ESP LTD EC-1000 Duncan Electric Guitar Black Satin

Great looks, great tone, rock gigs, tight intonation, that's what she said. Awesome satin finish makes chord changes a slick breeze. Locking tuners, like when does the goodness end? It doesn't bc all this for way less than a Gibson price plus you get coil splitting tones.

Might not be the must attractive guitar but feels and performs amazing. Honestly anything made in South Korea is solid.

Decided to spend some money on a nice guitar to inspire me to start playing again and it has. Beautiful addition to my collection.

I got this axe used so as I post this review keep in mind my experience might be different than a brand new one. So on paper this guitar sounded awesome to me, it looked great, it has good pickups, nice price. Well, I got it and I think these EC-1000's aren't for me. I wasn't a fan of the neck, it felt too small for my hands, I didn't enjoy the humbuckers tones, I wasn't a fan of the material used to make the axe it just felt cheap to me unfortunately. I think I'm just more use to my fenders so maybe that could be it. Overall, it still is a nice guitar, it's just not for me. I thought I would make it my metal guitar and it looked so cool, but once I played it I almost immediately knew I'd have to look for a different one. Anyway, I'm sure there are others that will disagree with me and that's ok, at the end of the day it's all personal preference.

I played one in a store and was instantly hooked. The action was so low and buttery. I finally bought one. I'm not a luthier so I don't know how to get my action as low. The sustain on this thing is outrageous. The pickups are hot as you'd want or you can back them off and get that vintage sound. I'd recommend this to anyone wishing they had a Les Paul but is afraid of the Gibson quality control. The description says not could split, but mine splits. Not sure if it's a listing error or if they changed them. Go play one and check it for yourself. Oh, she's heavy as a brick.

I picked up a used EC-1000 in vintage black with gold hardware and passive Seymour Duncan pickups. I cleaned it up and restrung with 11-56 strings for D tuning. I had to make a minor truss Rod adjustment. Everything is easy with this guitar; locking tuners, 24 jumbo frets, simple controls, smooth feeling neck joint with access to high frets, perfect balance when wearing a strap, thin neck, but not too thin, classy looking multi ply binding, nice inlays even the first fret like a LP custom. Nice resonant sound, pickups are perfect for hard rock, blues, metal… whatever you could want to play, this guitar will do the job. I like that it has two volumes. I also got an ESP fitted case and it's an awesome case that holds the guitar firmly in place and the storage holds a strap, and cable no problem. (Try that in a Gibson case). I love Gibson Les Pauls but I have to admit this guitar plays and sounds just as well at a much better price.