The ESP Guitar Company

Yeah I rescued one of those old Gothics because I liked the fact that it had old Gibson ebony and no inlays for this one. The wood was great so I had Stike do his thing with the sparkle and was really impressed with how it turned out. Otherwise this old shell had been sitting in a corner collecting dust with that shitty half shiny matte finish that Gibson always did so poorly. Just a way to make good use of a good piece of wood that was otherwise hideous looking!

Blackened brass for the nut as well.

Twas a great fun project but certainly not one that I would start off with a new build on. RRR could do it up right for you though! I have a thing for taking cheap Explorers and doing the "conversion" of putting the switch in the back where it belongs and then adding some better pickups. I went back to soldering the EMG's for this purple burst build though because it's just so messy doing the plug and play EMG's because you have to put the bus under the pickguard to get it all in without destroying it. You end up soldering length onto some of the cables at that point anyway.

http://www.rowycokustoms.com/RK_home.html

Great guy to work with and did a fantastic job!

I've got a lot of Het Sets and wanted to put these into an Explorer and see how they reacted. Really well is the answer and they're a lot more sensitive than the Het ones and quite hot. You don't have to be aggressive in your picking at all with those and pinch harmonics happen really easily with the HOT KH's.