The ESP Guitar Company

I've had one of these in brown burst for 5 years now.  I got it free thru a rewards program at a company I used to work for.  I instantly took a liking to it, being a strat/superstrat guy. 

The pickups were muddy and the frets were dull. Despite those 2 things, I liked it enough to grab an ec401v. This 256 went to my daughter as her first guitar, based solely on the price I got it for. 

Well, I traded an ibanez rg3xxv to get it back. I swapped a set of full shreds (great in short scale mahogany) in it and polished the frets.  It's an absolute beast now! 

The jatoba board darkened a bit, and really compliments the brown color. This is one sexy looker too.  I'd say it's my favorite fancy topped guitar. The flamed veneer is 5a quality on mine.  The back has the nice ribbon quality that African sapele gets.

To express how good these guitars can be, I am selling my 401v.  I also really want an ec1000, but can't justify the money when this guy is so good. Factor in the point that I got it free and it makes it that much better.

It's a keeper for sure now! 

I own 2 the cherryburst and the white one. Love them both, i swapped out the puck up with dragonfire screamers. They sound and play better the my lead guitarist paul reed smiths. People always wanna play my gear. Its funny

I own the ec 256 dbsb for 4 years now. On left handed version. It's my nr 1 guitar and I'm in love with the color, the feel and the quality of the guitar. Although I wasn't happy with the fretboard at the beginning, after a fret dressing and a good setup, the guitar became much better. The pickups are decent, but if you put a set of SD pickups and locking tuners, like I did, you have an ec 1000, with less money than the original. Another happy player....buy it...recommended 

Hi I'm from Indonesia. My EC-256 was made in Indonesia. Couldn't be happier with this stunning guitar  

these pickups are either normal size or f-spaced,tks