TE-1000

BLACK BLAST

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    TE-1000
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    LTD Deluxe guitars are designed to offer the tone, feel, looks, and quality that working professional musicians require in an instrument, while remaining affordable enough for serious players. The TE-1000 Black Blast offers a bolt-on construction Swamp Ash body with an outstanding textured black sandblasted finish that looks amazing contrasted against its roasted maple neck, with 22 extra-jumbo stainless steel frets and offset abalone dot inlays. This guitar also includes a scalloped fingerboard from frets 17-22 for excellent lead performance expression possibilities. Pickups on this guitar are the Seymour Duncan Sentient (neck) and Pegasus (bridge) set, both splittable with push-push control, offering the perfect blend of articulation and aggression. The TE-1000 Black Blast also features LTD Locking tuners and a Hipshot hardtail bridge with string-thru-body design.

    Construction Bolt-On
    Scale 25.5"
    Body Swamp Ash
    Neck Roasted Maple
    Fingerboard Roasted Maple
    Fingerboard Radius 350mm
    Finish Black Blast
    Nut Width 42mm
    Nut Type Molded
    Neck Contour Thin U
    Frets/Type 22 XJ Stainless Steel
    Hardware Color Black
    Strap Button Standard
    Tuners LTD Locking
    Bridge Hipshot w/ String Thru
    Neck PU Seymour Duncan Sentient *(Push Tone for Split)
    Bridge PU Seymour Duncan Pegasus *(Push Tone for Split)
    Electronics Passive
    Electronics Layout Volume/Tone(Push/Push)/3-way Switch
    Strings D'Addario XL110 (.010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046)
    Case
    Case Included N
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    Gary S
    Gary S wrote

    This guitar looks perfect for me except one thing I cannot stand the finish..... just wish it came in a solid color with a smooth finish or maybe another color sand blast

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      Daniel E.
      Daniel E. wrote

      I'll probably not ever even play this guitar but I'm here in support of the 22 frets. An extra 2 frets is not worth the sacrifice in tone you're making by pushing the neck pickup so close to the bridge, I wont even play "LP" style guitars that have 24 frets. IMHO if 24 frets is so important to you then just play one of the ten million RG style super strats on the market and leave us our single cut 22 fret guitars

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        Garth R.
        Garth R. wrote

        I'm coming around to the 22 frets, as Todd mentioned it will offer a slightly smoother tone in neck pickup position, there are so many other models with 24frets that are ideally designed for high fret lead work where as this I can see stepping in as a mainly rhythm guitar, and it looks amazing in the sandblasted black, I think it would be a shame to cover that lovely finish in a pickguard.

        No reason you couldn't add an aftermarket one Devan C.

         

        This will 100% be my next guitar purchase, have to wait for stock to come in around June though

         

        Does anyone have any opinions on the moulded nut thou? Think at this price point they could have gone with a graphtek.

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          Steven Cooper
          Steven Cooper wrote

          Just the fact that there are scalloped frets on this guitar would indicate that it's being targeted as more of a lead instrument, not so much a rhythm instrument. Any chording that you might do around those frets where the scallops are won't sound right.  A light touch is required on those frets in order to get the proper tones, and of course if you're screaming notes, you'll just bend the hell out of the strings, but if you're going for any chording  It won't sound natural. 

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            Devan Arya
            Devan Arya wrote

            @Steven Cooper They're just scalloped from 17-22, it doesn't affect the sound on chords before the 17th fret.

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              Devan Arya
              Devan Arya wrote

              This is so close to what I have in mind for a 'perfect guitar'. But please, as some people also requested, make this with 24 frets! Satin pickguard would be also cool but it's something complementary but 24 frets!

              Basically the Tele version of the LTD Deluxe SN-1000FR 

              I'm looking for a new guitar to complement my LTD EC Black Metal for ages and this is so close!

              I sign on Garth R.and Pedro G.

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                Frog M.
                Frog M. wrote

                I am not a traditional ESP/LTD player.  I don't really play or listen to any modern metal, nor do I downtune any further than Eb.  Very standard and bland with my usual choices.  Strat, les paul standard, les paul dc jr, jazzmaster. That being said, I have heard nothing but positive things about ESP and LTD guitars and have many friends who swear by them. This model is EXACTLY the type of model that gets someone like me interested in checking out your instruments. Non-glossy neck, traditional shape, 22 frets, simple construction, all with a little edge to it that makes it your own.  I would love some colors, like a purple or a red, however, I can't be picky.  Great job! I will certainly be giving it a shot.

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