ESP LTD EC-256 FM LD

I have bought other guitars in the past, but this one is first that I can call my own. I didn't want to spend too much, as I am a beginner, but I wanted to have Les Paul style guitar and in one review this one was ranked best, so I gave it a look. At first Lemon Drop finish struck me as odd, I didn't like it, but after listening very carefully all the samples on the Thomann website, and looking at the pictures, maybe hundreds of times, I gradually started to notice that I really like this Lemon Drop finish - and I thought I was the sun/cherry burst guy! And the product: Not a scratch on it. Very beautiful finish. It is a real beauty to look at. It seems to stay in tune quite well, much better than the stratocaster and classical guitars I have bought to my son. I don't really have anything bad to say, very happy with it. If I would have to say something negative, then maybe those knobs could feel a bit better to touch, but I think I'll get used to these quickly. If you are like me just get it already, you won't be disappointed.

Keveys ja "bellycut" on minusta hyvä! Vieläkin sais olla keveempi, ei ole mitään stratocaster vieläkään... mut ehkä LP ei saa nyt enää tämän keveempi olla...

Coil-splitistä en piittaa, mut se varmaan jollekin on etu sekin, haittaahan siitä nyt ei ole. Kaula on minusta hyvä ja nauhat hyvälaatuiset, actionin saa säädettyä tarpeeksi matalaksi. Kivan näköinen myös ja pysyy ihan ok vireessä.

Maksoin 350e, nyt on hinta noussut ja ehkä tulis päädyttyä johonkin toiseen siitä syystä. Muuten varmasti ostaisin uudestaankin. Pintakäsittely ei ole ihan täydellinen, mutta kylläkin lähes. Ja varsin kestävän oloinen.

Bought this 5 months ago to use next to my ESP FX Standard for daily practice.

It arrived playable, action was set fairly high but no problem to adjust to lower action. The finish was not prefect, there was some poly finish on the fretboard just passed the binding but this was easily fixed with some high grid sandpaper. Other than that the finish was fine.

Obviously it is not at the same level as my ESP FX Standard as it is less then a 4th of the price but so far i have almost only used the EC-256 in the past 5 months, which says alot. I love the feel of it, i like the sound of the pickups and it looks great. It has left me wanting another EC or Les Paul shaped guitar.

I would seriously recommend this as a first guitar.

Very good guitar Only ESP i've owned and first coil split.
Very user friendly and easy to play. Arrived quite well set up out of the box and ready to play. A good clean sound but gets dirty very nicely. Arrived very well packaged. I ony play at home or just small gigs at friends parties. Overall a very good guitar my only gripe is the way I play I tend to turn the volume down slightly when playing due to position of the volume knob.( but to be honest thats more my fault) the knob slightly lower would be good for me. I do reconmend this guitar if your into the warm humbucker sound. and for your info I play blues