JAMES HETFIELD New Sig !! => The Vulture !
JAMES HETFIELD New Sig !! => The Vulture !
Breaking news from NAMM Show guys !!
Here's the new V from ESP, The VULTURE :
More pics to come I hope, feel free to feed the post with !
G.
I have a 2005 gray truckster, 2012 black truckster, 2013 Snakebyte, 2013 iron cross (Serial number is 13 so an early iron cross purchased in Feb 2014) all LTD's and I prefer the iron cross. Even though the specs and materials are identical to the trucksters, for some reason it just feels more solid and I use it as my main stage guitar. The black truckster is a very close second. The '05 Gray truckster doesn't even come close and almost feels cheap compared to the newer models. With that being said, I believe the Snakebyte actually gets a better sound than any of the others probably due to the acreage of wood on the Snakebyte, I just prefer the les paul shape when playing live. So here is my official ranking if I had to pick favorites:
1. Iron Cross
2. Black Truckster
3. Snakebyte
4. Gray Truckster
Again, these are just my opinions. I play all of these guitars live on stage in my Metallica tribute band but the Iron Cross gets most of the showtime, and people are always commenting on how great the guitar looks. You can't go wrong with any of the newer models!
Sixcubed wrote:I have a 2005 gray truckster, 2012 black truckster, 2013 Snakebyte, 2013 iron cross (Serial number is 13 so an early iron cross purchased in Feb 2014) all LTD's and I prefer the iron cross. Even though the specs and materials are identical to the trucksters, for some reason it just feels more solid and I use it as my main stage guitar. The black truckster is a very close second. The '05 Gray truckster doesn't even come close and almost feels cheap compared to the newer models. With that being said, I believe the Snakebyte actually gets a better sound than any of the others probably due to the acreage of wood on the Snakebyte, I just prefer the les paul shape when playing live. So here is my official ranking if I had to pick favorites:
1. Iron Cross
2. Black Truckster
3. Snakebyte
4. Gray Truckster
Again, these are just my opinions. I play all of these guitars live on stage in my Metallica tribute band but the Iron Cross gets most of the showtime, and people are always commenting on how great the guitar looks. You can't go wrong with any of the newer models!
Ok thanks
Since 3 or 4 days after this year NAMM Show :
http://www.espguitars.com/products/17036-esp-vulture-blks?category_id=1963396-james-hetfield
Cheers.
G.
http://www.bax-shop.nl/elektrische-gitaren/esp-ltd-vulture-james-hetfield-signature-black-satin
http://www.thomann.de/nl/esp_ltd_vulture_bks_hetfield.htm?ref=search_rslt_vulture_386914_3
All stores state that the guitar is available around July. The Nosferatu is already for sale and available though
Personally I don't really dig the new V shaped model, further I think that they are rather expensive for guitars made in the MISC factory in Korea. Especially considering the fact that the ESP LTD Iron Cross costs around 1000 euro's new. But I am definately going to check it our!
I recently got an LTD Vulture...out of the box..it was setup horribly, had the cheapest looking made in China 9volt battery in it I've ever seen and the satin is already starting to polish up in a spot, after playing it just a few times. After getting it setup it plays nice, not quite as good as last years snakebyte that i own, but it sounds a little better.
The inlay on the 12th fret makes the guitar imo, and the satin finish