EXCELLENT. The guitar has obviously been little played and is in a very good functional and cosmetic condition.
- A rare ESP Kelly Hayes Signature model, carefully handcrafted at the ESP Custom Shop in Japan, with absolutely professional features and an outstanding price-quality relation.
- Finish: Black Satin with Spider graphics, black hardware.
- Body: Mahogany.
- Neck: Maple. Set neck construction. This enables a very good sustain, an easy access to the upper frets, and of course a full, "fat" tone.
- Scale: 25.5" - Standard.
- Fretboard: Ebony, with Custom ESP „Cold Spiders“ inlays and the "13" inlay at the 12th fret. A very noble looking instrument!
- Frets: 24, XJ (Jumbo) - with a perfect fretjob, another famous feature of ESP instruments.
- Headstock: ESP Eclipse style - matching the body finish, with Kelly Hayes signature.
- Tuners: Sperzel USA locking tuners - often requested by professional artists, these tuners are a must-have for the demanding musician. The key to their design is eliminating wraps around the string post, which can cause string slippage and tuning problems. Simply loosen the thumbwheel located on the back, feed the string through the post, lock the thumbwheel tight, cut off the remaining string, tune up and you’re finished – better tuning stability and no more restringing nightmares.
- Bridge: TonePros locking bridge, strings-thru-body - for increased sustain.
- Pickups: 2x EMG 81 active humbuckers - this classic Metallica combination is very versatile, provides lots of gain for aggressive sounds, fits well for downtuning and is absolutely quiet, due to its active design.
- Alternatively, upon request of the purchaser, we can also perform a professional installation of a different pickup combination, e.g. any DiMarzio, EMG or Seymour Duncan etc. (Only a small upcharge per pickup swap will be required). Furthermore, we offer installation of active boost and EQ circuits like EMG Afterburner, PA-2, SPC, RPC, VMC, EXG etc. Please ask for details if interested.
- Electronics: 1x Volume, 1x Tone, 3-way toggle switch.
- Absolutely outstanding quality of selected woods, craftmanship, handling and sound!
- The guitar comes in a high-quality original ESP formfit hardcase with ESP logo.