ESP LTD EC-1000 Duncan Electric Guitar Black Satin

Decided to spend some money on a nice guitar to inspire me to start playing again and it has. Beautiful addition to my collection.

I got this axe used so as I post this review keep in mind my experience might be different than a brand new one. So on paper this guitar sounded awesome to me, it looked great, it has good pickups, nice price. Well, I got it and I think these EC-1000's aren't for me. I wasn't a fan of the neck, it felt too small for my hands, I didn't enjoy the humbuckers tones, I wasn't a fan of the material used to make the axe it just felt cheap to me unfortunately. I think I'm just more use to my fenders so maybe that could be it. Overall, it still is a nice guitar, it's just not for me. I thought I would make it my metal guitar and it looked so cool, but once I played it I almost immediately knew I'd have to look for a different one. Anyway, I'm sure there are others that will disagree with me and that's ok, at the end of the day it's all personal preference.

I played one in a store and was instantly hooked. The action was so low and buttery. I finally bought one. I'm not a luthier so I don't know how to get my action as low. The sustain on this thing is outrageous. The pickups are hot as you'd want or you can back them off and get that vintage sound. I'd recommend this to anyone wishing they had a Les Paul but is afraid of the Gibson quality control. The description says not could split, but mine splits. Not sure if it's a listing error or if they changed them. Go play one and check it for yourself. Oh, she's heavy as a brick.

I picked up a used EC-1000 in vintage black with gold hardware and passive Seymour Duncan pickups. I cleaned it up and restrung with 11-56 strings for D tuning. I had to make a minor truss Rod adjustment. Everything is easy with this guitar; locking tuners, 24 jumbo frets, simple controls, smooth feeling neck joint with access to high frets, perfect balance when wearing a strap, thin neck, but not too thin, classy looking multi ply binding, nice inlays even the first fret like a LP custom. Nice resonant sound, pickups are perfect for hard rock, blues, metal… whatever you could want to play, this guitar will do the job. I like that it has two volumes. I also got an ESP fitted case and it's an awesome case that holds the guitar firmly in place and the storage holds a strap, and cable no problem. (Try that in a Gibson case). I love Gibson Les Pauls but I have to admit this guitar plays and sounds just as well at a much better price.

great sound and comfortable neck to play with I love it the only problem is knobs

First off, this guitar is stunning. I have another ESP LTD and these are my favorite guitars based on looks. Sound wise....amazing. Once you get them set up, which GC doesn't bother to do or even open the box, they sound great. I like my bridges a bit higher and also different strings than they come with. Once set up for me, they sound amazing and the sustain just goes on forever it seems. Since GC doesn't bother to check the stuff they ship or repack to make sure it ships without damage, I was surprised when this guitar showed up. There was a large hole in the side of the box and the box itself had clearly had other heavy stuff stacked on it. I was amazed it was not damaged (not always the case with GC shipping). If you can buy it, do it. You won't regret it. Looks great and sounds great.