The ESP Guitar Company

It's made in Japan by ESP and it has a really nice neck, great pickups and hardware, and a good finish.

The only problem I've had with the guitar is that the fretboard cracked at the nut when I was tightening it down to tune up.

I believe this was due to my own fault, as I didn't use enough pressure on the Allen key when I tightened it down (perhaps because I was using an old set of Allen keys), but even so, it shouldn't happen with a guitar like this.

I sent it back to ESP in Japan for repair and they replaced the neck with a new one - free of charge!