I bought my ESP without even knowing what the fuck I was getting into.
ESP was just starting to get more and more renown, I wanted a high-end guitar and I've heard they made great metal guitars.

Turned out I made a FUCKING good deal.

Bought it $1100 on eebay (1 month old), retails for $1700.

This post was edited by Darkshade on Mar 17 2010 04:36pm

ESP has been a major brand for metal guitars since the 80's bro, the ESP's not the ESP LTD's from the 80's are badass guitars.

although at this point, all I play are gibsons...

This post was edited by MyExitEmergency on Mar 17 2010 04:45pm

Seriously? Well I wasn't much in high-end guitars before, that's maybe why I haven't heard about them.

Anyways, that's not really the point. Sometimes blind buying can be very good.

I have had several ESP's and they are great guitars, but for versatility and looks I prefer my Gibsons.

As far as ESP is concerned, they are simply magnificent. I played a starter kit ESP LTD and even that was a well crafted guitar. i mean come on, for 200 bucks, it came with 24 frets and a floyd, that actually stayed in tune over a large period of time. Other ESP's I've played, such as the Viper, also rip like no other guitar. They just... feel so easy to use. garb one dude.

get an ibanez guitar from the early 90;s


you can get one in mint condition that will play 100x better than anything you can buy "new" for that price


i wrote a guide on buying used ibanez guitars here: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Ibanez_guitar_buying_guide#A_little_extra_info

ive been doing this for the last 4 years, and ill never buy a new ibanez again, im addicted :-\

yo i can honestly tell you that if u can afford it a Neal Moser Custom Neck-through guitar is a great choice

"Custom". It will surely cost $1,500 +++