White Iron Cross
White Iron Cross
Please ESP, can we get a white LTD Iron Cross sig?! PLEASE?!
Looks like same as the Truckster. LTD locking tuners and TonePros bridge.
6-string.com has it listed at $1,099 with the following specs:
Coming Soon! The 2014 ESP LTD Iron Cross James Hetfield 2014 Electric Guitar w/ Case
Set-NeckConstruction
24.75” Scale
Mahogany Body
Maple Top
Mahogany Neck
Ebony Fingerboard
42mm Standard Nut
Thin U Neck Contour
22 XJ Frets
Black Hardware
LTD Locking Tuners
TonePros T.O.M Bridge & Tailpiece
EMG JH Set (B&N) Active p.u.
Finish: SW (with black stripe graphic)
Case included
They also have the ESP version for $4,899 but no pics/specs. I would expect everything on both LTD and ESP versions would mirror the current Trucksters, with the exception of the ebony fingerboard on the new IC, which is pretty awesome.
I got to play a "custom shop" Snakebyte and compare it with my regular old factory ESP Snakebyte and there simply isn't a difference. The wood used might have been more expensive or something but it didn't come out in the tone or playability at all and could not be heard through the amp. Acoustically the factory was a "little" bit brighter sounding that we could all tell by ear but if you took 5 different Snakebytes...you'll hear the same differences.
I can only surmise the builders that make them in Japan get paid a metric shit-ton of money and voila....your extra $3000 is accounted for. The problem with that is that the guy sitting in the next room over is cranking out the same guitar from the same pile of wood and is getting paid starvation wages or something.
Shenanigans I tell you.
Anyone else here planning on placing an order for the ESP model ? I here they will starting taking orders after the offical relase at NAMM and will be built one by one as the orders start coming in. Was told at this point they are not a limited run. Looking foward to adding this to the JH Collection. Just waiting to get the word from my local dealer. Anymore info out there? Thanks
WANT!