ESP LTD EC-256 BLK

Pidän eclipsen rungon keveydestä ja ohuudesta, hyvä välimaasto kevyempien (esim. strat) ja tuhdimpien les paulien välillä. tehdasmikeistä en voi kauheasti mitään sanoa koska vaihdoin ne samantien pois, ainut mikä jäi mieleen oli että tallamikistä lähti yllättävän paljon hönkää, ja kaulamikki oli vähän turhankin tunkkainen omaan makuun. ltd:n omat virittimet pitävät vireen hyvin, kaula kestää säätöä ja kikkailua (esim. itse soitan aikas paksuilla kielillä C-vireessä), intonaatio helppo säätää ja tuntuma on hyvä. pidempiskaalaisiin verrattuna sooloilu ja bendailu tuntuu luontevammalta, kokonaisen sävelaskeleenkin bendit on luontevia. mikkien puolitus tuo lisää soundimaailmaa ja vaihtoehtoja. ainoa pakollinen säätö heti postipaketin avaamisen jälkeen oli kielien korkeuden säätö (oli tosi korkealla) mutta se nyt ei vienyt kuin 5min. muuten kaikinpuolin monipuolinen budjettiskeba, en kadu ostosta hetkeäkään!

This guitar needs no introduction. But the one I got came with few unpleasant issues.

First let me say i am from the UK therefore between Thomann and me the UK customs opened the box. And it is them i blame for the state of the guitar i received. It is important to review this experience and the impact it had on the item, as this puts Thomann on the clear but surely paint a hard reality for UK customs and the mess we have found ourselves with Brexit, although Thomann has done a great job to save us.

Right out of the box left to the neck on the body a crack/mark. There is no way an LTD left the factory this way, and it was obvious the guitar had been opened at the customs from the re-stapling and the sad way they packed the guitar back in the protective foam, which was half done.

Next i noticed something going around in the guitar. It was obviously a piece of something, at best wood, at worst… and then i tried the knobs and more bad new on the way.

The tone knob (pull/push) had a more than reasonable play, and i mean the potentiometer not being screwed in place and the dial doing a dead dial for almost a quarter!

Without a doubt, someone opened the guitar and messed it up one way or the other. I hate to sound like a broken record, but a guitar of such condition would have never made it out of the factory or even Thomann had it been opened.

Thomann offered a return promptly and solved the problem straight away. But the next day i decided to keep it, why? Because i had an issue a couple of years ago and send a guitar back and here i am two years after knowing nothing bout guitars still. If i was to send it back again i would have lost interest again until i get a refund and a new one.

I decided to keep it and pay for a repair on the finish and knob, and at least appreciate the rest of its beauty. I still dont know what is inside that goes around and i hope will not regret it but i am taking my chances.

5 stars to Thomann,
0 stars to British Customs! But Us Britons are musically “ accustomed” to get zero marks for music when we get to Europe (Eurovision).

So there.