The ESP Guitar Company

Finally, I found one. The design is gorgeous and the sound is very heavy with the EMG pickups but we can have a "sharper" sound by splitting them.

It's a lovely guitar.

Just bought this guitar. 

I am amazed at how great it sounds out of the box. The finish is truly sumptuous and the pickups create such a warm, deep sound. It was fitted with the 57/66 TW set which means that you can go from humbucker to single coil by pulling out a knob, so to speak. There is some travel on the sound, with the bridge sounding a bit more twangy - not too much, but enough for country. The neck is deep and rich, with a huge dynamic range. Awesome. So glad I bought this guitar. <3

just threw an emg 81x in my eclipse full thick. holy shit you guys should look into that.

Like I wrote in my comment like 11 days ago love the guitar!!! Plays and sounds spectacular. I don't care about the full thickness everyone seems to complain about. I like the skinnier body, but yet it still feels heavy and like it's built like a tank. Awesome guitar. Only suggestions I'd pass along are please put Esp standard back on the guitars not E-II. If I'm paying almost 2 grand I want my instrument to say ESP. I think we should all be able to have that as the name on the headstock n fit in with the big boys like the highly expensive Kirk or James models or the Us custom shop. Put ESP standard or ESP with a small E-II next to it. I love Esp and my LTD but if I'm spending that much please put ESP on the headstock. People will ask whats an E-II then I have to explain. I like it at the 12th fret but it needs to be back on the headstock. I've owned the real ESP Kh2 and these E-IIs deserve to have the ESP name shown. They are essentially the same as the other high end models with pickups, hardware, radius, etc. Which the $1,500 to $3,000 price difference for a Us custom or like my LTD Kh purple sparkle,  the price difference does not equate. $1,200 for LTD purple sparkle kh and then $4,500 for Esp version? C'mon. Scalloped frets, his signature on pickups, Schaller strap locks n other things do not equate to a 3 grand difference. I understand custom and mass produced, but jeez. My dream guitar is a Kh Ouija but the company screwed everybody on those. $10,000 to $12,000? Black, White, Natural.  No way. Ouija graphics don't make a 5 grand difference from his regular Kh2. N the LTD one is fine but nah on the Ouija graphics, messed them up.  At least make the pickups look right on the natural, put the letters across the pickups on covers. Not everyone is making 6 figures or more.  It's just for some rich idiot to put in a display n never play. Not fair to us who actually rock the hell outta these guitars. Kirk was once a dude that couldn't afford high end stuff, I hope he didn't give the go ahead on those prices. N if you make any future Ouijas stop the limited stuff so they can be cheaper and make it a full line like the white zombie which is his worst graphic one. Shoulda been Dracula or at least the bride of Frankenstein one. Other suggestion is please change the flags inlays to a style more appealing. The USA inlays are excellent or make an option to have them abalone or match the finish. Something different. I love ESP but sometimes the outlandish prices of your heroes guitars just shouldn't be that much especially since they are not that much different in specs, hardware, feel, etc. 

So Esp standard on headstock, better flag inlays, and please no more guitars in the 10 grand range for a Kirk or james guitars. Let's not go the Gibson or Prs, way too much money for something that shouldn't be. Hope you guys do his red sparkle Ouija. Ltd at $1,500 yr round model and cover the pickups with the lettering please. For the actual ESP if you did a Ouija again keep it at a standard production custom cost. $3,000 to $4,500. 12 grand? No freaking way. Collectors love you that they can turn it around and sell it for more. Not right. 

Anyway sorry for long post. First guitar was a cheap Ltd and I've been working up to Ltds, now finally an E-II. So next would be Us custom or used Ouija online since you guys will never keep them as a standard production model, which is insane bcuz besides his mummy and regular black it's the most well known Kirk guitar, but you have the white zombie and purple sparkle as standard production?. I'm sure Kirk would ok a standard production Ltd Ouija. Help us Metallica nerds out. I've owned other guitars and liked them but Esp/Ltd will always be the best in my opinion. Keep kicking butt. No hate or ill will just disappointed that I'll probably never have an Esp Kh Ouija and it's gonna take along time to be able to get a Us custom. The E-IIs are perfect price. All these companies are so outlandish on price with "custom shop" stuff. Gib, Prs private stock, etc. Just put more options on the 2 grand guitars. And if you're going to keep the Us custom shop prices crazy high, I prices one out, came to be almost 4 grand. Do payment installments. That's how I got the E-II and Ltd purple. 24 months no interest on an E-II. Freaking awesome. So do that with custom shop so we can get these things. 

Thanks

Just got this red Eclipse a few days ago. Absolutely outstanding! From the look of the red sparkle, the impressive hardware, the amazing ebony fretboard and thin neck, and the best emgs that are equally as good as the Het Set. Job well done Esp. It also goes well with my purple sparkle Ltd Kh602. Rock on