ESP LTD EC-1000S Fluence BLK

Minuses:
1. Numerous external defects
- poor polishing on the headstock
- under-painted on the headstock with white edging (a black stripe 1.5 centimeters long)
- carelessly installed nut
- on the back side of the fingerboard (below the inscription "DESIGNED BY ESP"), a black varnish was badly applied. The tree line is visible.
- the pick-up screws are carelessly screwed in and there are scratches on the plastic
- tailpiece in scratches
- uneven coloring of the fingerboard on the pickup selector switch side
- the black metal is not completely painted on the pickup selector switch
- roughness at the junction of the fingerboard and soundboard
2. On the official website ESP and at Thomann it is indicated that the fretboard is made of ebony - in fact, polysander. -____-
3. The antiphase is very-very insignificant (compared to the antiphase on my Gibson)
4. A lot of long wires for potentiometer, it was possible to make it more aesthetically pleasing.

Pluses:
1. Full shielding of the tool from the factory.
2. Fishman pickups
3. Locking machine heads
4. There was a set of two hex keys in the box
5. The sound resonates well on wood (without connecting to an amplifier)
6. Clear sound is well reproduced through the amplifier and on recording

Conclusion:
Delivery is fast. Thomann ignored my request to indicate a "fragile item" on the box. The box came in a sad condition, but the guitar was NOT damaged.
Guitar from ESP LTD for ~ $ 1000 will not be outwardly perfect. It feels rough and clumsy when assembling. There is a defective in terms of an incorrect fretboard.
I expected more from an ESP LTD guitar for ~$1000.

p.s. Thomann is by no means to blame, I'm writing about this guitar and the company that makes.

Top notch.

PROS:
-The Fishmans offer incredible quality. You can pick distorted chords and every note rings out beautifully. The clean tones are also warm and clear.
-Amazing playability. The neck feels smooth and fast and bending strings has never felt better.
-Great setup from the box. Came perfectly intonated and the action was fairly low and comfortable.
-Great craftmanship (Mine was made in Indonesia btw). The binding is beautiful, the fretwork couldn't have been better, the locking tuners do their job and the guitar doesn't go out of tune, despite having low action and the somewhat infamous 3L 3R tuning peg system.
-Chugs for days. I play a lot of Megadeth and Metallica and the sound this guitar/these pickups offer is MASSIVE. You can't go wrong if you're playing that type of heavy music.
-No neckdive, well balanced, fairly comfortable to play sitting up. I'm used to playing explorer/kelly shapes, but I got used to the LP shape in a really short time.
-Way thinner and less bulky/heavy than your traditional LP. I don't know why anyone would choose a Gibson over an EC-1000 or an Eclipse.

Cons:
-I'm fairly sure the Fishmans will chew through the 9V batteries like no tomorrow, but I can't say I've witnessed that just yet.

Ich habe mir die Gitarre gekauft, da ich eine Les Paul wollte, mit der man leichthändig schnelle Metalsoli spielen kann. Außerdem hatte ich schon eine Gitarre mit aktiven EMGs ausgerüstet und wollte nach dem Probespielen einer anderen ESP unbedingt eine Esp Gitarre mit den Fishman Fluence Pickups, ergo stand die Wahl fest.

Die Gitarre ist ein reines Präzisionswerkzeug und super verarbeitet. Meine Finger flutschen leichtfüßig den lackierten Hals hoch und runter und der eingeleimte und zurechtgeschliffene Übergang zum Korpus ist sensationell gut um alle 24 XJ Bünde auszukosten. Zudem war die Gitarre von Werk aus perfekt eingestellt, was ich nicht von allen meinen Gitarren behaupten kann. Auch die locking Mechaniken sind sehr stimmstabil und erleichtern das Saiten aufziehen ungemein.

Der Sound der Tonabnehmer in Kombination mit dem Mahagonikorpus ist sensationell, aber eher für die ganz harte Gangart. Der Push-pull Poti sorgt zwar für ein wenig Entzerrung des Sounds, aber die Tonabnehmer klingen immer noch präzise und aggressiv, was die Gitarre dann ein wenig universeller einsetzen lässt.

Neben dem geilen Sound gefällt mir auch das schlichte Design der Gitarre, der Klarlack auf dem Schwarz zieht zwar unmengen von Fingerabdrücken an, aber das ist bei einem glänzenden Lack zu erwarten. Mich stört das nicht.

Im großen und ganzen war das für mich ein perfekter Kauf, ich habe so viel Spaß an der Gitarre das ich fast nur noch meine ESP LTD EC-1000s Fluence BLK!!

Keep on rockin \M/