KeeperOS
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I recently got an ESP Horizon on a trade, however it's been a bit hard to get some more information about her, apparently ESP didn't begin keeping records until 2005.
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According to dystrust it is a late 90s Japanese ESP Horizon, probably a Standard.
It's a bolt-on neck construction, all-black hardware, black body with natural binding, a 3+3 headstock with a locking nut and retainer bar, Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard, single volume, single tone and a 5-way that is located vertically bellow the volume pot.
The tuning keys are unbranded but have "Made in Japan" stamped on them which also ties in with dystrust saying they're Gotohs, it has an OFR, an as-of-yet unidentified Duncan in the bridge (to my ears it sounds like a JB but doesn't hit my amp as hard as it should) and an unbranded neck pu (if it's stock dystrust says it should be an ESP LH-200s). Finally the neckplate has a 5-digit number stamped under the ESP logo (3s, 7s and 9s).
Things I still don't know is what the body is made of (sounds like Alder to me though), the exact year of manufacture (is it part of the SN/can it be deduced from it?) and the kind of finish on the body and back of neck (seems like oil).
While in perfect working order, the guitar has seen better days and I wanna bring her back to her original form to the best of my ability.
That means being able to clean the dark spots from the back of the neck (I know a lot of people love the look but I just can't stand it) and if at all possible repair the swirl/scratches on the back and front and maybe even fill out the chips on the sides and front of the headstock.
I wanna know what is possible as well as worth it and what is better left alone.
I also contacted ESP but the only thing they said was that "that model would resemble a ESP Horizon that would have been manufactured sometime in the late 1990's"
Thanks!
.According to dystrust it is a late 90s Japanese ESP Horizon, probably a Standard.
It's a bolt-on neck construction, all-black hardware, black body with natural binding, a 3+3 headstock with a locking nut and retainer bar, Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard, single volume, single tone and a 5-way that is located vertically bellow the volume pot.
The tuning keys are unbranded but have "Made in Japan" stamped on them which also ties in with dystrust saying they're Gotohs, it has an OFR, an as-of-yet unidentified Duncan in the bridge (to my ears it sounds like a JB but doesn't hit my amp as hard as it should) and an unbranded neck pu (if it's stock dystrust says it should be an ESP LH-200s). Finally the neckplate has a 5-digit number stamped under the ESP logo (3s, 7s and 9s).
Things I still don't know is what the body is made of (sounds like Alder to me though), the exact year of manufacture (is it part of the SN/can it be deduced from it?) and the kind of finish on the body and back of neck (seems like oil).
While in perfect working order, the guitar has seen better days and I wanna bring her back to her original form to the best of my ability.
That means being able to clean the dark spots from the back of the neck (I know a lot of people love the look but I just can't stand it) and if at all possible repair the swirl/scratches on the back and front and maybe even fill out the chips on the sides and front of the headstock.
I wanna know what is possible as well as worth it and what is better left alone.
I also contacted ESP but the only thing they said was that "that model would resemble a ESP Horizon that would have been manufactured sometime in the late 1990's"
Thanks!
