ESP JH-3.....
ESP JH-3.....
who here still owns one? I do and still love and play mine pretty often.
Kind of sad James never plays his anymore. Guess it's one of his 500-1000 guitars in storage these days.
I think it was one of his best ESP Signature guitars since it was full LP thickness and just has a look that is killer.
Personally would love to see James bring it back in the rotation from time to time.
Yeah it's one of the holy grails of Jh sigs... Would love to get one but if if I can get a signature KL of my own for the same price I would go with the KL anyday...
But that's just me :-)
But I agree, it's a shame James doesn't user it more in a live setting.. But I guess he has the white IC for that :-)
KL's are awesome but I personally can't wait for 2-3 years for a new guitar and I doubt you can find or get a new or used KL for the price of a JH-3. Even if you buy a JH-3 for $5K-$6K it's still cheaper than most Ken Lawrence guitars go for.
The JH-3's sound and play amazing also. I've played a few KL's from forum members and loved them to death!!!! but IMO they don't really play or sound any better than my JH-3, Kelly Hayes, etc.... They do look amazing and play and sound great though.
emg3254 wrote:It is way way old enough to have the longer curved horn but I'm guessing James personally wanted the shallower horn. The body thinkness is full LP though. The JH-3 is one of the first models ESP did in the more LP shape. Before the JH-3 the ESP Eclipses were the older Eclipse style.
If you look at the one that Het is holding in the 1999 catalog archives, it has the more rounded deeper Gibsonesque horn, so it's odd the public version has the newer horn.
Nathan S. wrote:It is way way old enough to have the longer curved horn but I'm guessing James personally wanted the shallower horn. The body thinkness is full LP though. The JH-3 is one of the first models ESP did in the more LP shape. Before the JH-3 the ESP Eclipses were the older Eclipse style.
If you look at the one that Het is holding in the 1999 catalog archives, it has the more rounded deeper Gibsonesque horn, so it's odd the public version has the newer horn.
Not really. This is about the same time ESP had issues with Gibson and their Explorers. I'm sure that is why James and ESP decided to change to the shorter horn. James seems to prefer the shorter horn on his ESP's for better upper fret access. I personally wish it had the more Gibson style horn but it is what it is and I love the guitar. If I want a Gibson I'll play the ones I own or buy a Gibson.
emg3254 wrote:It is way way old enough to have the longer curved horn but I'm guessing James personally wanted the shallower horn. The body thinkness is full LP though. The JH-3 is one of the first models ESP did in the more LP shape. Before the JH-3 the ESP Eclipses were the older Eclipse style.
If you look at the one that Het is holding in the 1999 catalog archives, it has the more rounded deeper Gibsonesque horn, so it's odd the public version has the newer horn.
Not really. This is about the same time ESP had issues with Gibson and their Explorers. I'm sure that is why James and ESP decided to change to the shorter horn. James seems to prefer the shorter horn on his ESP's for better upper fret access. I personally wish it had the more Gibson style horn but it is what it is and I love the guitar. If I want a Gibson I'll play the ones I own or buy a Gibson.
Sorry man but I have to disagree. Papa Hets does not have the same horn as the production model for the public.
This pic was taken probably 7-8 years ago. The one in the middle is my friend's Ouija Neck-Thru with Reverse inlay.. Well, I gotta say he bought it at crazy price and doubt about whether it's real or not.
Beside the inlay, everythings looks normal just like other KH2 . The inlay looks like crappy work. All graphic turns yellow, but looks like other 2 Ouija (1994) that we have. I have some high resolution pictures of the inlay, since my friend sold it to Japanese guy I'm ok if you want those pics.
Reversed inlay Ouija really rare, and I believe this is in the pic might not be the real deal.
I sold mine years ago...I agree tho, it was the best of the “JH” series and liked that it wasn’t bolt on. I wanted to pull the trigger on the prototype/NAMM one with the gold knobs and gold pickups awhile ago but didn’t pull the trigger cuz they wanted $5k for it.