ESP LTD JH-600 Jeff Hanneman Signature Series Electric Guitar Black

This is great out of the box. It reminded me of my old USA Jackson Soloist from the late '80's. It is designed to play fast and loud. I was real impressed with the active EMG PuP's. It is my first time playing actives in 25 years of playing. VERY high output and scooped, but not suited to untreated clean tones, but that's why I own a Strat and an ES-335. If playing clean intro's and breaks with the JH-600, throw on some chorus and delay to spice it up. The quality of this guitar is as good as any recent Gibson (see recent QC issues) or any USA made guitar. I have always enjoyed higher end Korean made at this price level. This plays and feels like a higher end guitar. I think getting caught up in the USA mystique is overrated. Always loved Kahlers as you can mute and not play sharp as on a floating bridge like a Floyd, as only the back part of a Kahler moves. It feels a lot like a standard Les Paul type bridge. Also no cavity cut out on the back so you get better tone, less wood removed. Grover tuners are refreshing. The deal breaker for me is the bound Ebony board. VERY hard to find anymore. Gibson won't and can't use it and Jackson and B.C.Rich are the only other companies who use it on affordable guitars. Ebony is just better for shredders than Rosewood, which is softer and has a more grainy feel than even Maple. Love the H with daggers inlays. I keep hearing in reviews that the volume knob is misplaced, but this is an easy hand adjustment to make and to me a non-issue.

Very solid guitar to add to your arsenal. After reading the other reviews, I had to comment. Look, I have only purchased 1 Electric guitar in my life (Line6 J. T. Variax)that did NOT need a setup by a great guitar luthier. So, PLAN on it. Once done, the action was nice and low, NO fret buzz, was in tune all over the neck, stayed in tune and the tremolo bar was the easiest and sweetest non female thing I ever put my hands around. Sounds Very good but make sure you do it justice by running it through a high end tube amp like a Mesa, EVH, Blackstar, etc. with great quality cabs. It will then HIT REAL HARD and sound GREAT. It will even play most types of music well. However, Metal, Hard Rock, Rock, Pop, Soundtrack and Blues are probably the maximum practical style radius for it. Lastly, I love the EMG active pickups, 24 fret neck and the fact it is black. (is black over done? yes, still cool? YES)And so is this guitar. RIP Mr. Hanneman!

Got a Father's Day gift cert from the wife and kids..... Took me a few months to decide on what's I wanted to do w/ it. I wanted a guitar w/ EMG's and Kahler tremolo..... And this was what I found. The quality is tremendous - the guitar has a great sound - action - stays in tune when you work the Kahlsr over - I really love it.

Nice instrument. Overall quality is good except fret buzz. After purchasing the guitar technical specialist from guitar center made his best to fix the problem (many thanks to him, really nice personnel in guitar center I have to admit). But unfortunately I had to make instrument return back to store as fret buzz was not fixed due to factory defect I think. This is the only but unpleasant problem with this model that I've encountered so far. That's why only four stars.

The first thing I noticed on picking up this guitar was it's relatively light weight and amazing feel. The neck is fast, it has great action and the pickups sound really clear when clean and hot when distorted. This is a perfect guitar for thrash or speed metal. I tried Jackson's and Schecter's around the same price range but I liked the feel of this guitar best, plus I got a really good deal on it. I only gave it 4 stars because the A string buzzes a bit but I just got it today and haven't adjusted the bridge yet. Other wise this guitar is a 5.

I've had this guitar for around 4 months now and its amazing. The finish is perfect, it stays in well nearly perfectly and is very sturdy. It sounds better than some of the guitars that cost over twice as much as it does. The EMGs need batteries because their active but they don't need to be replaced frequently like i thought they would. They'll last you around a month depending on how much you play. The Kahler is very easy to use and stays in tune great. A great guitar for the price.