ESP LTD H-1001 Electric Guitar
With a macassar fretboard on a razor-thin U-shaped maple neck set into a deeply cutaway mahogany body, the H1001 delivers serious sustain and playability.
$1,099.00
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- 12 x$91.58
- 8 x$137.38
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Overall User Ratings (based on 14 ratings)
Submitted December 15, 2011 by a customer from gmail.com
"Great guitar!"
Sound
I have Gibson LP Studio and Fender Vintage 57 Hot Rod Stratocaster and i wanted to have guitar with hotter pickups.
I was trying a lot of guitars at guitar shop but this guitar knocked me down. From rock to metal, this guitar can do everything. Fantastic playability, great neck and hot pickups, this is guitar from my dreams! I had a lot of guitars (ibanez prestige series, jackson`s, dean`s)but this guitar is better all the way. It sounds great at Marshall JVM205 amp but I was blown out when I plug it into the Cornford Roadhouse 50w head and 2x12 cab with V30 speakers. Magnificent
Features
Neck is great and fast, it is pleasure to play on it. Set thru and hard tail is great deal, finally you will never ever beg for little more sustain. :-)
Binding is not for everyone, but i have not a problem with it.
Ease of Use
As I sad, this guitars sings through Marshall JVM 205 and Cornford Roadhouse 50 amps. Finally Cornford shows us all muscles he has and I could not left guitar from my hands ;-)
Quality
I do not see any problem with quality even it is made in Korea. Fro me is almost everything perfect...
Value
Try this guitar at guitar shop through some great amp and You will be more than satisfied. Great deal
The Wow Factor
I wanted so bad and now I can not take my hands from it :-) My favorite guitar
Musical Background:
20 years of playing, professional musician
Musical Style:
Blues, rock, hard rock, metal...
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Submitted September 30, 2011 by a customer from hotmail.com
"Pretty darn good, with some comments"
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As far as playability this guitar is fantastic. I was a little disappointed with the fret board roto-zip thing and the setup being so far off out of the box, but in the grand scheme this thing should keep me happy for a long time.
Sound
My rig: Peavey 6505+ combo with 2x12 extension. Tubescreamer and crybaby in front, delay in the loop. This guitar sounds exactly how you would expect, very aggressive. I play in a rock cover band and use this for our heavy songs, sounds pretty much exactly how I wanted. The EMG’s cut like a knife in the mix. I gave it a 10 because it sounds how I expected it to sound, someone else may think it sounds horrible.
Features
It has some nice features for the price range. Tone-Pros locking bridge, ESP locking tuners, excellent EMG pickups. Dual adjusting truss rod in the neck.
Ease of Use
As far as playing the instrument, it's design is superb for speed and access to the upper registers. You can get all the way to the 24'th fret easily. There is hardly any heel at all to work around. The neck is thicker, almost strat thick, but it fits me personally very well. My expectations were exceeded in this area.
Quality
Middle of the road here for initial quality. Unfortunately the guitar arrived in desperate need of a setup. Fret buzz everywhere, unplayable. I suppose it could have been environmental but I don't think anyone bothered to check the setup before it was shipped to me. Nothing that couldn't be corrected. The other small complaint is the quality of the work between the frets on the edges of the fretboard. Upon close inspection it looks like they took a rotozip and ground down the ruff edges, leaving an uneven look to the board. You really can't feel it though, and you can't see it from a distance. Never seen anything like it on any of the guitars I've purchased over the years. They also only use one screw to hold the truss rod cover on the headstock. The bottom of the cover kind of sticks out as a result. Honestly how expensive could two screws be? Overall I expect this guitar to last pretty much forever with standard maintenance.
Value
Pretty good value I think. I looked at many guitars at this price point, and for me this was the best combination.
Manufacturer Support
Never dealt with them.
The Wow Factor
I love how this guitar looks. However I could understand if others were interested in a more subtle instrument. It may suffer from excessive "bling" with all the binding work.
Musical Background:
active musician
Musical Style:
rock-blues-metal
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Submitted December 15, 2010 by a customer from yahoo.com
"Why the esp deluxe will out play most guitar over a grand"
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wont need to do anything else to this guitar its a prosetup top of the line!!
Sound
well its mahagony body set neck thru so the sustain is amazing!!
And of couse the emg 81/85 combo is the best pickups ever made. Perfect for anystyle.
I play classical 17th century style guitar and deathmetal and this guitar is perfect for both
Features
locking tuners ARE EPIC!!
Stays in tune so well and changing strings takes 5 mins! just put the string through the tuner hole and turn the knob on the back and cut! So much easier than looping the strings around on normal tuners.
Earvane Compensated nut, this thing makes every note stand out crystal clear and sharp. No dead spots.
Tone pros bridge is always a go to!!
Im not too much of a fan of floating trem,s
Ease of Use
esp doesnt set up your guitar at their factorys so youll have to find a guitar shop. Personally i know a luthier of 27 years so i took it to him, cost around 40$$ dont pay more than 40 or your gettin ripped off.
after the setup it plays unbelievable!!! no string tension
Quality
Gorgeous finish!! this guitar is solid and made to last. I will be touring with this guitar in the future!! really stands out on stage
Value
would have paid over a grand and got it for only 750!!!!
The Wow Factor
seriously this guitar is ridiculous!!
Musical Background:
musician/recording artist/live guitarist
Musical Style:
Classical 18th century style guitar/deathmetal/posthardcore/shred
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Submitted September 3, 2014 by Jim L
"Disappointed, but in ESP, not Zzounds."
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I had hoped this guitar would be like the E-II I had gotten from zZounds. On paper, it sounded good, all the right parts. And zZounds got me a great price and was outstanding in their support. But the finish, under the final clear coat, was terrible; I counted 15 cup-like holes in the black finish on a portion of the back alone (and just stopped looking any closer) and a deep scratch across the binding on the face. It was a new guitar, and zZounds promptly offered a return/replacement, but then it turned out they didn't have any more. It would have been a return only. I rationalized the finish problems away, only to discover that the nut was cut way too high. This makes the guitar only comfortably playable from like the third fret and higher. So I waited too long to return it and am faced with a remove/replace job on the nut, or a re-slotting job, and reslotting takes more skill and tools than a remove/replace. It is just sitting there now. When I did play it some, it sounded great, neck above fret 3 played nice, so the potential is there. Just pretty disappointed in the quality from ESP.after two other outstanding quality ESP guitars of recent purchase. I should have bought the F-350.
Sound
The EMG 81/85 combo is deservedly worthwhile. Great neck except as noted. Actually the overall guitar is nice and light, fits well. Sounds good, different from my usual passive pickups, but still good. I haven't played it for more than a few hours as yet due to previously mentioned nut problems.
Features
I like the string through body, although I wish the strings didn't touch the back of the bridge. They don't touch on my other guitars with a similar string though body feature. I might have to look at that later, but for now it doesn't seem to affect the sound. I thought the binding might be gaudy, but it looks good up close. I think this guitar could use the Graphtech ResoMax NV2 tune-o-matic bridge, rather than the bridge it has, as this would likely eliminate the strings-touching-back of bridge issue, and I like the string saver style.
Ease of Use
The neck and action above the 3rd fret are great. The guitar sounds good. It is my first active pickup ESP, the other two being passive.
Quality
Overall mechanical quality (excepting nut) is excellent. I think it should last quite a while.The strings touch the back edge of the bridge, so this might need attention later. The neck is nicely blended with the body, even though it is a set-through neck, not a neck-through. Finish was sub-standard, far below my other two ESP's.
Value
If the finish and nut deficiencies were not present, and assuming the bridge isn't a long term issue, this would be a great guitar. I can fix the nut; the finish I will just live with. The bridge I can replace at dead worst, but right now it is set up with near perfect neck action so I am loath to mess with it much.
Manufacturer Support
I have not (yet) dealt or communicated with ESP. I plan on it though.
The Wow Factor
It LOOKS great, has the right components, pickups are what I wanted, locking tuners, just needs some unexpected care. If I had to do it again, I would just buy the ESP F-350 though. But this is what I have, now and will work through the issues. Like I said, Zzounds got me a great price.
Musical Background:
I have been playing on and off since 1961.
Musical Style:
rock mainly, whatever makes me happy
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Submitted May 28, 2014 by Billy D in Seymour, IN
"Love this guitar!"
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This guitar has incredible tone and a very fast neck! Excellent for play heavy metal and hard rock! The EMG 81/85 combo is stellar and sounds amazing with my amp. Only downfall is that the battery compartment is not a latch release, so you have to use a screwdriver. But that has literally no negative impact on the product. I ordered it on Wednesday and received it Saturday morning, so shipping was fast and easy. And the play as you pay plan rocks! Keep up the great work!!
Musical Background:
i have played for 10+ years. i play guitar and learned by listening.
Musical Style:
Heavy metal, Hard Rock, thrash metal, Black Metal
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Submitted September 21, 2011 by a customer from gmail.com
"Well worth the price, get it now, you will be happy with this guitar."
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I will be using this guitar for a long time, one of my favorites.
Sound
Sound on this guitar is very impressive.
Features
N/A
Ease of Use
Very easy, the action is incredible on this axe.
Quality
This guitar is very well made, it arrived in perfect condition.
Value
The pricing on this guitar is a major steal, you get more then what you pay for.
Manufacturer Support
N/A
The Wow Factor
The see-thru black cherry on this guitar is very nice and the binding complements it.
Musical Background:
beginner
Musical Style:
Metal, Rock, Alt
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