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iamqman « $4500.....no thanks! »
Published on 12/21/11 at 16:07ESP guitar company really has taken a new turn for their manufacturing and product lines. Many of their guitars seem to be simply signature guitars anymore. Their branch company called LTD seems to make some other previously built guitars that are just the average generic style instruments. However, those are built overseas where the ESP Manufacturing lines are still built here in United States. It seems to me that many other guitars carry the signature line and they seem to be moving even more towards that way. This guitar is the Jeff Henneman urban commando model.
UTILIZATION
Features and Specifications:
Construction/Scale: Neck-Thru Body / 25.5”
Body: Alder
Neck/Fingerboard: 3-Pc. Maple / Ebony
Nut Type/Width: FR Locking / 41mm
Neck Shape: Extra Thin U
Inlays: Eagles & Dots
Frets: 24 XJ
Binding: White (N/H)
Hardware: Black
Tuners: Gotoh
Bridge/Tailpiece: Kahler 2315
Pickups: EMG 81 (B) / 85 (N)
Electronics: Vol / Tone / EMG SPC Control / Toggle
SOUNDS
This guitar is not an instrument that features anything that is out of the ordinary or spectacular. There's nothing really special about this guitar and quite honestly I cannot justify the price point in this instrument. This guitar features alder wood with your basic, run-of-the-mill type electronics such as the EMG 81/85 mix. Overall it doesn't really have that exciting of my features going on. I've seen Jackson guitars and Charvel guitars basically do the exact same thing. This guitar does sound good with most high gain or even median gain settings. So that's where you're really got to get the bang for your buck with this guitar.
OVERALL OPINION
This is where things get a little hairy for me. The prices point is $4500. That is so huge amount change to put down on a signature instrument and pretty much any instrument for that matter. That is an outrageous in almost insane price point guitar. You have to be insane an slayer fan or really just completely loose with your money. $4500 for guitar is really quite overstretching their price point.I mean you can buy car for that kind money. This guitar is not to going to get a good grading from me because there's nothing special about this guitar to make the price four times what it should be
UTILIZATION
Features and Specifications:
Construction/Scale: Neck-Thru Body / 25.5”
Body: Alder
Neck/Fingerboard: 3-Pc. Maple / Ebony
Nut Type/Width: FR Locking / 41mm
Neck Shape: Extra Thin U
Inlays: Eagles & Dots
Frets: 24 XJ
Binding: White (N/H)
Hardware: Black
Tuners: Gotoh
Bridge/Tailpiece: Kahler 2315
Pickups: EMG 81 (B) / 85 (N)
Electronics: Vol / Tone / EMG SPC Control / Toggle
SOUNDS
This guitar is not an instrument that features anything that is out of the ordinary or spectacular. There's nothing really special about this guitar and quite honestly I cannot justify the price point in this instrument. This guitar features alder wood with your basic, run-of-the-mill type electronics such as the EMG 81/85 mix. Overall it doesn't really have that exciting of my features going on. I've seen Jackson guitars and Charvel guitars basically do the exact same thing. This guitar does sound good with most high gain or even median gain settings. So that's where you're really got to get the bang for your buck with this guitar.
OVERALL OPINION
This is where things get a little hairy for me. The prices point is $4500. That is so huge amount change to put down on a signature instrument and pretty much any instrument for that matter. That is an outrageous in almost insane price point guitar. You have to be insane an slayer fan or really just completely loose with your money. $4500 for guitar is really quite overstretching their price point.I mean you can buy car for that kind money. This guitar is not to going to get a good grading from me because there's nothing special about this guitar to make the price four times what it should be