What are the differences?
What are the differences?
Am looking to buy a EC what are the differences between the EC-I and the EC-II. Is the EC-I slightly rarer in some parts of the world?
Before There was only 1 kind of Eclipse. 4 knobs (2 tones, 2 volumes) and the body was like the LP. So Gibson sue ESP cause it looked like the LP's.
So now in North America they couldnt sell the Eclipse so they made a 2nd version of the Eclipse with 3 knobs (2 volumes and a single tone) and the shape isnt the same (you can see the cutaway is less curved than the original Eclipse).
Correct me if im wrong.
My understanding was just that EC-Is have solid-coloured tops, while EC-IIs have quilt and flame tops. The EC-2 USA is a different beast altogether, having a different control config and cutaway (for copyright reasons in the USA, I believe), and coming in flame, quilt, and solid-colours. I could be wrong, of course.