show your ESP's and LTD's with passive pickups

Re: show your ESP's and LTD's with passive pickups

Kosh Naranek said:
My ESP. It looks to have been a custom shop order. Ash body, maple top, ebony fretboard. The stock pickups were ESP hot dual rail pickups. I didn't think they sounded very good so in the guitar now are a pair of Li'l 59's and a Tone Zone S. That's a great pickup combination. I'm very happy with the sound now.
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I'm really diggin' your ESP!! Everything, from the color to the materials it would be something I'll be playing every day! I would only change the bridge pickup to a Li'l Screamin' Demon and put a Vintage Stagered single coil in the middle just because its closer to what I use, but the Tone Zone S it's a killer pickup too! :approve:
 
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An update for you guys. Got this as a trade-in for my Eclipse (pictured in an earlier post somewhere). Was sad to let it go but I suppose this new fiddle will eventually provide :cool2:

Kidding of course - this is the best guitar I have ever seen or heard. A CS M-II with Duncan Custom & '59 I just installed in place of a set of EMGs.

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Re: show your ESP's and LTD's with passive pickups

1b4n3z said:
An update for you guys. Got this as a trade-in for my Eclipse (pictured in an earlier post somewhere). Was sad to let it go but I suppose this new fiddle will eventually provide :cool2:

Kidding of course - this is the best guitar I have ever seen or heard. A CS M-II with Duncan Custom & '59 I just installed in place of a set of EMGs.

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Sweet. Merciful. Jesus.
 
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update:

the brown MH-350NT has a pearly gates plus in the bridge, a regular pearly gates bridge in the middle, and a burstbucker 1 in the neck.

the H-401FM still has a custom 8 and a burstbucker 3 with triple shots

the M-100 has a full shred with a ceramic magnet and a 496R


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ESP had a 'Special Order' programme going which was discontinued in December 2012. It's not made public, only your dealer would've the details, which was basically a slight mod to any existing non-custom models. The total cost of which should not exceed a Custom order, if it was the case, you'd be referred to the manufacturer's custom order division. The guitar above is a product of this arrangement, it's a Standard series M-II with the neck full sized humbucker making way for...

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... a Duncan Classic Stack Plus. The bridge humbucker is a default JB Trembucker which I am absolutely happy with (then again, I'm always happy when there's a JB in the bridge of any guitars).

PS: ESP fans, in addition to the LTD Elite range, the manufacturer has at least 2 more announcements pertaining to line-up changes. Doubt if they'd do so for the coming '13 NAMM but they will happen. Soon, I guess.
 
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Not quite- the Maverick doesn't sport the M-II cutaway. It's basically an M-II Deluxe (discontinued) with a maple 'board.
 
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Thanks- was gonna have another Special Order going before X-mas last year but was told the news, so...
 
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bloodswords said:
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ESP had a 'Special Order' programme going which was discontinued in December 2012. It's not made public, only your dealer would've the details, which was basically a slight mod to any existing non-custom models. The total cost of which should not exceed a Custom order, if it was the case, you'd be referred to the manufacturer's custom order division. The guitar above is a product of this arrangement, it's a Standard series M-II with the neck full sized humbucker making way for...

esp+mII+special+order+body.JPG

... a Duncan Classic Stack Plus. The bridge humbucker is a default JB Trembucker which I am absolutely happy with (then again, I'm always happy when there's a JB in the bridge of any guitars).

PS: ESP fans, in addition to the LTD Elite range, the manufacturer has at least 2 more announcements pertaining to line-up changes. Doubt if they'd do so for the coming '13 NAMM but they will happen. Soon, I guess.
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You effin' bahstid. Sweet axe!!!
 
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alteredbeast said:
That's hot. Are those ninja's neck heavy? I had the second generation Black hard tail LTD, and i was very bummed when it went south when i strapped it on. needless to say i didnt have it for very long, neck dives annoy me very much.
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The black one is not really but my old red one was. the necks are maple/ebony on those so the neck itself is much heavier.

There's been an ESP red one on ebay for like a year already, I kind of want it but for twice that I could get a new one to my specs. (crazy money though)
 
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Here's something a little different. Jazz and Custom/59 hybrid in the bridge.

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