Duff
January 9th, 2010, 04:52 AM
Anyone have an opinion on the ESP LTD EC series LP style guitars?
I have a chance to get a glossy black with gold trim ESP LTD EC-1000 Deluxe for a great price, new, 700.
It has the EMGs, 85 or 81 and 60. Played a few and they sound great. Also played the Viper 1000 Deluxe in the EMG and SD style and both versions were incredible.
Anyone have an opinion on the LP style ones? Comparison to Gibson or Epiphone or other observations, first hand or otherwise. All comments are welcome.
My personal observation is that the EC 1000 sounds better with the EMGs than my Epi Plus top LP w SDs and better than the Gibson faded SG I had. Maybe it's the hot active pickups. The Viper 1000 also sounded super good in EMG and SD.
Not much said lately about ESP LTDs.
How would you rate them and how do they stack up against the competition, in your opinion?
I have a chance to get a glossy black with gold trim ESP LTD EC-1000 Deluxe for a great price, new, 700.
It has the EMGs, 85 or 81 and 60. Played a few and they sound great. Also played the Viper 1000 Deluxe in the EMG and SD style and both versions were incredible.
Anyone have an opinion on the LP style ones? Comparison to Gibson or Epiphone or other observations, first hand or otherwise. All comments are welcome.
My personal observation is that the EC 1000 sounds better with the EMGs than my Epi Plus top LP w SDs and better than the Gibson faded SG I had. Maybe it's the hot active pickups. The Viper 1000 also sounded super good in EMG and SD.
Not much said lately about ESP LTDs.
How would you rate them and how do they stack up against the competition, in your opinion?