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Quite an instrument
Quite a good instrument when you set it up properly. Right out of the box it looks like a total crap and here I will explain why.
First that catches your eye before you open the box are the damages on the guitar original carton box. I doubt it's somehow related to delivery because outer carton from Thomann looks great without any damages. Internal guitar carton in which the instrument was originally shipped from the ESP factory, in my case it has multiple scratches and a hole in the middle! Thanks God the instrument itself has no scratches or damages. The tone switch on guitar has made another hole from inside the box by its stick during a trip! Amazingly how ESP carelessly pack their products before shipping from factory.
The second I've noticed are rusty strings. This is the first time I see it on a new instrument which was by the way manufactured in 2019 (found by its serial number on a headstock).
And the final disappointment was a neck. There was no any neck relief. The neck was humped! There is a question to ESP - do you guys even check the instruments before shipping? And how do you store them and ship so the instrument got rusty strings and holes in a box?
After setting up the guitar properly it looks and sounds totally different.
The guitar is rather heavy (like Gibson IMHO). Action is good. Frets installed evenly. No dead notes at the lowest possible action.
First that catches your eye before you open the box are the damages on the guitar original carton box. I doubt it's somehow related to delivery because outer carton from Thomann looks great without any damages. Internal guitar carton in which the instrument was originally shipped from the ESP factory, in my case it has multiple scratches and a hole in the middle! Thanks God the instrument itself has no scratches or damages. The tone switch on guitar has made another hole from inside the box by its stick during a trip! Amazingly how ESP carelessly pack their products before shipping from factory.
The second I've noticed are rusty strings. This is the first time I see it on a new instrument which was by the way manufactured in 2019 (found by its serial number on a headstock).
And the final disappointment was a neck. There was no any neck relief. The neck was humped! There is a question to ESP - do you guys even check the instruments before shipping? And how do you store them and ship so the instrument got rusty strings and holes in a box?
After setting up the guitar properly it looks and sounds totally different.
The guitar is rather heavy (like Gibson IMHO). Action is good. Frets installed evenly. No dead notes at the lowest possible action.
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