Questions about KH-2/KH-4

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Brandon A.

Hi All, I have been out of the loop on ESP guitars for almost a decade. I had a ESP KH-2 bolt on neck in the early 2000's. I loved that guitar but I needed the money at the time so I sold it. Now I am hoping to replace it. What is a current fair market value for a KH-2 or KH-4 with COA in good-excellent condition? Also, if anyone has any leads on any for a decent price please let me know!

Thanks!

Pushead

That was a scam. A few guys on an ESP Bookface group tried to pick it up and ended up having to deal with Reverb and Paypal.

Brandon A.

Yup I jumped on that too, fortunately Paypal rejected the payment. 

ESP 348

Yep, reading about that KH4 scam on Facebook now also lol.

A $1000 KH4? Yeah, a little hard to believe.

But check this out!

A NTB KH2 Sig Series for US $1900.

Looks lovely and the price is spot on!

https://reverb.com/item/20542793-esp-kh-2-kirk-hammett-signature-neck-thru-ntb?utm_source=ios-app&utm_medium=share&fbclid=IwAR0yOR2eetYIqn8t3LnOKDyLT2uVbUyaqM1sFQFyG34Xn0BsK7tyM55PaEA

Brandon A.

Yeah $1k seemed way too good to be true

 

Thanks I saw this listing a bit ago also, the seller is in China though. I get a bit nervous buying used overseas. 

 

 

ESP 348

Yeah, always is bullshit if it's too good to be true lol.

Fair enough mate. I had to purchase 90% of my collection from overseas over the last 10 years, never had a problem.

But there is always the risk, of course.

Brandon A.

Are you in the US? Have you had to pay duties on imported used guitars? 

Brandon A.

Also, I see that there are lots of variants of the KH-2 now. Mine was a bolt on from the '90s I think. It had the ESP custom guitars circle logo on the back of the headstock. What should else I look out for? 

Fordman65

Depends on what you're after. A signature series guitar (linked above) is nice,  but I would hold out for a custom shop. Just me though. KH4 should be CS. KH2 could be either. 

Brandon A.

How can you tell a custom shop vs a signature? 

ESP 348

Custom Shop might have the Custom Shop logo on it. Signature Series has the Signature Series logo on it.

COA will also tell you.

Serial number normally tells you if it's Signature Series or Custom Shop.

Brandon A.

Are all of the '98 KH-4 custom shop? The serial numbers do not include the country of manufacture.

http://www.guitarscollector.com/1998---2010---esp-kh-4.html

Brandon A.

So I pulled the trigger and picked up this 2001 bolt-on KH-2. Not a lot of recent sold to compare price on so hopefully I did alright! 

https://reverb.com/item/20623392-esp-kh-2-kirk-hammett-signature-black-2001?show_sold=true

 

ESP 348

Congrats Brandon. Looks like a great guitar.

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