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Stephen H.
Stephen H. wrote

This guitar is just too Awesome not to come with Passive pickups.What do you say ESP? Slap in some Duncans and watch the orders roll in.

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    Todd B. ESP
    Todd B. ESP wrote

    Hi Stephen, thanks for letting us know. It's always a difficult choice to choose pickups for every model, however I can say that you will continue to see more new model releases featuring passive pickups. Also if you haven't tried these EMG pickups, I suggest you do. They do not sound like your typical EMG 81!

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      Ralf v.
      Ralf v. wrote

      I'm very interested in this guitar, but am unable to find a lot of media on it online and I don't have access to this model in a nearby store to test drive it. Is there any sources/reviews available on this guitar?

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        Todd B. ESP
        Todd B. ESP wrote

        Hi Ralf, thanks for letting us know about this. We will be doing a video for this guitar, however it's a brand new model for this year and just became available recently.

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          Gav King
          Gav King wrote

          Hi Ralf, here's my review/playthrough of it. It's a great guitar!

          https://youtu.be/Z5CSCMqv22A

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            Todd B. ESP
            Todd B. ESP wrote

            Thanks for sharing that Gav!

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              Dustin H.
              Dustin H. wrote

              Any update on the avg weight of this guitar? I'm not seeing it posted here. Thanks

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                Todd B. ESP
                Todd B. ESP wrote

                Hey Dustin, sorry about that and thanks for your patience. I think I told you these would be between 7-8 lbs, which is common for our M or MH series. It turns out this TE-1000 ET model is a bit heavier, coming in at just over 9 lbs (about 9.25lbs). It's common that each model will have a slightly different weight so it's possible you can find one lighter but probably not under 8 lbs. hope that helps.

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                  Dustin H.
                  Dustin H. wrote

                  Thanks Todd, that does help. I appreciate you following up

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                    Todd B. ESP
                    Todd B. ESP wrote

                    Sure Dustin, Glad I could help.

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                      Dustin H.
                      Dustin H. wrote

                      This would've been the perfect guitar for me but the weight was a deal breaker. I know some people think heavy guitar=better tone but I haul my guitars all over the city to gigs / practice etc and 12 lbs is way too much. Not to mention being on stage with this slung on you for an hour or more and you'll definitely feel it.

                      Would love to have seen the body contoured down, which I'm confident that ESP could do while maintaining their TE shape. Its a shame. I was gonna get this. Love the Evertune bridge, ebony fret board /w 24 frets, set thru, and the finish.  Very cool & classy headstock shape too.  Almost checked every box.

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                        Todd B. ESP
                        Todd B. ESP wrote

                        Hi Dustin, Sorry to hear that. I understand about guitars being too heavy. Where did you see that the weight is 12 lbs? That seems a bit extreme and I doubt that this model weighs that much. If you would like the average weight for this model we can post it here for your reference in case you may still be interested.

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                          Dustin H.
                          Dustin H. wrote

                          Yes I'd still be interested if it's substantially less than that. If it's 7-8 lbs, I'd definitely be into it. A seller on reverb told me 12 lbs. Thanks Todd! 

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                            Todd B. ESP
                            Todd B. ESP wrote

                            Hi Dustin, sorry for the late reply. The weight should be in that range. I'll get a confirmation at the beginning of next week.

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                              Dustin H.
                              Dustin H. wrote

                              Sounds good.  Thanks Todd

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                                Barnette
                                Barnette wrote

                                when is the lefty version coming out?  also why are none of the 2019 left handed guitars in the left handed section?

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                                  Todd B. ESP
                                  Todd B. ESP wrote

                                  Hi Barnette, The lefty version should be available within the next month or so, depending on who has already placed orders for them or not. They will be going up on our site soon, but we have to photograph them first when they come in.

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