see other reviews, mine has a bolt-on neck

I would have liked a knob tone

UTILIZATION

super ergonomics, form strat, cut to the arm and abdomen, very slight.

Access to acute fairly easy, not too thick heel, base of the handle carved in V for comfort. <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_wink.gif" alt="wink" />

jouabilié level is worse than gibson for example, or the handle is shorter, the touch has nothing to do with an ebony fingerboard.
Here is rosewood, as on low-end guitars, damage, ebony would have been the top.

on the other hand even without the plug, it sounds super accurate, slamming, impressive.

SOUNDS

with its alder body, the guitar has a sound very precise, very clean, always she excels in the middle of the metal, large loadings are his forte, clear sounds are beautiful too, a little flat, with a chorus it is already doing better, but 81 in the handle is best for this, not quite soft and round, on the other hand solo is still very good for the neck position.

I do not mean the bridge position 81, we all know <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt="mrgreen" />

the floyd is very good, very reliable, tend to vibrate a few times, maybe because I'm not used to that gear.

so it's a guitar that sounds very clean and surgically precise, why not give her what she prefers: a mesa correct. <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="biggrin" />

it is war with the best of the best for lovers of big sound accurate, it's really a perfect match.
still loved you it is the grain mesa, very accurate sometimes twangy.
with engl it must do so too, but too dry and expressionless to my taste.

OVERALL OPINION

I had a few guitars before the ones of low-end: ibanez, jackson.
high-end, gibson sg, lp custom ..

I love its looks, ergonomics, the sound it gives off, exemplary finish, not a fault, very good job in Japan, my first ESP and may not be the last, I heard nothing but good and I confirm, next to gibson or finishing is yucky and too expensive.

I regret the lack of a knob tone, or another volume, the remark with a single volume pot is not likely to go wrong.
but the main snag is the rosewood fingerboard, I can not find the height of the guitar, it looks exactly like the one I was on a Jackson RR10 (500 €)
is the main flaw that I found.

otherwise we can say it's a guitar upscale, relatively simple, efficient, a great price: 1400 € or so to handle screwed version and 1600 € for the race driver version.
Personal handle screwed me amply satisfied.
ESP smells really quality.