Kudos to the old members.
Kudos to the old members.
Chilling having a bottle of wine, watching some Metallica vids and gearing up for the European tour dates I have tickets for, and it got me thinking…. ESP Forum, the old days.
So I took a quick browse.
Kudos to the old members for sticking with the site after "The change." From having a quick browse, ye are still the backbone of the community, so just wanted to give respect where respect is due.
Hi there old place.
I have departed this place for quite a while, one or two posts a year. Departed the ESP family a fair few years ago as i let my EC-1000VHB go as i found another more expensive habit, PRS guitars. I got a Tremonti, Studio 22, S2 Vela, SE Mushok (Longest i have ever kept a guitar) and my Gibson Les Paul Standard Faded, as well as my Fender Tele and a Ibanez 7 string. Also have kept my Spector Q4 Pro and now have a Fender Jazz V Partsocaster as well. Kept my Bogner 112, been through a couple of heads but settled on my present pairing of a 6505MH and finally the Mesa Ive always wanted in a Mark V 25W. As for pedals, my rack build is gone and i now have a massive MFer of a pedalboard. Heres some recent and a couple old pics:
Oh, and yeah, i finally changed that 1960s carpet for something a bit more modern.
Still into metal, but Im a Country Bumpkin as well these days, as ive seen everyone from Taylor Swift to Carrie Underwood to Keith Urban and many others, and do at least one metal or country gig a month when i can. Im on twitter more than anything: https://twitter.com/NowJustAndrew
Heres to the stories of all the other old members.
Was it you or the other dude with the Candy apple EXP, or were you the other guy that was a legit Licensed ESP musician? 10 years ago is a long time to try and remember! Especially since all our history was nuked xD
Just remember Pus lives on a Golf Course 
and ESP348 probably still has like 100K worth of guitars under his kids' beds, and that Ferrari gathering dust in the garage!
Mihnea still about?
Trendkill wrote:Was it you or the other dude with the Candy apple EXP, or were you the other guy that was a legit Licensed ESP musician? 10 years ago is a long time to try and remember! Especially since all our history was nuked xD
Just remember Pus lives on a Golf Course
Mihnea still about?
Hey, you're right! $100K+ worth of guitars under my kids bed and I've driven the Ferrari twice in 12 months lol. 
Mesa Sean wrote:ahh the good old days. Just checking in. I used to be Sean106OCD "Pro Paint Job"
How is everyone. I am back on the prowl looking for JH's but everyone is all old like me and no one is selling! haha
Anyway I am Mesa Sean on YouTube. No more guitar videos; YouTube is my full time job now.
I've came back in the last year or so, even though it's not the fast paced forum it use to be. Not sure why it was changed to begin with? It use to be the best IMO.
I was emg32 back then. Remember many great discussions Sean and other older members! Great times!
Yeah good times indeed.
I think the fact that it's not so active anymore is we all got older and well.... the climate of music changed dramatically in the last 10 years. Rock, metal etc. is not nearly as popular as it once was. I mean it still is in the right circles if you follow that style of music.
I remember Ansley (GuitarSlingerAns) getting made at me all the time for using the term "Screamo" lol What ever happened to him. I think he blocked me on Facebook 
Mesa Sean wrote:Yeah good times indeed.
I think the fact that it's not so active anymore is we all got older and well.... the climate of music changed dramatically in the last 10 years. Rock, metal etc. is not nearly as popular as it once was. I mean it still is in the right circles if you follow that style of music.
I remember Ansley (GuitarSlingerAns) getting made at me all the time for using the term "Screamo" lol What ever happened to him. I think he blocked me on Facebook
Ans is doing good. We talked a bit a couple of months ago about his KL's and stuff. He sold all of his Metal guitars and isn't planning on getting back into them. He has a couple of nice vintage acoustics now, and a custom tele. (and maybe a Les Paul, I forgot).
He's quite heavy into cars now.
Road King wrote:The forum, like everything else in the world, had to change to become a safe space for snowflakes. No more shenanigans or flaming noobs. Luckily, there are other forums where I can be appreciated for my stylish and classy arguments.
Yeah, ESP pretty much killed the forum and with it a ton of hype and lost sales on ESP guitars that came from that move. The hype and banter created in the old forum sold alot of ESP and Ltd. guitars IMO.
I was here a long time ago when a lot of those guys on the list were here. Was a busy place then... when the forum changed the place really seemed to die. I just stayed after I found a guy selling his old MC-600 Cavalera Viper and snagged it. First time I bought a guitar online.... Still have that little bastard of a guitar.
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