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ESP LTD AX50 Electric Guitar

Agathis body. Bolt-on maple neck. ESP humbuckers. Tune-o-matic bridge.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
 
 

"BRILLIANT GUITAR FOR ITS MONEY."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 10/20/2008
Style of Music: METAL!!
Musical Experience: Hobbyist
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

 
Feature:
The guitar features a 3-way pickup change, which is perfect for this guitar..one tone knob and one volume knob...my volume knob fell off and it is kind of hard to change the volume while playing because now I have to use my fingers to change the volume instead of my palm area...but I normally manage because I am usually playing throughout the song, but it may bother you if you want to create melodies using the volume knob..

Quality:
I have the black colored one which looks HOT. Most people are in awe of the curves(including me) and if you buy it, you will be amazed by the looks of the guitar, and besides my volume knob falling off, i have no trouble with quality, its ESP, and they are known for METAL guitars, and this is no exception..

Value:
220$ is an AMAZING price for this guitar. THIS GUITAR IS WORTH THE MONEY. Period.

Desirability:
This guitar is one of the hottest guitars around now...that's all i need to say, if you need more info...LOOK AT THE GUITAR!!!

Sound:
The distortion sounds great for a guitar this cheap...i have seen ibanez guitars which haven't matched up to this guitar, and those are almost double the price of this ESP guitar...the clean sound doesn't sound the best, which is why you might need to change your pickups if you are going to play a lot of music on the clean channel...

Ease of Use:
Its got XJ frets which in my opinion is the easiest to play..and otherwise its like any other good guitar...its a guitar man, how hard can it get????

Support:
I had to call them to actuall decide on which guitar, and they were very informative, which allowed me to make the right choice for sure..and i have not called them since, because i haven't had any trouble with the guitar...

Overall:
I love the guitar, its a perfect metal guitar, and when people ask me how much it cost me, they shake their heads in disbelief!! If you like metal, and want to play metal, and you want a good starter electric guitar for metal, then look no further.

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"Great value for a well built guitar."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 6/13/2007
Style of Music: Metal, Classical, Punk, Hard rock
Musical Experience: Hobbyist

 

 
Feature:
My ax has a bass wood body, which makes for one extremely light guitar. In fact, its probably one of the lightest guitars I've ever played, which is great for gigging and standing for hours on end. The draw back to the body wood is that the tone suffers a bit, sounds a bit thin and isn't as thick and full a sound. 1 volume, 1 tone, 3 way pickup selector, in my opinion thats just perfect. The guitar looks amazing, mine is the silver one, which is one wickedly delicious finish.

Quality:
Everything seems fine here, my only complaint is that the guitar just seems too light, which makes it feel quite cheap. As far as the actual quality of the guitar is concerned though, everything seems great except the tuning machines are a little sloppy and not as smooth as I'm used to, however, I've had no tuning problems or the like.

Value:
Great value, especially for me, I got mine free. Great for a beginner metal guitar.

Desirability:
I'm glad I have it, but I probably wouldn't have bought it myself, as I won it in a contest.

Sound:
This guitar actually sounds really good for the price, especially with high gain using the bridge pickup. I own an esp eclispe as well, and unfortunately the eclipse just blows this thing out of the water. This guitar is definitely made for metal, some lead work, but probably best suited to rhythm playing. but for the price, you really can't go wrong as far as sound is concerned.

Ease of Use:
The guitar has amazing playability, extremely fast neck, 25.5 scale, which is my favorite, great fret spacing. I actually won my ax in a contest on the ESP website, so the boys down there did a custom setup on mine, d'addario 10-46's, no fret buzz, low action, needless to say its perfect to play.

Support:
I contacted them once, they got back to me right away, but I needed a part, and they they don't sell parts, and that blows.

Overall:
The look of the guitar is great, sound is a bit weak, playability is awesome, really light, good for gigging, comfortable to play for the most part.

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"Best Buy."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 9/2/2009
Style of Music: Rock, Metal, Experimental, Ska
Musical Experience: In a band
Location: Newcastle, NSW, Australia

 

 
Feature:
My guitar came with a Ernie Strap ($22) and a Tourtek Lead ($35) for free which I was pretty happy with, The only thing I can say is to upgrade the pickups, I plan on getting an EMG for my treble pickup as it is all I use and dont see the need for an extra at the front.

Quality:
Guitar came fine, nothing wrong with the paint, it even came fully tuned up, For the price I payed im extremely happy.

Value:
I payed $500 for my Ax-50, it was marked down from $700 because I know the owners of the shop and got about $60 free gear with it. I was extremely happy with my purchase and from now on Im thinking off sticking with Esp\Ltd and I recommend you do to.

Desirability:
Epic, this guitar looks F**king beast!

Sound:
Absolutely love the sound, I baught this guitar today and have upgraded from an Epiphone Les Paul Standard, I prefer this axe so much more and it was half the price.

Ease of Use:
Guitar feels lovely, I remember seeing at it in the shop thinking it would be bulky and heavy I picked it up plugged it into a roland cube 30 watt turned gain right up and started shredding, It felt so natural with the neck and the shape.

Support:
Havent needed any support with it.

Overall:
Get it, all I can say.

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"You Cant Go Wrong"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 11/13/2005
Style of Music: Metal,
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Wa

 

 
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Feature:
The only reason i gave this guitar a 9 is becuase it cam with a toggle pickup switch which im normally not a fan of but that doesnt change anything. I have this guitar in silver and the black hardware on this beast is sweet.

Quality:
Havent had any problems with this guitar yet holds tuning amazing. But i will be putting some better pickups in this guitar soon.

Value:
This guitar makes you feel like a king.

Desirability:
everything is sexy about this guitar

Sound:
OMG this guitar is so sweet. I absolutely love it! I can go from Cash-Dimebag with this axe it does it all.

Support:
Due to how they make their guitars im sure their support is just as good.

Overall:
At the moment their is never gonna be another guitar for me. If this guitar were to ever be ruined it would be the first one i would replace out of all my guitars.

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"Jesus created this guitar, cause no one else can."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
Submitted: 8/18/2008

 

 
Feature:
no accesseries, sadly.

Quality:
when you look at it , it sticks out. i mean its 3-D. its not just a flat guitar, AT ALL! look at the picture and look at the edges, find another guitar like this, it'll take forever.

Value:
take my word for it, its all worth it.

Desirability:
EVERYONE LOVES THIS GUITAR!

Sound:
this has awsome sound. The only thing that takes a while to get used to is where the sound notch thingy is a tiny bit to close to the strings. Sometimes when you're playing and it's in the amp and you don't here it through the amp you would ask yourself "WHAT THE CRAP!?" Still, its awsome.

Ease of Use:
u plug it in and it WORKS! its as simple as that.

Support:
i just got free shiping and it only took about 4 or 5 days, less than a week for me.

Overall:
i always play it, and i always enjoy it, and i think i always will...

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"Needs upgrades"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: bdc_ic_3hotmail.com
Submitted: 2/20/2008
Style of Music: Metal, Industrial, Heavy Shyt
Musical Experience: Active band
Location: Bellaire, Michigan, United States

 

 
Feature:
i couldnt really rate this. nothing extra really

Quality:
Definately cool finish,the stock strinks are pretty much rusty steel cables, so change those like, when u get it. the pickups are shotty, change those too

Value:
Its nice for what your paying for, no doubt

Desirability:
This guitar looks awsome when you acctually get it. nothing but high praises from all that have seen it. get it, love it, people will love it

Sound:
well, until you get new pickups, playing more then one string at a time is a waste of time. the sound is sloppy

Ease of Use:
its a guitar, how hard can it get

Support:
Havent needed any, but im sure its awsome

Overall:
Its a cool guitar. I'm getting new pickups soon so i think ill use this guitar forever. I'm also getting a custom paint job from the company that sells it, ESP. I would recomend this guitar for the price, but its not a pro's guitar by far

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"NICE AX!!!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from flycapeair.com
Submitted: 3/23/2007
Style of Music: METAL!!! (all kinds)
Musical Experience: 1 year
Location: E.Sandwich Massachusetts

 

 
Feature:
it basicly has what you need for a beginner or pro. two humbuckers, tone and volume knobs, and the guitar comes with a good magazine so you con buy more stuff.

Quality:
the one i was sent had a small paint glob on the neck but i guess i was just sent a slightly poor condition guitar. some of the screws were loose but not a big deal. one thing for sure is that the strings ABSOLUTLY!!!! need to be replaced. there practicly steal cables!!!

Value:
probably not worth $250. i own a BC.RICH warlock and i got that for $50 less. try shopping for the right price!

Desirability:
there are guitars that are much better out there, but dont get me wrong this is one great guitar!!!

Sound:
nice but could use some work. great for metal or hardrock.

Ease of Use:
seriously its a guitar, how hard cuold it be to use!

Support:
never called them dont think i'll have too (i dont realy know about ten stars. they get freebie on this one)

Overall:
if your a beginer you want this AX, if you consider yourself pro you might want to do some more shopping for a higher quality guitar. But if you want it go for it and buy it.

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"COolio Producto"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from GMAIL.com
Submitted: 4/19/2006
Style of Music: anythin that sound good
Musical Experience: hobbyist..... active
Location: Louisiana

 

 
Feature:
no accesories.... but that's okay

Quality:
i like satin...

Value:
kinda expensive but worth every single penny and copper wire

Desirability:
i want it

Sound:
3 words - my... ear... hurts...

Ease of Use:
its a guitar... u have to be retarded....

Support:
solid body.....

Overall:
goood amazing excellete

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"its okay"

Overall:
          7 out of 10
Features:
          6 out of 10
Quality:
          4 out of 10
Value:
          7 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          6 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 9/9/2009

 

 
Feature:
it cant hold a wammy bar

Quality:
the paint chips very easily and the poins break

Value:
its worth the money

Desirability:
the crappy paint looks cool

Sound:
it is always out of tune

Ease of Use:
it's pretty easy to use

Support:
they sent it right away

Overall:
its okay

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