ESP LTD MH-103QM Electric Guitar
This ESP shred machine sports HSS pickups, a thin U-shape maple neck with maple fretboard, double-locking Floyd Rose trem, and a stunning quilted maple top.
Overall User Ratings (based on 15 ratings)
Submitted February 23, 2010 by a customer from yahoo.com
"Beautiful looks and sound at a great price!"
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Chosen for great price, and it has the pick-up config & floyd rose that I prefer, great looks, payment plan, and ESP's good reputation. I woule definitely want another like it if something unfortunate were to happen .
Sound
This guitar has an amazing tone! It even sounds good unplugged. The humbucker is strong, yet well defined, and the single-coils have a great jangle, while the 2 "in-between" have the great phasey tone that just jumps out at you.
Features
No accessories, except for the tremolo bar and the hex-wrenches. But none other needed.
Ease of Use
The Volume knob, tone knob and 5-way switch are located in a logical way. The Floyd Rose was set up flawlessly and ready to go...This guitar has incredible sustain.
Quality
The finish is flawless, it had a great lustre. Everything feels solid, and would not hesitate to use this guitar for gigs. I would use a back-up, only because of the nature of a Floyd Rose, which will go out of tune when a string is broken. I believe it is built to last for years of use.
Value
This guitar could eaily sell for 2x the price, very high quality for this price point.
Manufacturer Support
Unrated, has not been needed.
The Wow Factor
This guitar is beautiful and very unique looking. It will stand out in a crowd!
Musical Background:
Music teacher/performer
Musical Style:
Classic Rock, Prog, etc.
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Submitted March 31, 2011 by a customer from gmail.com
"Buy it! Cause you can't do better for the money."
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This is definitely a keeper but I'd like to have a Gibson Les Paul in future. I'll see how long I stay with.
Sound
It sounds great. When it first arrived I played on it 2+ hours a day. Now the strings are all out of wack. I think they must have put some cheap string on it. I plan on remedy that soon. It sounds great and plays like dream. The five way switch is great too. Lots of differing sounds and tones. Great guitar!
Features
The most useful feature was the manual that came with the guitar. I learn more in that book than I've know about guitars in 40 some years of picking them up and putting them back down. Besides that, the Floyd Rose locking system is great thought a little touchy. The knobs are indented and turn smooth like quality.
Ease of Use
Everything is where it's supposed to be.
Quality
For $300 I don't see how they do it. Everything was quality checked at some point because they are stickers signing off different areas. Seems very well made. The finish is great better than the picture. Everyone I show it to just loves it. I don't think I'll be taking it on the road but it wouldn't be a concern if I did. It feels so solid.
Value
Best bang for my buck.
Manufacturer Support
ZZSounds is great so I imagine that support wouldn't be a problem??
The Wow Factor
This piece is a great guitar.
Musical Background:
Hobbyist
Musical Style:
Rock-Progressive
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Submitted March 27, 2011 by a customer from yahoo.com
"beautifull, awsome guitar!"
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I don't see myself purchasing another quitar for a few years. This quitar is so versatile that it fills all my needs.
Sound
this guitar is beautiful in sound and appearance. I ordered from ZZounds and it arrived in a few days. The humbucker,single, single set up provides everything you would want in one guitar. The humbucker provides heavey to classic rock tones, middle single provides a chimy "Strat" sound and neck provides a twangy "tele" sound.
Clean sounds are beautiful and distorted/overdriven are awsome. The fit and finish is beautiful. I love this guitar!
Features
Includes allen wrenches for all adjustments. Tuners, Floyd rose are perfect.
Ease of Use
This is my first "floyd rose" equipped guitar and I love it. I had to set up intonation after the strings got broke in but tuning is so simple.
Quality
This guitar is Beautiful!
Value
I was saving for a Fender which cost hundreds more. This guitar gives me a Strat, Tele and Ibenez all for one guitar.
Manufacturer Support
Have not had to use
The Wow Factor
The quilted Maple blue with maple neck is beautiful. It'll knock your socks off.
Musical Background:
intermediate
Musical Style:
all
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Submitted January 1, 2009 by a customer from yahoo.com
"BUY IT BUT IT BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1"
i will have this guitar forever. i will give it to my kids
Sound
the two single coils are amazing. the humbucker kinda sounds like you have a wah on but its pretty good. master volume and tone so not much mess with. but you get great sound. even though esp is not known for clean tones.
Features
the guitar is great the floyd rose is great no problems. the knobs are metal and look great. the neck is flawless. so smooth and it just feels natural playing. the scalops in between the cut outs allowes great axcess. the fret board is so smooth it looks great. the headstock is pointy but looks great. it would be nicer is it came with a gig bag but other than that its really great
Ease of Use
right out of the box set up is great. when i got it the one of the strings was broken no problem. so i threw ernie balls on it an it was great. the action was amazing. no buzzing on the frets. the floyd takes a day or 2 to break it in so it stays in perfect tune. if you wanna change tuning quick you cant. have a second guitar of if you have another guitar. but thats the price you pay for havin a floyd rose but if you dont mind adjusting springs for different tunings than ok.
Quality
in the picture the finish is much lighter. in real life its dark blue when when in the light you can see the quilted maple. the neck and headstock is great. the back is cut in on the top so it hugs your body it feels natural
Value
well worth it it will be realible for many years. this guitar should be sold for more than 300
Manufacturer Support
i tried calling them and every time i called esp nobody would answer.
The Wow Factor
great looking sounding and feel. buy it if you play any kind of music
Musical Background:
hobbyist
Musical Style:
country, rock, metal, classic rock
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Submitted April 22, 2016 by CHIP K in MENOMONIE, WI
"Just Crazy"
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This guitar is just stupid for the price and the configuration and the looks. Some of us hit that age where we sold out, got a real job, and now we can buy those guitars we wanted as a kid. So I got my American Strat, my Gibson Les Paul, my BC Rich, etc etc etc. I ordered this because I just thought it looked cool. It's amazing.
First, the sound. I think someone mentioned this but each setting on the pickup switch does indeed sound like a different instrument altogether. It is amazing. The finish on the guitar is gorgeous - the best I've seen. The fretboard is super slinky - easiest I have ever used. What can I say, this thing is rad.
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Submitted January 26, 2014 by Robert Moore in Abilene, TX
"ESP MH 103Om"
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This thing really rocks. I just finshed putting it through the paces and for 299 price I feel like im ripping someone off. No real need on support I mean I took it out of the shipping box and was playing a few second later very nice!!!!!!!!!
Musical Background:
18 years off and on. bands ,jamming a couple of talent shows. I play gutair mainly but i would like to learn bass as well.
Musical Style:
Metal,Heavy metal, rock
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Submitted October 31, 2014 by David VanBuren in Sebring, FL
"Attractive guitar"
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Beautiful paint, great sound w/ my small 12 watt tube amp and my 15 watt Fender Solid State on the other end of the room. Had to straighten the bridge up-that was difficult and one of the fine tuner screws are stuck all the way down. I went up from 9's to 11's. I have it playing now quite well after two -3 hrs on that Floyd Rose Special. The whammy bar really bends notes. I need a teacher any suggestions$$$
Musical Background:
nubieeeee
Musical Style:
classic rock jazz-stevie ray vaughn type blues
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Submitted March 18, 2011 by a customer from gmail.com
"BUY IT!"
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Forever
Sound
I paid $300.00 for this guitar. For that price it sounds great. I plan on changing the humbucker but that's my choice. I just want to.
Features
The manual is very informative, really. I learn more from this manual than I've learned in the 30 years I've been playing.
Ease of Use
Best Jackson style guitar I've ever own. Like the guy said "BUY IT! ETC!!!!!
Quality
Well made with an unbelievable finish. A beautiful guitar. The volume and tone knobs are sunk down and fell so professional. Absolutely quite but I've only had it for 2 months. Pots get dust in them and then they make noise, I'll see. Seem like it would last forever. I'd take it on the road.
Value
Unbelievable value! I feel like theft, lol.
Musical Background:
Active Musician
Musical Style:
Rock
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