ESP LTD EC500 Electric Guitar

24.75 in. scale. Ebony fingerboard. String-thru body bridge. EMG 81/60 pickups.

Item: ESPEC500

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customer reviews

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30 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

4 People wrote reviews

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

"I'm in love"

Feature:
tuners are awesome the thing stays in tune better than I ever thought it would. Intonates amazingly

Quality:
Everything thus far is still factory perfect quality, but I did pretty much just get it, however I'd have to say every part feels like it was built to last

Value:
Worth every penny. If anything ever happened to this guitar I'd cry like a ten year old girl.

Desirability:
When I get old I wont need viagra. Ill Just look at my guitar

Sound:
Just outta the box this thing had a ton of pure raw crunch. Exactly what I was looking for when I decided to purchase this guitar. The 81/60 combo is awesome. I use the guitar mainly for a lot of metal so it definitely suits those needs, but even on the clean channel the active pickups just seem to give it more clarity then you'd ever hear with passives.

Ease of Use:
vol vol tone & toggle does'nt get much easier to make a few simple adjustments to get the sound your lookin for

Support:
Don't know from personal experiece..hopefully never have to, but I've heard good things

Overall:
I love it more than I love Ribs, and I'm a man who LOVES his ribs.

Submitted: 7/10/2008

Style of Music: Metal, Hardcore, Rock, Death Metal

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

"All you need to know is that its an ESP."

Feature:
The pickups, finish and comfort of playing this monstrosity are simply beautiful. This is a well crafted guitar.

Quality:
Better than Gibson.

Value:
Comparing the price and sound of this guitar to anything else on the market in this price range, i wouldn't buy anything else.

Desirability:
If this guitar were a woman, I would do unforgivable things to it.

Sound:
I play this beast of a machine through a Peavey ValveKing Head on a Marshall 1960 cab. To say the least the sound is massive and destructively loud. Very very heavy.

Ease of Use:
Right out of the box - Sounds better than any Gibson I've ever heard.

Support:
Never had to deal with ESP personally so I'm assuming they are damn good.

Overall:
The best guitar I've played for the price. It just sounds amazing.

Submitted: 5/28/2008

Style of Music: Rock, Blues, Metal, and everything else.

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About This Product!
Description
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ESP offers up some new LTD-brand guitars and basses to replace last year's popular Anniversary Series guitars and basses, making them standard models in the LTD line.

The LTD EC-500 guitar replaces the EC-2005 anniversary model in LTD line. It features a set neck 24.75 in. scale design, Mahogany body, 3-piece Maple neck with 24-fret Ebony fingerboard with model name at the 12th fret, string-thru body bridge, and EMG 81/60 pickups.

Technical Info

Construction/Scale: Set-Neck/24.75 in.

Body: Mahogany

Neck/Fingerboard: 3-Pc. Mahogany/Rosewood

Nut Type/Width: Earvana Compensated/42 mm

Neck Shape: Thin U

Inlays: Flags

Frets: 24 XJ

Binding: Triple Creme (B/H); Creme (N); (Triple White (B/H); White (N) on BLK)

Hardware: Black Nickel

Tuners: Grover

Bridge/Tailpiece: Tune-o-matic w/Stop Tailpiece

Pickups: EMG 81 (B)/60 (N) Active

Electronics: Vol/Vol/Tone/Toggle
Elegant vintage style, brutal modern tone! Mahogany body with set, thin U-shape 3-piece mahogany neck. Rosewood fretboard with flag inlays and 24 extra-jumbo frets. High-output EMG 81 and 60 active pickups. Grover tuners; Earvana compensated nut.
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