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tjon901 « Slayer Signature »
Publié le 13/08/11 à 07:22
(contenu en anglais)
This is the newer version of the Jeff Hanneman signature. This is the LTD version. LTD is ESP's budget line of guitars which are made outside of Japan. Since these guitars are made outside of Japan they are much cheaper than ESP's Japan models even though they usually have the same exact specs. This guitar is a pretty normal ESP MII. This guitar is a textbook super shredder and even has some vintage touches. The guitar has an alder body with a neck through maple neck. The neck has a super thin u shape. The neck has an ebony fretboard with 24 jumbo frets. The fretboard has H and Dagger inlays. Up top there are Grover tuners and down at the bottom is an old school Kahler floating tremolo with a locking nut. The pickups are active EMG with an 81 in the bridge and an 85 in the neck. The controls are simple with a volume and tone with a 3 way toggl.e
UTILIZATION
The most unusual part of this guitar is the Khaler tremolo. You do not see these much anymore. They were popular in the 80s along with the Floyd Rose but the Floyd eventually won out as the preferred tremolo system. With the Kahler you get basically the same thing but it has different feel to it and it is a bit more robust which is why Slayer uses them. If you are really into working your trem hard a Khaler is the way to go. The guitar plays great like you would expect an ESP shredder to. The neck is thin and the fretboard is flat and the frets are big. This lets you get a super low action on the strings. The ebony fretboard feels great under your fingers. The binding on the neck makes the edge of the neck nice and comfortable and helps prevent sharp fret ends. The locking nut keeps everything in tune. ESP includes a battery compartment so you can quickly change out the battery for the EMG pickups without having to open the whole guitar up.
SOUNDS
This guitar has a classic shred guitar sound. The alder body with maple neck is pure 80s. The EMG pickups complement this well. This guitar cuts like crazy. It has a bright and clear tone. When you are playing a million notes a minute like Slayer does you need this to keep the sound crisp. The 81 is a super sharp bridge pickup. It has a lot of high end with a good bottom end so it doesnt sound thin. It has a grinding high end kind of gain that makes it great for the bridge position on guitars. The 85 is like the 81 but it is a bit smoother. This makes it better for lead playing in the neck where the 81 would sound too harsh. The 85 sound perfect there so your leads are nice and smooth.
OVERALL OPINION
This really is an old school shred guitar. With the alder body and Khaler trem you get an 80s sound and feel from the guitar. This is great if you are into old school thrash and speed metal where you need a guitar just as fast as you. The bright tone from the guitar will cut through the most devestating double bass you will ever experiance. If you are looking for a shred guitar with a cutting old school tone ESP has got you covered. If you are looking for a more modern sounding shred guitar this guitar may be too bright for you. ESP has other models similar to this that come with mahogany bodies that will have a more subtle sound.
UTILIZATION
The most unusual part of this guitar is the Khaler tremolo. You do not see these much anymore. They were popular in the 80s along with the Floyd Rose but the Floyd eventually won out as the preferred tremolo system. With the Kahler you get basically the same thing but it has different feel to it and it is a bit more robust which is why Slayer uses them. If you are really into working your trem hard a Khaler is the way to go. The guitar plays great like you would expect an ESP shredder to. The neck is thin and the fretboard is flat and the frets are big. This lets you get a super low action on the strings. The ebony fretboard feels great under your fingers. The binding on the neck makes the edge of the neck nice and comfortable and helps prevent sharp fret ends. The locking nut keeps everything in tune. ESP includes a battery compartment so you can quickly change out the battery for the EMG pickups without having to open the whole guitar up.
SOUNDS
This guitar has a classic shred guitar sound. The alder body with maple neck is pure 80s. The EMG pickups complement this well. This guitar cuts like crazy. It has a bright and clear tone. When you are playing a million notes a minute like Slayer does you need this to keep the sound crisp. The 81 is a super sharp bridge pickup. It has a lot of high end with a good bottom end so it doesnt sound thin. It has a grinding high end kind of gain that makes it great for the bridge position on guitars. The 85 is like the 81 but it is a bit smoother. This makes it better for lead playing in the neck where the 81 would sound too harsh. The 85 sound perfect there so your leads are nice and smooth.
OVERALL OPINION
This really is an old school shred guitar. With the alder body and Khaler trem you get an 80s sound and feel from the guitar. This is great if you are into old school thrash and speed metal where you need a guitar just as fast as you. The bright tone from the guitar will cut through the most devestating double bass you will ever experiance. If you are looking for a shred guitar with a cutting old school tone ESP has got you covered. If you are looking for a more modern sounding shred guitar this guitar may be too bright for you. ESP has other models similar to this that come with mahogany bodies that will have a more subtle sound.