KAMIKAZE-1

Black w/ Graphic

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Guitars, Signature Series Guitars, George Lynch

$6,949.00

with case

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Here it is: the original, and still one of the very coolest and most distinctive ESP Signature Series guitars ever made. Created by guitarist George Lynch in 1985 when Dokken was taking over the charts and George was being recognized as one of the world's most incendiary guitarists, the Kamikaze-1 started as George's personal custom guitar that was so outrageously unique, people began clamoring for one of their own. Once ESP began making them available for the public, it became our first Signature Series model. Still to this day, the Kamikaze-1 is a coveted guitar for good reason. Made by hand by the famous luthiers of the ESP Custom Shop in Japan, it features a maple body bolted to a maple neck with an ebony fingerboard. Its sound, as specified by George, is powered by an ESP Designed single-coil SS-120 pickup in the neck position, and a Seymour Duncan '78 pickup in the bridge spot. The Kamikaze-1 includes a Floyd Rose Original bridge and Gotoh tuners, and comes with a high-quality hard shell case and a Certificate of Authenticity from ESP.

Specifications

Construction Bolt-On

Scale 25.5"

Body Maple

Neck Maple

Fingerboard Ebony

Fingerboard Radius 305mm

Finish Black w/ Kamikaze Graphic

Nut Width 43mm nut / 45mm neck width

Nut Type Locking

Neck Contour GL Original U

Frets/Type 22 XJ

Hardware Color Black

Strap Button ESP Strap Lock

Tuners Gotoh

Bridge Floyd Rose Original

Bridge PU Seymour Duncan ‘78 Direct Mount *(Push to Select)

Neck PU ESP SS-120 *(Pull to Select)

Electronics Passive

Electronics Layout Volume(Push/Pull)

Strings Elixir Nanoweb Super Light (.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042)

Case ST-TE Guitar Form Fit Case

Case Included Y

COA Y

Controls

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Pete F. wrote March 24, 2021 23:16

I cannot wait to get this guitar. Id even settle for the 200k at this moment.

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Patrick M. wrote February 05, 2021 15:28

Why do you use the word "Kamikaze" ? There are more than 1B words in the world. Crews of Kamikaze operation are not heroes. They should be called criminals. The name of this guitar is not cool at all.

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dan w. wrote June 24, 2025 23:31

Jesus Christ, you woke ass mf'er's. ITS A WORD! Get over it! Yes we all are aware Kamakazi's were bad! It's a cool word and a cool guitar name! Are you going to complain about the Kamakazi Cocktail next? WTF

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Byounghun S. wrote January 17, 2021 11:23

Do you Know the meaning of Kamikaze? It's Japaniese operation codename of Pearl Harbor. Even though ESP is Japanese company, ESP DO NOT have to use that.

It's the symbol of Japanise imperialism. And the man on the guitar is not a hero, he is a war criminal. I'm Korean and I'm really Lynch's fan. I hope he won't use it any more..

Kamikaze means 'The Wind from God' - About a thousand years ago, when Japan invaded the south coast of Korea, plundering villages and killing people frequently occurred, the Korean kingdom decided to join forces with China to attack Japan and mobilize many ships and troops to conquer Japan. When the troops were going to do it, a big typhoon came and they finally failed to conquer Japan. The typhoon is called the Wind from God in Japan.답글

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