E-II HORIZON NT-II

Blue Purple Fade

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$2,899.00

with case

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Formerly called “ESP Standard”, all ESP E-II instruments are created at our ESP factory in Tokyo, Japan, and are designed for professional players who accept no compromises in tone, feel, or reliability for their guitars and basses. if you’re looking for a high-performance guitar that will absolutely stand out from the typical instruments out there, the ESP E-II Horizon NT-II with its Blue-Purple Gradation finish is guaranteed to turn heads with its brilliant gradient color scheme over a quilted maple top. But the great looks of this guitar are only the start of the story. It’s a neck-thru-body shred machine, with a mahogany body, three-piece maple neck, ebony fingerboard with 24 extra-jumbo stainless steel frets, and high-end components like a bone nut, ESP strap locks, Gotoh locking tuners, and a Gotoh TOM bridge and tailpiece with string-thru-body design. The sound of the E-II Horizon NT-II comes from a pair of EMG 66 (neck) and EMG 57 (bridge) active pickups. Includes ESP hardshell form-fitting case.

Specifications

Construction Neck-Thru

Scale 25.5"

Body Mahogany

Top Quilted Maple

Neck 3Pc Maple

Fingerboard Ebony

Fingerboard Radius 305mm

Finish Blue Purple Fade

Nut Width 42mm

Nut Type Bone

Neck Contour Thin U

Frets/Type 24 XJ Stainless

Hardware Color Black Nickel

Strap Button ESP Strap Lock

Tuners Gotoh Locking

Bridge Gotoh TOM & Tailpiece

Bridge PU EMG 57TW Brushed Black Chrome *(Pull Tone for Split)

Neck PU EMG 66TW Brushed Black Chrome *(Pull Volume for Split)

Electronics Active

Electronics Layout Volume/Tone/Toggle Switch

Strings Elixir Nanoweb Light (.010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046)

Case MH Guitar Form Fit Case

Case Included Y

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Thomas M. wrote February 25, 2025 03:54

I bought this guitar and it is hands down the best instrument I have ever played, but Imma keep it real with you chief, ain't nobody paying almost 3k for this.

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Mr. Wonderful wrote August 10, 2025 02:47

I paid $1,500 total for a brand new SL2HT in 2006 (look up the price now!). July, 2020, I paid $1,375.95 new for this same EII (less the push/pull feature not yet avail in the model). Guitar prices regrettably are not commensurate with wages, but the people building them need to get paid too. Frustrating indeed, but I would argue that this guitar is nearly as good as my old SL2HT. I absolutely love it and EII is the first brand I consider now. But yes, I hope there are no more price increases in the foreseeable future. It certainly has steered me to getting more gently used gear now.

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Valentyn C. wrote January 17, 2022 11:00

Got this model a week ago, the guitar is cool, beautiful...BUT

the top of the guitar is only remotely similar to the top in the picture, there are no such pronounced patterns, waves of wood fibers.
Also black fingers after playing on it.

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Steve S. wrote February 28, 2022 06:37

They are all slightly different from each other . This is mine ..

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James D. wrote April 24, 2021 23:49

I really wish they would stop trying to make the ebony look darker! I have a hand covered in esp shoe polish! Hope it goes away.

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Todd B. ESP wrote April 27, 2021 01:46

Hi, sorry to hear that.

If you have any questions not answered on our product page or need help with your instrument, please contact ESP Customer Service at customerservice@espguitars.com

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Esp M. wrote July 27, 2022 06:26

wipe down your strings and wash your hands, i have the same guitar and i dont have that problem, u just need clean hands

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Shawn S. wrote December 23, 2020 02:30

My E-II HORIZON NT-II Blue/Purple doesn't have split coils (or at least the controls don't pull up to split). 2018 build - any idea on this. Per the description on this site, it says they're split coils.

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