ESP LTD EC-401 Black

Electric Guitar

Mahogany body

Glued mahogany neck

Pau Ferro fretboard

24 XJ Frets

Scale: 628 mm

Pickups: 1 EMG 81 and 1 EMG 60 humbucker

2 Volume controls and 1 tone control

3-Way switch

Black Nickel hardware

Grover machine heads

Tune-O-Matic bridge with stop tailpiece

Colour: Black

Matching case: Artticle number 172299 (not included)

Colour	Black
Body	Mahogany
Top	None
Neck	Mahogany
Fretboard	Pao Ferro
Frets	24
Scale	628 mm
Pickups	HH
Tremolo	None
Incl. Case	No
Incl. Gigbag	No

Colour

Black

Body

Mahogany

Top

None

Neck

Mahogany

Fretboard

Pao Ferro

Frets

Scale

628 mm

Pickups

Tremolo

None

Incl. Case

Incl. Gigbag

BrunoSC, 28.03.2018

Great guitar!
I play mostly metal, sometimes punk rock. This guitar handles the styles very well, active pickups provide high gain sounds with great fidelity. I owned several guitars with EMG pickups, I always used to replace EMG 81 in bridge position with EMG 85 due to EMG 81 sounding too harsh and brittle to me. With LTD EC-401 i did not do it for the first time, as EMG 81 sounds just great in bridge position, sound is full a and very harmonic, not harsh in any way. I think this is related to wood of the body (mahogany with no top). I always modify the pickups connection to work in 18 volt mode (two 9 V batteries), which makes the sound more natural and harmonic. This guitar has absolutely best sustain I have ever experienced with any guitar!
The only small complaint about this guitar is instability while playing sitting, guitar body is not very well balanced for that and tends to slip off to the right side, you definitelly need a strap to stabilize the instrument while sitting. However, this is really minor issue and playing while standing is absolutelly comfortable.

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Tsiape, 14.07.2019

I purchased it mainly for metal but it actually has great clean sounds. The EMGs greatly help in that regard. In my opinion is beautiful. The frets are wonderful and so easy to press. It's pretty easy to play. The build feels fantastic, like it's a premium guitar. The only thing I noticed is that it can get out of tune, since it does not have locking tuners.