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01/10/2007 10:32 am
I finally have a new electric to replace my crummy old strat copy! It's the LTD Eclipse I was talking about in another thread - it's a bit of a toy compared to the axes some of you guys play :o, but I love it to bits!


A review will be forthcoming once I've gotten to know it a bit better, but so far it seems to be perfect!
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01/10/2007 10:53 am
Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesus...I love it to bits!


And that's all that matters.... congratulations dude... looking forward to the review... :D

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01/10/2007 10:55 am
PS: Ignore the baskets of socks in the background... :confused:
"It's all folk music... I ain't never heard no horse sing!"
- Attributed variously to Leadbelly and Louis Armstrong

If at first you don't succeed, you are obviously not Chuck Norris.

l337iZmz r@wk o.K!!!??>
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01/10/2007 6:20 pm
Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesusPS: Ignore the baskets of socks in the background... :confused:

sweet looking fiddle!!! p.s. is that power ranger undies in the laundry basket? ;) does it have the flag inlays??? could you take a pic of it standing upright please?? :D
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01/10/2007 6:54 pm
Nice looking cherry quilt top!!! I like it! I wouldn't call that a toy in any way, shape, or form! I like the black hardware too! I can already envision a thread of you asking for advice of what replacement pickups you should put in it to take it from a mean axe to a killerrrrr axe. haha. Nice purchase bro.
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01/11/2007 2:09 am
Zoso - nope, they're dot inlays. I'll take a pic of it standing upright ASAP. I can take a close-up pic of the sock baskets if you like, as well :p

Adam - cheers! I actually caught myself thinking about replacement pickups the other day, but so far, the ESP stock pickups aren't too bad. I just wish that the bridge pickup brought out the high-end and the harmonics a teensy bit clearer - Dimebucker, perhaps? ;)
"It's all folk music... I ain't never heard no horse sing!"
- Attributed variously to Leadbelly and Louis Armstrong

If at first you don't succeed, you are obviously not Chuck Norris.

l337iZmz r@wk o.K!!!??>
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01/11/2007 3:02 am
Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesus
I just wish that the bridge pickup brought out the high-end and the harmonics a teensy bit clearer - Dimebucker, perhaps? ;)



UH-OH... sounds like you're already headin in the direction of splittin the coils too!! haha! Yeah, a Dimebucker would look right at home with the black hardware!!
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01/11/2007 2:59 pm
nice geetaar dude! I wouldn't go with a Dimebucker...not my thing at all..bit too harsh for the lies of me...I say play with the stock pups for a while to see if it needs any changing. If so, maybe a Barekncukle? if you can get them where you are, they kill all Duncans and Dimarzio's. If not, a Duncan Jb should be right at home in that axe
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01/12/2007 7:10 pm
I like it! Hows its weight? Is it pretty heavy like other guitars with that body style?
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01/12/2007 10:53 pm
I'd recommend either the Tone Zone or the PAF Pro from the DiMarzio lineup.
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01/13/2007 4:18 am
Originally Posted by: BLS33I like it! Hows its weight? Is it pretty heavy like other guitars with that body style?


It's actually much lighter than a Les Paul or a Yamaha AES. Those two are the only other singlecut electrics I've tried, though, so I don't know how it weighs up next to a PRS Singlecut, for example.
"It's all folk music... I ain't never heard no horse sing!"
- Attributed variously to Leadbelly and Louis Armstrong

If at first you don't succeed, you are obviously not Chuck Norris.

l337iZmz r@wk o.K!!!??>
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01/13/2007 4:25 am
I think those ESPs are cut a little thinner and I think the body countour on the back takes away quite a bit of weight as well...
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01/13/2007 9:09 am
Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesusZoso - nope, they're dot inlays. I'll take a pic of it standing upright ASAP. I can take a close-up pic of the sock baskets if you like, as well :p

Adam - cheers! I actually caught myself thinking about replacement pickups the other day, but so far, the ESP stock pickups aren't too bad. I just wish that the bridge pickup brought out the high-end and the harmonics a teensy bit clearer - Dimebucker, perhaps? ;)


i like this axe. I think the pickups are based on marzios. what you can try is raising the bridge pickup a little under the top e string ie high e. the one at the bottom when you are playing. may be a quater or hal a turn on the screw should be enough.

Personally i am not a fan of esp ltd axes. I always found the ones i tried fealt and sounded wooden. Or is that my playing?????? :confused:

But that looks one killer axe.
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01/13/2007 9:11 am
Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesusIt's actually much lighter than a Les Paul or a Yamaha AES. Those two are the only other singlecut electrics I've tried, though, so I don't know how it weighs up next to a PRS Singlecut, for example.


PRS are good,but way way way overpriced. I tried one at the London Guitar show a couple of years ago and ws very impressed with the quality. A year later i bought a pair of MC2 guitars that sounded a fell a lot better and cost a tenth of the price of one PRS.
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01/13/2007 10:16 am
Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesusIt's actually much lighter than a Les Paul or a Yamaha AES. Those two are the only other singlecut electrics I've tried, though, so I don't know how it weighs up next to a PRS Singlecut, for example.

Yeah Betsy weighs a ton man. I couldn't imagine having a guitar that was too much heavier than what she is.
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