NGD! ESP MX-II... x2!
NGD! ESP MX-II... x2!
Back in February, a friend and I decided to take the plunge and get in contact with ESP through the 'Big Boss' shop in Ochanomizu, Toyko.
We made the decision to custom order an MX-II each. As can be seen from the pictures below, they are ever so slightly inspired by a certain well known guitar...
The rosewood boards and bone nuts are nice touches, as is the lack of 'ashtray' on the back. No new 'custom shop' logos either. Just need to sort out truss rod covers!
Having played them, they are simply incredible. Totally flawless and play/sound amazing! Delighted!
Anyway, enough talk - here are some pictures!
BlackJack21 wrote:E196
How would you be able to identify that numerical part, out of curiosity?
I know that the following parameters seem to be in place:
- E (for ESP) / ES (for E-II)
- XXXX (four digit number - this is the bit I am not familiar with)
- XX (2 digit number denoting build year)
- 1 (Custom Shop - assuming the old 'N' designation) / 2 (Tokyo Shop - assuming the old 'K' designation) / 3 (Standard Series build)
How did they get away with getting Het's exact inlays? Especially the way they are sized? I know you can custom order the guitar, but they would have had to provide ESP a new template to do these inlays, unless they actually dug up James' actual inlay design/sizing to do these special. Here's a site for the bell truss rod covers
http://www.fretsonthenet.com/ESP_Carvin_Peavey/esp.htm
Nice, and congrats on the new guitars.