Help identifying 90's LTD

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    Wayne H.

    Hi all,

    Would really appreciate some help in identifying what model this guitar is. Beyond the "By ESP" and "LTD" logo's there's no other identifier - but at the end of the fretboard there is a number just after the 24th fret - 44658

     

       

     

    Thanks

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    Wayne H.
    Wayne H. wrote

    Also, having checked the product catalogue's I can't find it. Might be helpful to say the 12th fret inlay says "LTD" rather than where you normally see the model number.

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      Nathan S.
      Nathan S. wrote

      That's an interesting one. If you look at the 1999 catalog archive, the pickup configuration looks like the M250 and M350's. But, they didn't stamp the fretboard in 1999, that was 1997 and 1998, and the inlays are different in 99. There was an M250 in 1998 but the pickup configuration is different. My suspicion is a late 1998 M250 production change to what the M250 becomes in 1999 that just doesn't show in the catalog. 

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        Wayne H.
        Wayne H. wrote

        Thanks Nathan, that's helped me find it elsewhere

        https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/studio-still-life-of-a-1998-esp-m-250-guitar-photographed-news-photo/107158329

         

        Now I gotta figure out if I replace the pickups or sell it

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