Horizons: FR and FR-II
Horizons: FR and FR-II
This is exactly my problem. From the FR-II's I personally like the see-thru black cherry (which I think will be discontinued in 2008, since the only available colour in the 2008 ESP catalogue is transparent red). However, I am a bit sceptical about see-thru and transparent finishes. Sometimes I thing is...too much!. Also the guitar with the black cherry finish is red on the back and if you view it from that side it lookes like a...guitar-shaped oversized candy!
I am afraid that If I buy this guitar, there is the possibility that after a few months I will get sick of the colour. This is the reason I am also considering the more plain (and more safe) black colour (hence the FR).
I really wish ESP would have some more standard colour options for each model. I mean, what happens if you want to buy an M-II and you don't like black;
Have you seen the standard colour for the Horizon FR-II for 2008? Transparent red! OK it looks interesting, but to have that as the only colour available?
I really don't like this colour and for this reason I am trying to speed things up and decide on black or black cherry before they run out of stock. If that happens, I will have to wait to see the colours of 2009 before I buy the Horizon because for sure I am not buying transparent red!
It is a bit frastrating to have decided to buy a guitar and not being able to, due to non-existant colour options.
The significant difference is, the FR has the ash body and FR-II being alder (that goes for the oversea standard series)