USA M-II HARDTAIL
USA M-II HARDTAIL
M-II HARDTAIL
ESP USA

Crafted at our ESP USA facility in Southern California, the USA M-II Hardtail offers a high-end take on one of the world’s most beloved shred guitars. It offers a mahogany body with bolt-on construction to its extra thin U-shaped quarter-sawn maple neck with natural satin finish for the smoothest and fastest playing experience. Optional premier-quality figured-wood tops are available on the USA M-II Hardtail including flamed maple, quilted maple, lacewood, zebrawood, and koa, with a variety of amazing translucent gloss and satin finishes to choose from, as well as both maple and ebony fingerboards with clean abalone dot inlays.
The parts and components on the USA M-II Hardtail are second to none, and include 24 extra-jumbo Jescar stainless steel frets, a Hipshot hardtail fixed bridge, a bone nut, Gotoh Magnum Lock tuners, Dunlop strap locks, and a variety of high-end Seymour Duncan, EMG or Fishman pickups, with a push-pull coil split control on the tone knob for passive pickup models. The USA M-II Hardtail includes a high-quality ESP USA form-fitting hard shell case.
FEATURES

Graphite Neck Reinforcement Bars
Get maximum strength and stability from your guitar’s neck, with higher long-term reliability. All ESP USA models are made with two high-strength bars of carbon fiber.

Open Grain Finish
On ESP USA models with Open Grain Ash bodies, we shoot just enough finish to seal and protect the wood, but we leave the grain open for a rugged look and better resonance from the body wood.

Deep Dish Jack
In addition to looking sleek, the Deep Dish jack installed on ESP USA models has the added benefit of providing the depth and angle of the cable to be easily looped around the player’s strap to better protect the cable from crimps or other damage.
BODY
- BODY WOOD:
- Mahogany
- BODY THICKNESS:
- 45mm
- NECK CONSTRUCTION:
- Bolt-On
NECK
- NECK WOOD:
- Quarter Sawn Maple
- SCALE LENGTH:
- 25.5”
- NUT WIDTH:
- 43mm
- NUT TYPE:
- Bone
- FINGERBOARD RADIUS:
- 305mm
- NECK CONTOUR:
- Extra Thin U
- THICKNESS @ 1ST FRET:
- 19mm
- THICKNESS @ 12TH FRET:
- 21mm
- FRETS:
- 24 JESCAR FW57110 XJ Stainless
- NECK FINISH:
- Natural Satin
- HEAD CAP:
- Matching Top
- TRUSS ROD:
- 2 Way Adjustable w/ Graphite Reinforcements
HARDWARE
- BRIDGE:
- Hipshot Fixed
- TUNERS:
- Gotoh Magnum Lock
- STRAP BUTTONS:
- Dunlop Locking
ELECTRONICS
- CONTROLS:
- Vol/Tone/3-Way Switch
- OTHER:
- Push Pull Coil Split on Tone (Passive P.U. Only)
PLAYABILITY & SETUP
- STRINGS:
- D’Addario NYXL REG LITE (.010 - .046)
- CASE:
- ESP USA Form Fit
PERSONALIZED OPTIONS
- TOPWOOD:
- Flamed Maple / Quilted Maple / Zebrawood / Lacewood / Koa / Open Grain Ash / Open Grain Mahogany / Solid Color
- FINGERBOARD:
- Ebony / Maple
- PICKUPS:
- Seymour Duncan Set / EMG Set / Fishman Set: See available sets
- HARDWARE COLOR:
- Chrome / Black / Gold
- FINISH COLOR:
- See available colors
- FINISH STYLE:
- Gloss / Satin