itself is very ergonomic. It's nice sitting and standing. Neither too heavy nor too light, its weight is evenly distributed: it does not sting the nose.

Then the handle is varnished, pleasant, well it glides smoothly. At ESP, they call it "Thin U" rather then a handle end. Ebony keys are nice. The game left hand is easy.

No large detuning to the ESP Mecas hold the road and floyd I've never played a dirty trick.

Right hand side, I have no problem with the volume knob located near the micro bridge. You just get used to it and not play maracas ...

SOUNDS

Come on, attack sound. I obviously plays metal ... The guitar is oriented "big sound", let it be said right away.
The ESP LH300 offered a good record in saturation. Normally, they are made for it after all ... For clean sounds, I managed to get by and find one usable with the split and the neck pickup.

The palm mutes and rhythms sounded good though. It broke three legs not a duck, it just crushed him.
/! AFTER CHANGE OF MICROS

I installed Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB1 in neck and bridge active pickups so.

The installation is very easy, and it has ample room to insert the 9V battery. We also lose the split we had with ESP pickups but it's worth the effort significantly.

My guitar was literally transformed!

Side bridge, more dynamic, a gain in precision and a warmer sound! To make the game tapping and legato is a delight! Whistling harmonics and out very easily. It touches the rope, the reaction is hyper sensitive. The output level is very high and the sound is very well defined. It was a cocktail of aggression and precision exploding! For a good metal riff is great!

The neck pickup is super accurate too. A little crunch makes good: every note is distinct. The sound is a little warmer than on the bridge and clean sounds are excellent!
Finally, before that lacked usability in the clean and crunch, the change has corrected all that. A monumental gain clarity, warmth, and potato REAL sounds clear.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 6 months now.

I love the look of this guitar, its floyd, the sound remains metal type and handle super nice.

I tried the model range below to LTD (EC50) of stratos fender, well the F-2E is much better with a thinner handle.

The report is honest money, but a change of micro has significantly improved my guitar skills.

I would do this choice, yes, without hesitation.

EDIT (27/4/10, 1 happy new year later): Small flat ... It turns out the clown in the ESP / LTD were screwed to the ring to the rod floyd (the end of plastoc which allows the rod to remain in place if you see c'que I mean .. .). Result, I had kind of the soft vibrato: D. .. No big deal in itself, something tinkering style faux jacket is easy ... In the end, I replaced altogether by a rod and it schaller move.
After I do not know if I'm the only marginal to have had this problem but ... It quickly resolved itself.