ESP LTD EC400VF Electric Guitar

Set-neck. Mahogany body. Flame maple top.

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ESP LTD EC400VF Guitar Customer Review

Feature:
good hardware

Quality:
i would have easily paid a couple more hundred bucks for this thing. the finish on mine is flawless and the pictures don't do it justice...just...awesome.i think i'll still be using this guitar ten to twenty years down the road.

Desirability:
I kid you not... i was at a practice the other day and had at least seven or eight girls come up to me and comment on how gorgeous this guitar looks.

Sound:
you can get pretty much any sound you want out of this thing with a little tweaking of the humbucker height. GREAT for metal....and it also sounds great for hendrix srv or slash type stuff. i've even gotten some good john mayer sounds from it.

Ease of Use:
right out of the box i was rockin'.............seriously

Submitted: 6/10/2008

Style of Music: metal,rock,blues


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* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

"Amazing guitar!"

Feature:
Grover tuners, tune-o-matic bridge, two volume and one tone, 3-way toggle switch, Earvana nut. The Grover tuners pretty much keep the guitar in tune at all times, and I much rather prefer the two-volume-one-tone knob set up over the two-volume-two-tone set up seen on the Les Pauls. The flamed maple top is awesome.

Quality:
I had bought mine used (previous owner had it for about 3-4 weeks), but the quality of this guitar is still very good. The glossy finish is almost perfect (I could spot a blemish on the head, but it's hardly noticeable) and one of the strap buttons were loose, but otherwise, it is very well made guitar. I am planning to get it properly set up, however, as there is some string buzz on the 5th and 6th strings.

Value:
Again, as I had bought mine used (with the ESP hardshell case), the value was terrific! But, even then, the price is still great for a well made guitar. The way that this thing was built and finished rivals more expensive guitars. And it sounds and plays just as well...even better, in my opinion.

Desirability:
It has the classic Les Paul shape, but to me, it looks sharper than a Les Paul. The finish on mine, Tobacco Sunburst, is gorgeous. I had seen pictures from the internet, but when I saw it at my local store, it looked even better in real life than in pics. The flamed maple top combined with that particular finish is absolutely stunning...better than any Les Paul Custom from Epiphone.

Sound:
The sound is excellent. I love how the 59 sounds on a clean and slightly distorted setting, perfect for jazz, blues, rock, and other types of genres. The sound is slightly muddy when using high gain though. The JB is also very good on a clean setting, but I tend to use it for distorted rock and metal riffs and it sounds just about perfect. I haven't played a guitar with active pickups yet and I am considering swapping out the JB/59 for a set of EMGs, but I think that will be a very hard decision for me.

Support:
Have not had to deal with the company as of yet.

Overall:
I've been playing for about 4 years and my last electric was an Epiphone Les Paul Special II, so this guitar is a huge improvement over my old one. I've had the opportunity to play both Epiphone's and Gibson's Les Pauls, and I believe that this guitar easily rivals those guitars. If you are looking for a Les Paul-style guitar, you should strongly consider this ESP.

Submitted: 2/2/2008


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The EC400VF features set-neck construction, a mahogany body, and a flame maple top.

Technical Info

Construction/scale: set-neck/24.75 in.

Body: mahogany w/ flamed maple top

Neck/fingerboard: 3-pc. mahogany/rosewood

Nut type/width: Earvana Compensated/42mm

Neck shape: Thin U

Inlays: flags

Frets: 22 XJ

Binding: creme (B/N/H)

Hardware: chrome

Tuners: Grover

Bridge/tailpiece: Tune-o-matic w/ stop tailpiece

Pickups: Seymour Duncan JB (B)/’59 set

Electronics: vol/vol/tone/toggle
Vintage style, feel, and sound at a surprisingly-low price! Mahogany body with flame maple top. Set 3-piece, thin U-shape mahogany neck. Rosewood fretboard with flag inlays and 22 extra-jumbo frets. Symour Duncan JB and '59 pickups. Earvana compensated nut; Grover tuners.

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