Man, is it a great time to be in the market for a new guitar! When you can get quality and features like the EC400 offers - at this sick, low price, you must be livin' right or somethin'. The ATS is a set-neck guitar with active EMG-81 humbuckers, plus Grover tuners and the awesome Earvana Compensated Nut for incredible tuning accuracy. ESP builds this guitar with a mahogany body, a 3-piece mahogany neck, a rosewood fingerboard with 22 XJ frets and a Tune-o-matic bridge with a stop tailpiece. It's a classic design with all the updates already done for 'ya!
Grover Tuners
High-quality Grover tuning machines are well known for their precise gear ratio, tuning stability and durability. They make a great complement to the other upscale features of ESP's 400-level instruments.
Double Action Truss Rods
All ESP/LTD guitars and basses feature a 'double-action' truss rod design. Unlike a normal (single) truss rod, this one is adjustable in two different directions. This means that you'll never run into a situation where the neck has 'run out of adjustment'. Regardless of which ESP model you choose, you'll get years and years of playing enjoyment.
EMG Pickups
There truly is no comparison between active EMG's and conventional pickups. EMG's frequency response is shaped much differently. Conventional pickups typically exhibit a dry "peaky" frequency response, while EMG's have a much broader bandwidth that's better for harmonic pull-offs and chord definition. Individual notes have better presence and are dynamic. Playing styles are more pronounced and different techniques can be easily accommodated.
The pickup designs used by the guitar companies are simply old technology. They are easy to design and inexpensive to produce, so there isn't any incentive to improve them. The problem for the player is that those pickups are as outmoded as black and white TV. Until you've experienced playing an EMG equipped instrument, you'll never know how great your playing can be. By using an integrated preamp it
Technical Info
Specifications
Construction: Set Neck
Scale: 24.75 in.
Body: Mahogany
Neck/Fretboard: 3-piece mahogany/rosewood
Inlays: Flags w/model name at 12th fret
Pickups: EMG-81 active set
Electronics: 2 volume, tone, 3-way toggle
Hardware: Black + Earvana compensated nut & Grover tuners
Bridge: Tune-o-matic w/stop tailpiece
Binding: White (neck, headstock)
Frets: 24 XJ
loading...
