AS-1FR

BLACK AQUA SUNBURST

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Guitars, Signature Series Guitars, Alex Skolnick
    AS-1FR
    $1,499.00
    with case
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    Few guitar players of the world merit as much respect as Alex Skolnick. Originally gaining fame as the teenage phenomenon holding down guitar duties for Bay Area thrashers Testament, Alex has gone on to tackle multiple musical genres, including sophisticated jazz playing in his Alex Skolnick Trio. The AS-1FR takes Alex's original design and adds a Floyd Rose bridge for expressive performances. This traditional shape belies its contemporary set of tools that include a set-thru, U-shaped three-piece maple neck for smooth access all the way up and down the fingerboard. Its sound is powered with an excellent set of Seymour Duncan '59 (neck) and JB (bridge) pickups. Its flexible controls include individual volume knobs for each pickup, a tone control with push-pull access to split the neck pickup coil, and a pickup selector toggle. Other high-end components include Dunlop straplok and Grover tuners. The Alex Skolnick LTD AS-1 comes in Black Aqua Sunburst translucent finish over its figured flamed maple top.

    Construction Set-Thru
    Scale 24.75"
    Body Full Thickness Mahogany
    Top Flamed Maple
    Neck 3Pc Maple
    Fingerboard Pau Ferro
    Fingerboard Radius 305mm
    Finish BLACK AQUA SUNBURST
    Nut Width 43mm
    Nut Type Locking
    Neck Contour U
    Frets/Type 22 XJ
    Hardware Color Chrome
    Strap Button Dunlop Straplok
    Tuners Grover
    Bridge Floyd Rose 1000
    Neck PU Seymour Duncan '59*
    Bridge PU Seymour Duncan JB
    Electronics Passive
    Electronics Layout Vol/Vol/Tone(P/P*)/Toggle Switch
    Strings D'Addario XL120 (.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042)
    Case EC GUITAR FORM FIT CASE
    Case Included Y
    Controls
    Controls Alexskolnick
    Media
    2020 NAMM Show: Alex Skolnick Artist Interview

    2020 NAMM Show: Alex Skolnick Artist Interview

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      Manuel A.
      Manuel A. wrote

      Hello, are these still crafted in Korea?

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        Todd B. ESP
        Todd B. ESP wrote

        We are currently manufacturing this model in Korea. However, we constantly monitor production standards at our various factories in Asia where we produce LTD models. Should we determine that a certain facility is capable of manufacturing an instrument to ESP's required standard or better, we may decide to shift production, or in some cases share production of a model, wherever that factory may be located. The guitar should be of excellent quality regardless of where it's made, and it will have passed our own quality assurance testing.

        If you have any questions not answered on our product page, please contact ESP Customer Service at customerservice@espguitars.com

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          Richard R.
          Richard R. wrote

          Is this guitar Full Thickness? Thanks in advance!

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            Todd B. ESP
            Todd B. ESP wrote

            Thanks for your question. It is a full thickness body. We've updated this in the spec, thanks for pointing this out!

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              ScottyJ-Rocker
              ScottyJ-Rocker wrote

              Please offer this model in more colors! Black, Tobacco Burst, Iced-Tea Burst or Wine Red/Burgundy stain are a few ideas! 

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                Carl N.
                Carl N. wrote

                thanks for the insight!

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                  ScottyJ-Rocker
                  ScottyJ-Rocker wrote

                  Thanks Carl. Please consider different colors. This could be a huge competitor to the Axcess which is 4-5x the cost!

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                    Deniz M.
                    Deniz M. wrote

                    Hi,

                    Is the top a veneer or a cap?

                    Thanks.

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                      Carl N.
                      Carl N. wrote

                      if you have any questions you may reach out to our customer service team at customerservice@espguitars.com or https://www.espguitars.com/pages/support

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                        bruno b.
                        bruno b. wrote

                        Hello there... I saw some review online where the blue LTD is different than this one...  There is more blue in the body (Looks more like the ESP Version)... I want to know if the ones you deliver now is this one from the picture or the one with more blue?

                        Also when the paint changed in this version?  Thanks and cheers

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                          Carl N.
                          Carl N. wrote

                          While all of these instruments would be painted with the same color there can be variations within finished instruments, you should also take into account that instruments can appear differently when photographed  vs in person.  There was no change to the finish of this instrument.

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