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ESP LTD EC1000 Deluxe Series Guitar
Web Item #ESPEC1000
Overall User Ratings
- Overall:
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9.6 out of 10
- Quality:
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9.8 out of 10
- I Want It:
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9.6 out of 10
- Ease of Use:
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9.6 out of 10
- Features:
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9.5 out of 10
- Value:
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9.4 out of 10
- Sound:
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9.5 out of 10
- Support:
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9.5 out of 10
ESP LTD EC1000 Deluxe Series Guitar Reviews
- 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
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User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 2/23/2006
Style of Music: Classic Rock, Blues
Experience: Active Musician
Location: New Carlisle, Ohio USA
"Plays as beautiful as it looks."
This reviewer purchased this item from Same Day Music.
Feature:For the price you simply cannot beat this guitar. I don't think a guitar costing 3 times as much would be any better. WOW!
Quality:
I opened the box and 3 hours later I am still smiling. What an absolutely beautiful work of art! The real beauty is when you plug it in and start playing.
Value:
It doesn't get any better than this!
Desirability:
The guitar fits me like a glove and the neck plays like an old familar friend! Nice job ESP.
Sound:
This guitar has the best tone and sustain of any guitar I have ever owned. I have been playing for 30 years and can honestly say this is a beautiful piece of workmanship. Thanks for a great guitar ESP!
Ease of Use:
I plugged this beauty into a cheap amp and it sounded like I was playing through a very expensive stack. A sure sign of a great guitar.
Support:
I called ESP with some questions and they were very supportive and informative. I will definitely buy another ESP guitar soon.
Overall:
I will play this guitar until I am old and grey.....will still try even then!
- Overall:
- 9 out of 10
- Features:
- 8 out of 10
- Value:
- 10 out of 10
- I Want It:
- 10 out of 10
- Sound:
- 9 out of 10
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User: a customer from sbcglobal.net
Submitted: 8/7/2005
Style of Music: From progressive rock to metalcore
Experience: Active Musician
Location: Saint Louis, Mo, United States
"A super awesome guitar."
This reviewer purchased this item from Same Day Music.
Feature:From my experience so far, the locking tuners haven't really impressed me. The guitar is very well intonated though and sustains for days.
Quality:
Very well made, the neck pickup was a little shaky but I tightened it a little and it's fixed. The finish is beautiful and the hardware is chrome but doesn't look cheap like chrome tends to.
Value:
I definetly believe the price is worth it. It's been said before but I would compare it to a Les Paul. It's even more playable, and the natural sound is very cool. So it would definetly be worth more.
Desirability:
I like this thing a lot, it's prettier than any other guitar I've ever owned. It feels excellent in my hands, and fretting and bending are super smooth. I think it has excellent sex appeal.
Sound:
The sound is very balanced. The pickups really bring this out. The only complaint I have is the pickups are kinda harsh in the midrange. The JB that is.
Support:
Haven't had to deal with them.
Overall:
The only thing I might experiment with is different bridge pickups. Not because this one is bad, but because I had that in mind to begin with. I wanted a more high gain pickup. The JB is super good, but because the guitar sounds that balanced acoustically, I don't know if I could attribute that to the pickup. I will be happy with this guitar for a long time.
- 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
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User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 8/28/2006
Style of Music: Heavy metal hard rock stuff like slayer ozzy pantera megadeth nevermore.
Experience: Active Musician
Location: Cambridge Ohio
"Zakk Wylde"
Feature:The guitar parts on this are very good blows gibson away.
Quality:
This guitar has very expensive parts and is made very well I have had this guitar for about 2 months now it has no blemishes this has way better quality than a gibson I think gibson sucks for the price.
Value:
This guitar is worth it looks better than a gibson sounds better easier to use I just trust ESP alot man this price is just outragesly inexspensive im supprised that its only 900$.
Desirability:
I am an active musican and chicks dig this guitar not only the killer looks but the killer sound we sound something like pantera and slayer I got the black cherry looks killer the graphics just blow me away.
Sound:
This guitar will rip your face off if you like heavy metal and hard rock I like the sound of emgs better than other pickups.
Ease of Use:
This guitar is very comfortable easier to do solos fast sleek neck.
Support:
I have been using ESP for years they are like family to me I have delt with them before I orderd an ESPM400 from them when it arrived one of the knobs was broke and I sent it back and they fixed it they are real nice they treat you like family and they really care about you.
Overall:
I usally get a new guitar every 2 years but this guitar I will be forever satisfied with but I will get another new ESP.
- 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
- Support:
- 9 out of 10
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Submitted: 4/18/2005
"Shredding Machine"
Feature:I'm not a big fan of the knobs, but thats just a minor set back.
Quality:
Very good quality, I like How it takes beating after beating and still stays in tune. Good if you are on the road.
Value:
But it before ESP finds out how much this babys worth
Desirability:
The see thru Black cherry is pretty sexy for a guitar like this
Sound:
Really punchy, pushes distortion to its limits and is a crunch machine. I think That this guitar is best sounding driven than when its on a clean channel.
Support:
I had to wait awhile to get it but thats it
Overall:
One of the best investments I've ever made. I wouldn't give this guitar a perfect score if I didn't mean it.This guitar Is one of ESP's finest, right up there with the Eclipse. Great looks, deadly tone, and a reasonable price, You can't 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:
- 9 out of 10
- Sound:
- 10 out of 10
- Ease of Use:
- 10 out of 10
- Support:
- 9 out of 10
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User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 4/25/2006
Style of Music: metal, blues, rock/pop
Experience: hobbyist
Location: Chesterfield, NH, USA
"A kickass ESP/LTD"
Feature:Again... the active humbuckers are great. I prefer a guitar with no tremolo, some people may like the trem; I personally think the guitar is better without one. The abalone headstock, neck, and body inlays look great!
Quality:
I think it is made flawlessly! For a black finish it looks great! I don't think something would break on this guitar if I wanted it to... it feels very sturdy. I guess if you wanted to use this guitar on the road you could. I don't think there is a "worst aspect" to this guitar... it's like a Gibson Custom without paying the extra $2,000.
Value:
Hell yeah it is! Definately worth the money.
Desirability:
I love every little detail about this guitar! I love the look, feel, and the sound of it!
Sound:
The active pickups make this guitar very versatile. It was easily be used with a distortion pedal for metal, or left clean and played for just about anything else.
Ease of Use:
I've been able to play anything from blues to metal and anything in between with this guitar! It can sound however you want it to very easily.
Support:
I've had a few questions for the company. They were very easy to reach! They were pretty friendly. They answered my question easily... I didn't really have a problem. I haven't had any problems with this guitar that would require me to use my warranty.
Overall:
If I were to replace this guitar, it would be one of higher quality (if there is one).
- Overall:
- 9 out of 10
- Features:
- 10 out of 10
- Quality:
- 10 out of 10
- Value:
- 9 out of 10
- I Want It:
- 8 out of 10
- Sound:
- 7 out of 10
- Ease of Use:
- 9 out of 10
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User: a customer from gbis.com
Submitted: 9/30/2007
Style of Music: Classic Rock, Alternative, New Metal, you name it...
Location: Sparks NV
"Buy One!"
This reviewer purchased this item from Same Day Music.
Feature:A great set of high quality parts. Bridge, tuners, pickups... Definitely your money's worth! The Vintage Honeyburst look is very sexy.
Quality:
No complaints at all. Great finish, workmanship and parts.
Value:
I bought this guitar to spend it's life in a drop (C#) tuning. It's everything I could have asked for. I'd buy it again without hesitation.
Desirability:
Not quite as sexy as a real Les Paul to me, but my wife likes the look better. As a player, there's not a lot of prestige to LTD, but it's a great axe.
Sound:
The JB/59 combo of the Vintage HB gives a very nice range between growl and Clapton's woman tone. It's a bit thinner and harsher than a Gibson LP, but very usable.
Ease of Use:
The neck is great! Similar to Gibson 60's thin with a matte finish. Very fast and playable. The pots are in different positions than an LP, but once you get used to them, it's a fine set-up.
Support:
No Experience
Overall:
I own a Les Paul Standard and an American Strat in addition to the EC-1000. I still think my LP (2002) is a better guitar and was worth every penny. My Strat is a Strat. This guitar is a winner. It's very playable, sounds great and has the fit and finish to give you that pride of ownership. I'd buy one again in a second.
- 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
- Support:
- 10 out of 10
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Submitted: 5/12/2005
"Sweet Axe"
Feature:...
Quality:
Takes Jamming after Jamming and still stays in tune. It took a good week of shredding on it before I had to tune it again.
Value:
The Value of a gibson ,Under a Grand? Sign me up
Desirability:
Cherry is awesome
Sound:
The Pickups are flippin' sweet. I love the sound of it under heavy distortion. I get the sounds of Metallica, Slayer, and Iron Maiden Coming out of my marshall.
- Overall:
- 10 out of 10
- Features:
- 9 out of 10
- Quality:
- 10 out of 10
- Value:
- 9 out of 10
- I Want It:
- 10 out of 10
- Sound:
- 10 out of 10
- Support:
- 9 out of 10
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User: a customer from cox.net
Submitted: 5/26/2005
Style of Music: Rock/Metal
Experience: Active Musician
Location: San Clemente, CA USA
"Number 36 in my collection-The best!!!"
This reviewer purchased this item from Same Day Music.
Sound:The action and compensated nut make this a dream to play. The EMG's give every spectrum of tone possible from metal to jazz. I use this with a variety of amps including a Mesa Boggie 22+, a Marshall JCM800, a Randall, and others. No problems.
- Overall:
- 10 out of 10
- Features:
- 10 out of 10
- Quality:
- 10 out of 10
- Value:
- 8 out of 10
- I Want It:
- 10 out of 10
- Sound:
- 10 out of 10
- Support:
- 10 out of 10
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User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 5/23/2005
Style of Music: rock
Experience: hobbyist
Location: palm harbor , fl
"sweet, sexy"
Quality:great craftsman ship
Value:
a little expensive but worth it
Desirability:
sweet design and color, STBC
Sound:
unbelievable
Support:
havent had any problems with esp
Overall:
i have 6 guitars ill never sell any of them
- 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
- Support:
- 10 out of 10
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User: a customer from comcast.net
Submitted: 11/22/2005
Style of Music: Metal, death metal, hardcore
Experience: Active Musician
Location: Marlton, New Jersey, USA
"Speechless.......The Ultimate Guitar"
Feature:I bought the black cherry.....and all i can say is everything is perfect
Quality:
For not being american made....the quility is great...exceeds any gibson or jackson that i have played
Value:
By far the best guitar in this price range...actually i would willing pay much more for it....esp doesnt know what they have
Desirability:
By far the sexiest guitar out there.....black cherry is great...online pics are nothing compared to the real thing....it also lokks really great in black, my best friend owns that and playing my black cherry next to his black looks like quite the sight
Sound:
The sound of this guitar is absolutley amazing...the EMG 81 actives are by far the best pick ups ive ever used...this guitar is perfect for any metal player...the distortion has such a crunch...and the clean isnt all that bad either
Support:
N/A
Overall:
I will never sell this guitar...it might not hold its value as well as a gibosn but i will take my EC 1000 over a gibson any day
- 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
- Support:
- 10 out of 10
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User: a customer from aol.com
Submitted: 6/17/2003
Style of Music: melodic metal. tool type of stuff
Location: san diego ca U S A
"THIS AXE DOMINATES ALL"
Feature:the emg-81's kick major @$$ really.. they have amazing output and crunch while still having a great tone.. almost no noise.. clean isnt amazing or anything but it is more than what i need for what i play.. (grunge/rock/nu-metal/)... has great features the neck is comfortable and fast.. bridge is perfect and the tuners are really nice.. guitar stays in tune well
Quality:
came to me the action was a little high but took care of that no problem.. besides that everything was perfect.. beautiful guitar
Value:
no guitar on the market that has this amount of quality for anywhere near this price PERIOD.
Desirability:
SEX APPEAL OF THIS AXE IS OUT THE WINDOW ITS THE SEXIEST GUITAR THAT IVE EVER SEEN.. pictures dont do this guitar justice.. when people see it theyre SOOO jealous, i love it
Sound:
Honestly the best sounding guitar that ive played or heard in my entire life.. it plays like a dream.. good quality and would take you easily another 500 bucks to get this quality a product from a different brand of guitar.. cant say enough good things about this guitar.
Support:
n/a
- 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
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User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 7/29/2007
Style of Music: rock, blues, metal, classical rock.
Experience: Hobbyist
Location: Missouri, US
"BUY THIS GUITAR!!!"
Feature:Locking tuners, nice bridge emg 81 at the bridge and a emg 60 at the neck.
Sound:
the EMGs are amazing
Ease of Use:
the strings are so close to the fretboard you hardly need to press on them.
Overall:
Well i dont own it my brother does but i play on it a lot.
- Overall:
- 6 out of 10
- Features:
- 8 out of 10
- Quality:
- 5 out of 10
- Value:
- 5 out of 10
- I Want It:
- 6 out of 10
- Sound:
- 6 out of 10
- Support:
- 5 out of 10
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Submitted: 12/6/2005
"Okay guitar"
This reviewer purchased this item from Same Day Music.
Feature:I love the features, nice hardware. However I ended up needing the locking tuners because it loses tune so much I end up breaking strings tuning it.
Quality:
The abalone was scraped, it loses tune, It's made in Korea (I guess it shows). I do like the action and the paint job.
Value:
It is neat looking, nice action but bad tuning.
Desirability:
Very sexy but not when you have to tune it every 5 minutes!
Sound:
This guitar has a shrill tone. I ended up swapping pickups with a les paul! It dosen't keep its tuning.
Support:
I called them and asked them about the tuning problems, they said "Just tune it more." then they hung up!
Overall:
Buy it for asthetics only!
- Overall:
- 4 out of 10
- Features:
- 8 out of 10
- Quality:
- 5 out of 10
- Value:
- 5 out of 10
- I Want It:
- 3 out of 10
- Sound:
- 5 out of 10
- Support:
- 4 out of 10
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Submitted: 12/6/2005
Style of Music: hobbyist
Location: East coast
"----____DON'T BUY ONE____----"
This reviewer purchased this item from Same Day Music.
Feature:Nice features.
Quality:
Nice looking but it is the worst playing guitar I've ever bought!!!!
Value:
This guitar is nice looking but it sounds terrible and The tuning always fails me. It's worth $200, not $750!
Desirability:
This guitar scrapes the bottom of the quality pan! It sucks!!! I wish I never bought it.
Sound:
This guitar needs constent tunning! It's a pain!!!
Support:
They never answered.
Overall:
It has good action, mediocre pick ups, great paint, but it always loses tune and the neck has a mediocre binding job.
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