ltd on 12 fret
ltd on 12 fret
hey guys I have a question I have an LTD made my ESP it has ltd on 12 fret. no numbers on the reverse headstock as Duncan design HSH pickups and Floyd Rose any help would be great
They didn't do that back in the late 90s. They just had LTD as the inlay.
They show an M-250 in the catalog with dots and an LTD inlay, but with two single coils. It's hard to tell from your pictures, does either the neck pickup look like it might have been enlarged, or does the center pickup look like it might have been added later?
LTD M3 - later became either the ltd 200 or ltd M250 i am not sure which since it did not ever officially appear in the catalogs - would have been available between 1995-1998, the older ones would have the serial stamped on the fret board and it was later moved to the back of the headstock. As far as i knownatural was not an avialable option so I believe that yours has probably been refinished.
Mine is transparent blue.
These orginal had a base list price of around $800 - in 1995 - I think transparent was an upgrade, and I would guess the middle pickup
was aslo considered an upgrade.
There is an MII (M200) version of this upgraded with EMG 81 85 set selling for around $200 that is really good price.
High side for these would be $400 but that is a stretch. The build quailty substantiates that price, but the market for these does not.
It's an excellent quailty guitar that is worth upgrading the pickups if it is for personal use.
But I would not spend money on it tying to turn it as an investment.
I put Dimarzio's in mine and will eventually upgrade the electronics and probably put a gotoh or original floyd rose on it.
Is currently got a paf 36th in the neck, a fast track in the middle, and a super distortion in the bridge,
This pickup set is prefect for classic rock, 80's hard rock and 80's pop metal which was my target goal for the sound of this guitar.
It says LTD on the 12th fret, most of the LTD's guitars produced between 95 and 98 said LTD on the block at the 12th.
The exception to this a few early 95 models, the EXP and the L-2 ( Lynch shape) only had double dots at the 12th,
The early models, 95 and 96 if I am correct had the serial number engraved at the 24th fret. Later models had it as a stamp or transfer on
the back of the headstock. The serial numbers from this era do not provide any usefull information.
Will post a picture when i get a chance.