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Rating And Reviews: ESP LTD H-1001FM Guitar

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"Why the esp deluxe will out play most guitar over a grand" submitted December 15, 2010

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Musical Background: musician/recording artist/live guitarist
Music Style: Classical 18th century style guitar/deathmetal/posthardcore/shred
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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 Feature: 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!! Overall: wont need to do anything else to this guitar its a prosetup top of the line!!
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"Great guitar!" submitted December 15, 2011

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Musical Background: 20 years of playing, professional musician
Music Style: Blues, rock, hard rock, metal...
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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 Feature: 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
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"Well worth the price, get it now, you will be happy with this guitar." submitted September 21, 2011

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Musical Background: beginner
Music Style: Metal, Rock, Alt
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Sound: Sound on this guitar is very impressive. Feature: 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. Overall: I will be using this guitar for a long time, one of my favorites.
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"Pretty darn good, with some comments" submitted September 30, 2011

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Musical Background: active musician
Music Style: rock-blues-metal
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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. Feature: 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. Overall: 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.
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