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Dariusz M.
Dariusz M. wrote

When I bought my first Gibson Les Paul standard in 1990 , I was a little bit disappointed. Playability was terrible , guitar couldn't stay in tune for more than 20 minutes of heavy play.  Frets was also terrible . After a few months binding on neck and around guitar started to crack . But at that time I was a Gibson guy with all my heart ,so after few months I bought Les Paul Custom and in short time Les Paul Artisan from 1976 . ...and the hell started. Problems with frets, twisting necks and cracks on connection with body. I sent a lot of letters to Gibson asking why they can make quality guitar , with nice radius neck , jumbo frets to improve playability. They never answered, and when you come with EC series I said to myself...Finally there will be nice, high quality les paul style guitar on the market. Guitar you can shred better than les paul. And here we are. Many famous guitarists left Gibson and move to ESP . Better quality, playability and affordable price. That was one of the smartest things ESP did .

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    Todd B. ESP
    Todd B. ESP wrote

    Hi Dariusz M, Thank you for your comments. We appreciate hearing that we are doing something right!

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      PaulK
      PaulK wrote

      I just bought one of these in a Holiday sale!  Can't believe it!  I've never had active pickups before - guess I've got some homework to do...

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        Ratfink
        Ratfink wrote

        I recently got an ec 1000 great guitar, I have had at least 10 of them over the years. Mine does not have the model number at the 12th fret. Also when did the 1000 series move to Indonesia? Quality wise it is on par if not higher than many of the Korean made ones.

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          Todd B. ESP
          Todd B. ESP wrote

          Hi Ratfink, Thanks for your comments. It's great to hear that you've had 10 or more of our instruments over the years. We did recently change the 12th fret inlay along with running changes of fingerboards in the past year and a half. So you do have the most recent version. As far as the manufacturing, we have been building many of our 1000 series in Indonesia for the past year. Thanks for your comments about the quality. That's great to hear.

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