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Hi Jim. It's hard to tell from just the one photo. The neck looks legit. The photo doesn't really show if the top of the guitar is flat or arched. If it's flat, it would be a TE body (or a series 400 body) as opposed to an Eclipse body. But the switch doesn't match any Eclipse or TE body I've ever seen. That doesn't mean much, I don't have a ton of experience with the guitars from that era.

Hello to everybody, I Just saw this ESP, that seems to be a M1 NT, and wondered if it was a legit one !

Thanks in advance !

Hello to everyone, I just saw this Indenesia made EC-256. I was told this is a sample made in a factory and the price is really tempting.  Really hope somebody can tell me if it is legit. Thanks to everyone.

Hey Thomas, your M-I is legit from 2013.

Sean, though it's odd to see it without any markings on the back of the headstock, there's nothing that jumps out to me as out of place with the guitar. Seem likely that it's a legit EC-256. It looks like it's had some work done to it, though. Maybe it's just the photo, but the nut looks to have been replaced, and perhaps not that well. It's also had the neck binding "rounded," though I don't have any experience with a EC-256 myself, so perhaps that amount of tool marks on the binding is normal. It wouldn't shock me if you find out that the guitar had been refinished at some point.

Hi guys, just wanna check if this ESP Snapper-7 Ohmura Custom is legit as it does not include a CoA.

I've already bought this one on Reverb and should have it for Friday. I've always played Gibsons and know how to spot fakes of them, but this is my first ESP and only after buying it did it occur to me that they can be faked too. Tuners and pickups have clearly been changed, but serial checks out as a 2006 so far as I can tell.

Yep, a 2006 Eclipse II. You're also right with the replaced tuners and pickups.

Hi, wondering if anyone is able to help me verify this ESP as legit?

Listing said an Eclipse / MA250FR made in Japan 2000. Seen on eBay/Reverb this week and got me curious as I can't find any record of this logo, knob combo and ESP logo on 12th fret in any archive. 

Thanks in advance for any help! I've been down a rabbit hole all day on this one

Edit:12th fret inlay says 'ESP' 

Hey JB. It's legit, from the mid to late 90s.

Hi, how about this LTD M1000? Supposedly MIK made in 2018. This one comes without OHSC, are they supposed to? 

Hey Robin. Yes, it's legit and Korean made. It looks great in white! It's a 2018 model. I don't remember if the 1000 level guitars come with a case, but I suspect not. Any "strat style" case should work for it.

Need a second opinion on this one. SV Standard, missing the 'Made in Japan' sticker, but comes with an ESP case. Price is $ 870 in case you're wondering.  

Hi,

ist this the right thread to ask about a M1000-HT KOA which I cannot find in the catalogues?

It has a fixed bridge, and Seymour Duncan Pups, but the type label is in the 12th fret and says M1000. The catalog model of 2017 has the label on the little plate above the neck nut and not in the frets.

Tthe catalog of 2016 however shows the same model name with the label in the 12th fret, but this one has a tremolo and DiMarzios. So that's not it.

What model is mine? Do I have to be concerned?

Regards, Georg

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Hi Georg. ESP stopped the 12th fret inlay through the 2017 year for the 2018 models. It was found most often in guitars made in the second half of the year. If the photos above are your guitar, it's a 2017 model, and legit.

Hello, I'm very interested in the guitar pictured below and was hoping you guys could let me know if there is anything sketchy about it or raises any red flags. Pictures are from the listing.