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Egitel wrote October 21, 2019 00:19

Hello, I bought this same guitar in April 2018 and I just wanted to make sure I am maintaining it properly as I've read a lot of contradicting information, especially as it relates to ebony fingerboards. So I figured I'd go to the source with a few questions:

1. Are there any specific recommended maintenance procedures for this guitar, and especially for the ebony fingerboard?

2. I know ESP has published videos on restringing a Floyd Rose-equipped guitar, and I've found videos explaining how to use locking tuners properly, but I can't seem to find one on a guitar equipped with both. Is there any chance ESP could publish a video on restringing a Floyd Rose-equipped guitar that also has Gotoh locking tuners such as this one?

3. This is a side question unrelated to maintenance, but when I was first looking for a new guitar, I was initially drawn to the LTD M-1001 Deluxe (it had basically been a dream guitar for me since around 2006 when it was the LTD M-1000 Deluxe). Was I right in thinking the E-II M-II is essentially a step up from that model in terms of hardware and production quality, or are they just different, unrelated products?

Thanks again for your time!

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Carl N. wrote October 21, 2019 16:53

Hey Egitel, hope this information helps.

1. There are a lot of different ways to maintain an instrument. At the very basic end, you can just regularly clean your guitar and ensure your hardware is tight and strings are fresh. For ebony, you can use fingerboard oil to hydrate the fingerboard. Be sure to check out your owner's manual for maintenance basics.

2. The practice is nearly the same as restringing a Floyd Rose with and without locking tuners. I am sure you can just combine the process from each video you have seen in order to restring a Floyd Rose bridge with locking tuners.

3. Yes, E-II instruments can be seen as a step up from LTD instruments. They are produced with tighter quality control and higher end components.

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Egitel wrote October 21, 2019 17:10

Hi, Carl, that does help, thank you! I had read a few posts from random people that seemed to indicate lemon oil was not safe to use with ebony, so I got a bit concerned. Glad to see that is not true. As for the locking tuners I thought that might be the case, so I'll go ahead and do that.

Thanks again!

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Carl N. wrote October 21, 2019 18:29

Hey Egitel, it depends. There is a great range of lemon oil based products and each use their own concentration of lemon oil within. Pure lemon oil is a bit harsh for most fingerboards but the guitar formulated stuff should be fine as it is not concentrated lemon oil. If properly applied you'll be fine, you're not soaking the fingerboard in this stuff, just applying a small amount. Personally I prefer butcher's block oil, but to each their own.

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Nicolas V. wrote November 23, 2019 17:39

I have been playing my ESP-MII for over 10 years, recording, gigging...Ebony Fretboard - always used the same lemon oil - Dunlop 65 - you are safe using that .

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Brian R. wrote October 17, 2019 16:26

Hi, what's the fret material on this guitar? Nickel or stainless?

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Carl N. wrote October 18, 2019 15:49

Hey Brian, these will currently be equipped with nickel/silver frets, hope this helps!

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Aj G. wrote October 08, 2019 19:02

By any chance can this guitar be ordered with a fixed bridge?

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Carl N. wrote October 09, 2019 15:54

Hey Aj, E-II instruments are produced with the specifications we have listed on our site, we do not offer one-off deviations from these designs/specs though our custom shop can handle nearly any instrument you can dream up!

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