E-II HORIZON FR-II
E-II HORIZON FR-II
TIGER EYE SUNBURST

Available in classy See Thru Black Cherry Sunburst and Tiger Eye Sunburst finishes, the E-II Horizon FR-II is a guitar designed to handle literally any kind of music with serious professional results for recording and live performance. 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. The E-II Horizon FR-II offers neck-thru-body construction with a mahogany body and arched quilted maple top, and a three-piece maple neck that features an ebony fingerboard with 24 extra-jumbo frets and offset block inlays, and a satin finish on the back for super smooth playability. This guitar offers high-end components that include a Floyd Rose Original bridge, Gotoh locking tuners, and Dunlop locking strap buttons. Pickups on the E-II Horizon FR-II are EMG 66TW (neck) and EMG 57TW (bridge), both with Brushed Black Chrome covers and coil splitting with push-pull controls. Includes an ESP hardshell form-fitting case.
ESP E-II Horizon FR-II Demo by Tsuyoshi Hayashi
Hello, I've noticed that some of your models have "regular" EMG 57 and EMG 66 pickups, while this model has EMG 57TW and EMG 66TW pickups with coil splitting.
My question is the following: if I choose NOT to utilize/activate the coil splitting option/feature with the TW pickups, will the TW pickups in "unactivated mode" sound just like the "regular" pickups? Meaning essentially, that if you have the TW set it makes it pointless to buy the "regular" set since the TW set can sound just like them when they are in the "unactivated mode"?
Or does it sound different from the "regular" pickups, even in "unactivated mode"?
Hi Tony, Very sorry to hear this. Thanks for letting us know your concern.Unfortunately there are some heavily backordered items including some of these newly released models. If you change your mind please check back with us or your dealer later. Sorry we couldn't deliver your request sooner. If you have any other questions please contact our customer service dept at customerservice@espguitars.com