Normally when I have some guitar fund cash I'm out the door buying a new one before the old one has hit its new home. But I've been pondering several options over recent days and finally bought the sort of guitar I'd never usually look at. I'm 46 and have always had "the classics" - Strats, Teles, LPs, 335s - clones, at least.
Time for a change of direction.
Introducing the new ESP LTD PB-401 I've been threatening to buy. Got a great deal on it and, so far, I'm very pleased - although its very early days. The SD P-Rails were the clincher giving me P90 and HB sounds, as well as fairly weedy single coil tones from the rails if I want (although with a Strat and a Tele, I'm well covered there).
Its not the sort of shape I'd usually go for, but I actually think its quite nice. The white isn't my normal colour choice but, again, it's a kind of creamy white with discrete sparkles and some lovely slightly-blingy binding. Fretboard is very smooth and tightly grained, frets are nicely polished and not what I'm used to at all - extra large and taking a bit of getting used to!
The P90s are nicely grunty and the HB is fairly hot for those EVH moments. Only played it through the THR 10C so far but, all in all, very nice. Does the country thang, the bluesy jazz and the rawk. What more could a middle aged man want?
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Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
@not_the_dj - yes, the goldtop would have been my choice but you take what you can get when going used, I suppose.
Still have funds in the GAS jar too - best get those spent before school uniforms are required, or the car needs a new throsset-wibbler.
The LTD isn't as white as it looks in those pics. Its actually growing on me. But, hard to beat a goldtop and that would have been nicer. However, I still plan to break into your house next time you're on holiday and pilfer your PRS...
Lovely stuff, enjoy.