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This is a list of guitars manufactured by ESP Guitars.
Including ESP's budget line, LTD
The Deluxe Series includes models based on the popular ESP product lines of Eclipse, MH, Horizon, M, and Viper guitars. They include many high-end features. The Deluxe Series began with only four models in 2003.
The ESP Grass Roots brand is solely for the Japanese market. Grass Roots guitars are aimed at the low cost market. Like the other Japan-only line of ESP, Edwards, there are online dealerships for such guitars. When production first started in the early 1990s, Grassroots Guitars were produced in Japan, but they are now produced in Korea.
(Japanese-market only guitars)
Noted musicians and users of ESP Navigator guitars are: Sugizo (Japan), Ramon Goose (UK), Ken Yokoyama (Japan) also Mick Taylor used Arlen Roths Navigator N-LP for the hotlicks video.
Edwards guitar series consist of very high quality copies of legendary guitars like the Les Paul, Telecaster, and Stratocaster, and also original ESP designs. The Edwards Les Paul, Tele, and Strat guitars are built specifically for the Japanese market, and are not sold in the US as they contravene Gibson and Fender patents; they can however be imported by individual buyers. Many prominent Japanese artists have Edwards series signature models along with a few International artists, such as Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom, Anchang of Sex Machineguns, and Aiji of LM.C.
| Model | Period | Construction | Woods | Hardware | Colors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body | Neck | Body | Neck | Fretboard | Bridge | Pickup | |||
| Alexi Laiho Arrow Head | 2005/07 | Solid | Neck-thru | Alder | Maple | Ebony with Arrow Head Inlays | Floyd Rose Original | EMG HZ H-4 | White, black |
| Alexi Laiho Saw Tooth | 2005/07 | Solid | Neck-thru | Alder | Maple | Ebony with Sawtooth Inlays | Floyd Rose Original | EMG HZ H-4 | Black |
| Alexi Laiho Signature Model | 2005/07 | Solid | Neck-thru | Alder | Maple | Ebony with Sawtooth Inlays | Floyd Rose Original | EMG HZ H-4 | White, black |
| Alexi Laiho Scythe | 2005/07 | Solid | Neck-thru | Alder | Maple | Ebony with Scythe Inlays | Floyd Rose Original | EMG HZ H-4 | White |
| AX-50 | Bolt-on | Basswood | Maple | Rosewood | Tune-O-Matic | 2 ESP LH-150 | Silver, black | ||
| AX-260 | Neck-thru | Agathis | Mahogany | Rosewood | Tune-O-Matic | 2 EMG-ESP LH-300 | Black | ||
| AX-400 | Set-in | Mahogany | Mahogany | Rosewood | Tune-O-Matic | 2 EMG 81 active pickups | See-through black, see-through red | ||
| Dan Jacobs EX (ESP LTD DJ-600) | Solid | Set-thru | Mahogany | Maple | Rosewood | Floyd Rose Original Bridge | EMG 81 & EMG 85 | White with blood graphics | |
| Eclipse (Custom series) | Neck-thru | Mahogany | Maple | Maple | TonePros Locking Bridge with Stop Tailpiece | EMG 81 & EMG 60 | Black, black cherry | ||
| EX-50 | Solid | Bolt-on | Basswood | Maple | Rosewood | Tune-O-Matic | 2 ESP LH-100 | Titanium, black | |
| Kirk Hammett KH-2 | Solid | Bolt-on | Alder | Maple | Rosewood | Floyd Rose Original Bridge | EMG 81 & EMG 60 | Black | |
| Kirk Hammett KH-2 Vintage | Solid | Neck-thru | Alder | Maple | Rosewood | Floyd Rose Original Bridge | EMG 81 & EMG 60 | Black | |
| Horizon 3 Custom | Neck-thru | Mahogany | Maple | Ebony | TonePros Locking Bridge with Stop Tailpiece | Seymour Duncan JB & Seymour Duncan 59 | See-through aqua, amber sunburst, transparent green | ||
| Horizon (Custom series) | Neck-thru | Mahogany | Maple | Ebony | TonePros Locking Bridge with Stop Tailpiece | Seymour Duncan JB & Seymour Duncan 59 | See-through aqua, amber sunburst | ||
| LTD EC-1000 | Set-in | Mahogany | Mahogany | Rosewood | TonePros Locking Bridge with Stop Tailpiece | Seymour Duncan JB & Seymour Duncan 59 or EMG 81 & EMG 60 | Amber sunburst, black, black cherry, white | ||
| LTD EC-1000VB | Set-in | Mahogany | Maple | Ebony | TonePros Locking Bridge with Stop Tailpiece | EMG 81 & EMG 60 | Vintage black, headstock | ||
| LTD EC-1000VHB | Set-in | Mahogany | Mahogany | Rosewood | TonePros Locking Bridge with Stop Tailpiece | Seymour Duncan JB & Seymour Duncan 59 | Honey burst | ||
| ESP LTD H-1000 | Set-thru | Mahogany | Maple | Rosewood | TonePros Locking Bridge with string-thru body | Seymour Duncan JB & Seymour Duncan 59 or EMG 81 & EMG 85 | Amber cherry sunburst, black, white | ||
| ESP LTD M-1000 | Neck-thru | Alder | Maple | Rosewood | Floyd Rose Original Bridge | 2 EMG 81 | See-through black, white | ||
| ESP LTD MH-1000 | Set-thru | Mahogany | Maple | Rosewood | TonePros Locking Bridge with string-thru body or Floyd Rose Original Tremolo | Seymour Duncan JB & Seymour Duncan 59 or EMG 81 & EMG 85 | Black, dark brown sunburst | ||
| LTD VIPER-1000 | Set-in | Mahogany | Mahogany | Rosewood | TonePros Locking Bridge with Stop Tailpiece | Seymour Duncan Custom 5 & Seymour Duncan Jazz or EMG 81 & EMG 85 | Black, black cherry, vintage sunburst, white | ||
| VIPER (Custom series) | Neck-thru | Mahogany | Maple | Ebony | TonePros Locking Bridge with Stop Tailpiece | EMG 81 & EMG 85 | Black, black cherry | ||
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