The ESP Guitar Company

I recently decided to treat myself to a new Guitar and after much deliberation, I had settled on the LTD EC1000T FM.

I thought from all had seen and read, this was going to be a good quality guitar. 

Don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting a custom shop guitar, just something that was well made and well finished.

The Guitar i received however was far from this expectation.

Opening the box to a new guitar is one of the greatest feelings and when I opened this box my heart sank.

On the Burst satin front was a hole, only small, about the size of a 'bradle' hole, but black and going straight through the maple top to the dark wood beneath.

On closer inspection it soon became apparent this was not the only issue. 

The Hardware was all tarnished looking like it was poorly 'plated' or had been stored in poor conditions causing it to start to corrode.

One of the volume pots was heavily scratch. This was not just dirt marks as it would not clean up.

On to the neck and the finish on the frets was horrendous. Glue and rough finish everywhere.

Note the strap button as well. Again looking like the plated items had been stored outside for months before being used.

This could be a bigger list of pictures with small scuffs on headstock and body.

I did tuned it up and see how it played.

Not surprisingly it played like a dog.

The nut is one of the worst ive seen on a guitar. no pic but it looks like someone used a 'hotwire' to melt the grooves into it for the strings to sit.

the strings would twang as they caught and slipped in the grooves. Wouldn't stay in tune for more than a few strums.

I put it straight into the box for return.

If any at ESP bother to look at what their customers are saying, then

'Come on guys' are you going to let your hard earned name go down the toilet because you wanted to save a few $$$ by moving your factory from Korea (who made great guitars) to Indonesia (who obviously couldn't care less for any part of the process)

Buyer Beware.