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ESP LTD MH-250 Electric Guitar See-Thru Black
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A good start... but pickups let it down
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Agathis bodied, neck through with Floyd Rose Special and ESP branded EMG passives (I believe)..... the neck is a bit thicker then my other neckthru (an Ibanez RGT) and its a bit louder acoustically. However the ESP pickups are not very good at all. No warmth to them, quite sterile and no character. At a recent gig I managed to get the soundguy to compare this to my RGT42 (with an Evo2) and a Washburn KC90v (21 year old, with a Seymour Duncan JB). He said that compared to the other two, it was thin. The Washburn just won out against the RGT because it had a little more depth, but he said it was miles ahead of the ESP. I'm gonna put a V2 in the RGT (a big fan of the V2) and try the EVO2 in the ESP to see if it makes a great difference, otherwise I'll sell it...
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| Action, Fit, & Finish |
Setup from the shop was a little high, but soon brought back down... Hardware and finish were faultless, and the pickup balance seemed quite good. Three way switch with a push-pull tone pot for coil tap. From the shop, the pot's feel cheap. The tone pot, with its push-pull, is already loose and wobbles even though the nut is done up tight. The FR Special seems to be aok, and is cosmo black, but my acid sweat is already causing a little discolouring.
Flutters well and returns to tune well. But seriously let down by the pickups
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| Reliability & Durability |
Had the guitar for 6 months, and it seems ok finish wise. However in comparing it to the similarly priced RGT42, I would say go for the Ibanez every time - and I am not just saying that for Jemsite as I own roughly an equal split in Washburns and Ibanez. The ESP was an experiment because I've always fancied a George Lynch guitar and I wanted to see what the LTD's were like as my favourite GL model (the serpent) I've only seen in LTD's. They're ok, but they don't shine - if that makes sense
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| Customer Support |
Not dealt with, so sorry...
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| Liked about it |
1) FR even though a special, seems good quality and holds tune well
2) neck thru, good upper fret access
3) beautiful flame matched black top
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| Didn't like |
1) pickups. Terrible, terrible, terrible
2) feels cheap compared to the RGT42...
3) cheap and nasty pots
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| Overall satisfaction: |
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2.5 |
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