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ESP LTD Deluxe MH-1000 Electric Guitar with EMGs  

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A carved maple top and EMG pickups give you beauty in looks and tone.

The ESP LTD Deluxe MH-1000 electric guitar features a set-thru 3-piece maple neck, mahogany body with gorgeous carved maple top, and a rosewood fretboard. The thin, U-shaped neck with 24 extra jumbo frets provides comfort and speed. An EMG-81 humbucker at the bridge and an 85 at the neck provide plenty of power and note definition. Grover tuners and an FR locking nut keep you tuned and intoned, so you'll sound your best. Volume, tone and a 3-way toggle give you options with simplicity. Genuine Floyd Rose bridge let you dive bomb the night away. Black hardware, offset abalone block inlays and white with abalone purfling finish off a great look.

Set-thru neck construction is an innovative technique in which the neck is glued to the body (like a set neck), however the traditional bulky heel is carved away (similar to neck-thru-body construction). This makes access to the ESP MH-1000's upper frets and the neck-to-body transition much smoother. Just as on a set neck, you will get a combination of tone from both the neck and body with the set-thru construction. The sound will depend on the types of wood used, but generally will have a fuller, warmer tone when compared to most neck-thru-body electric guitars.

Features

  • Set-thru neck
  • 25.5" scale
  • Mahogany body
  • Quilted maple top
  • (See-Thru Blue and See-Thru Black)
  • Maple neck
  • Rosewood fingerboard
  • Locking nut
  • 42mm neck width
  • Thin U neck contour
  • 24 XJ frets
  • Black nickel hardware
  • Grover tuners
  • Floyd Rose 1000 Series bridge
  • EMG-81(bridge)/EMG-85 (neck) Active humbuckers

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Perfect Right Out of The Box

| Review By: MattT | 2 months, 1 week ago

2 people out of 2 found this review helpful

Features:

Quilted top, polished rosewood fret board, floyd rose, locking nut, string tree, jumbo frets, EMG's. What more could you ask for?

Quality:

This is the first guitar I have ever pulled out of the box that was absolutely perfect. The finish is flawless, the frets have no sharp edges and are polished to the smoothest shine I've ever seen, the hardware is flawless, and the fret board has a nice smooth finish. The truss rod adjustment on the fretboard was nice and straight right out of the box and the guitar came in tune! The locking nut an Floyd Rose are doing their job if this is the case.

Value:

For the money the quality is just unreal. I've seen guitars 4X's this price that didn't have this quality. The guitar I purchased is flawless and loaded with features.

Overall:

ESP continues to just absolutely blow me away with their designs and quality. I have no idea how they get an over seas factory to produce such amazing workmanship but they do. If you are looking for this style guitar don't hesitate. I tried an Ibanez that is very similar to this and the ESP absolutely blows it away.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Hobbyist
Style of music you play:
Everything
Where you live:
Ohio

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Great Guitar! Shred for days!

| Review By: GaijinSmash441 | 1 year, 4 months ago

3 people out of 3 found this review helpful

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I bought this guitar in August of 2009 with the intention of temporarily replacing my Jackson RR1 while I was overseas.  I was pleasantly surprised at the quality and craftsmanship that went in to this guitar.  It has bar-none one of the best finishes I have seen to date (I had the black one).  The pearl inlays are beautiful, but somewhat distracting, in my opinion.  In terms of sound, 6/10 times I would pick this up over my RR1, simply because at the time I was really in to hardcore/metalcore and this guitar is undoubtably designed for that exact purpose.  The only reason I gave this guitar a 4.5 overall is versatility.  I started playing rock-cover gigs 1-2 times a week to keep me on top of my game while I was inbetween hardcore/metal bands.  I got so sick of re-tuning my Floyd Rose  practices/shows, I started leaving it at home altogether and used whatever house guitar was available at the venue.  Floyd Rose served me well in the majority of situations, but if you plan on playing a setlist with multiple tuning setups and you care about the locking tremlo, be prepared for intermissions...long ones. I'm currently trying to part ways with this guitar after purchasing a Music Man John Petrucci 6 w/ Piezo.  I would keep it if I had a purpose for it, but right now it's sitting in my house collecting dust.  Bottom-Line:  If you plan on playing Metal/Hardcore genre, look no further, because this is the best value for the quality of product. 
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active Musician
Style of music you play:
Metal/Hardcore/Rock
Where you live:
Sasebo, Japan

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Great guitar all-around

| Review By: syn108 | 1 year, 9 months ago

2 people out of 2 found this review helpful

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this guitar is a beast, i bought this guitar a year ago and it's my main guitar, tha floyd rose tremolo STAYS in tune even when im beating it, the EMGs pickups make all the notes ring, great pinch harmonics, fast neck, great fret access and a great sustain, the notes ring for a LONG time before fading out.
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active Musician
Style of music you play:
Hard Rock
Where you live:
Miami, FL

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One beast of a guitar

| Review By: Valhallan | 1 year, 9 months ago

2 people out of 3 found this review helpful

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This is by far one of the most versatile guitars I've ever played: it has a great sound for metal and a crisp "clean" sound as well. Pros: Floyd rose tremelo allows you to dive bomb and bend as much as you want with out going out of tune. Great tone, smooth playable fretboard; its like playing on silk! Cons: Unless you block off the tremelo (which I recommend) , down tuning isn't feasible. The EMG 81 doesn't have a warm enough tone for my tastes so I switched out the 81 for the EMG-60 and it sounds incredible. Beautiful, powerful, versatile and there isn't a better guitar for the price!
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active Musician
Style of music you play:
Metalcore
Where you live:
Rochester, NY

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1080087

Quality, Beauty, Killer tone

| Review By: MantisMan | 2 years, 1 week ago

1 people out of 1 found this review helpful

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I recently purchased the Esp LTD Deluxe MH1000 and having had some time to get to know it I have this to say.....If you want a well-built guitar that sounds as good as it looks, you can't go wrong here. As many of the other reviews have said the picture just don't do it justice. But, the look of this guitar is only the icing on the cake. The build quality and tone that the MH1000 delivers is it's best quality. The neck is super-fast and comfortable and the set-thru design offers plenty of sustain. I am surprised at how versatile the EMG's pickups are but, they really shine for all out metal mayhem. I use a Line 6 Spider III (15W)and a Digitec RP250 pedal and this guitar sounds great on either. The 25.5 inch scale should allow for some heavy drop tuning if that's what your into but, if you have never owned a Floyd rose before there is a learning curve to it.I had to learn the hard way. It takes some practice to get the tuning set but once you get it you can abuse the whammy and it WILL STAY in tune. It took me a long time to decide on this guitar because I wanted the most bang for my buck. This guitar IS WORTH EVERY CENT. Like the title says, Quality, Beauty, Killer tone. If you like shred than I would recommend the ESP Ltd MH1000
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active Serious Hobbyist
Style of music you play:
Metal,Proggresive metal, anything my skills allow
Where you live:
California

Did you find this review helpful? yes no863424

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