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Ronn
Ronn wrote

Just received the EC Black Metal guitar yesterday from Musician's Friend. It's totally mind boggling in appearance and sound. As a matter of fact, the tones emanating from the lone Seymour Duncan Blackened Black Winter pickup is mysteriously beautiful! 

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    Todd B. ESP
    Todd B. ESP wrote

    Hi Ronn, Wow, that's great to hear! Glad that you like your new guitar and thanks for sharing this with us. And thank you for choosing ESP!!

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      Ross K.
      Ross K. wrote

      Does the series with the Floyd Rose 1000 bridge have any shims installed under any saddles to match the neck radius ? I just got a new I believe M series,or the one with the Strat style body and I am having some string buzzing issues..I know how to do a truss rod adjustment,,bridge height adjustment and shim saddles and have read that the Floyds are usually 10 degrees and some guitars have saddles pre-installed to match necks radius..just wondering.

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        Todd B. ESP
        Todd B. ESP wrote

        HI Ross, We don't usually install the shims. They are not necessary with our radius. Those shims would typically be used for something like a Fender Strat with a 10" radius. I believe the FR tremolo radius is around 12-14", so it's flatter. I suggest checking your string height across the radius of the neck. If you see that you need to raise a string or lower a string, that might call for a shim under a specific string or set of strings. Ideally you want the strings to be similar to the radius of the neck but it doesn't have to match perfectly. Another thing I recommend checking is the radius at the nut. It's quite possible that a radius of a string may be affected at the nut and can be adjusted slightly by filing the plating in the nut slots. There are some tolerance issues caused by plating over metal parts that are a frequent issue when dealing with things like guitar nuts and saddles. If you can't figure out your string buzzing issues with or related to the FR parts, I suggest taking your guitar to a good guitar tech who can trouble shoot the issue for you.  There are a variety of things that can cause string buzz and sometimes it's hard to diagnose.

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          Richard R.
          Richard R. wrote

          If this had a Floyd Rose I’d buy it without a second thought. I wish more of your EC models had a Floyd Rose option and this seems to be an obvious one that should have it.

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            Todd B. ESP
            Todd B. ESP wrote

            Hi Richard, thanks for pointing that out and for your suggestion.

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              Kay C.
              Kay C. wrote

              Come on, ESP. You know you need a 6 string SG body!

               

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                Todd B. ESP
                Todd B. ESP wrote

                Hi Kay, Thanks for that suggestion.

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                  Sutekh
                  Sutekh wrote

                  Are these being made in Korea again? Mine was Indonesian made but the second image shows "KOREA" on the back..

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                    Todd B. ESP
                    Todd B. ESP wrote

                    Hi Sutekh, We are currently manufacturing this model in both Korea and Indonesia. 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.

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