Amott Ninja question

[Genius Gone Insane]

That's why I posted it, thanks for the input.

FYI I wasn't supporting him at all. What he said threw me off a bit, especially the part about Les Pauls. I'm glad you see it as nonsense.

 

[Ravenous Enemy]

I have to say that, apart from the very dodgy headstock, i think this guitar looks quite edible. mmmm.

I think that on an unusual body shape like this, a slightly more reserved character is more appropriate and appears more refined - 22 frets is just so much cooler than 24; nothing wrong with a good quality rosewood board either. Those inlays are nice too - no ugly ESP thing on the 12th fret like most have.

The ESP model is, as has been said and repeated, of higher quality materials and workmanship than the ltd. Not sure if the ESP is still Honduras Mahogany, but if it is, that alone would raise the price tag considerably. The attention to detail seen on the ESP will be much higher than on the ltd too - hand-made guitars take a comparative lo t of time, which, obviously, costs money.

Another reason for the price difference is the way guitars are priced. If you drew a graph of guitar price against 'quality' (yes, a bit arbitrary i know), you would see the gradient getting steeper and steeper - that's just the way guitar pricing works.

 

[STINNETT]

To be fair, set neck is arguably a better, more modern technique than neck thru, and over-the-frets binding is purely cosmetic.

If this guitar had an ebony fretboard though, it would be cooler. If I were ESP I would have made the ESP model with ebony and the LTD with rosewood - but perhaps Mike Amott doesn't like ebony as much??

I'm not being argumentative, and I'm certainly not an Ed Roman supporter.....I'm just curious as to why you would consider a set neck a superior design to a neck thru? In terms other than cost or ease of manufacturing.

 

[Kazrog]

I'm not being argumentative, and I'm certainly not an Ed Roman supporter.....I'm just curious as to why you would consider a set neck a superior design to a neck thru? In terms other than cost or ease of manufacturing.

Some people like the tone of a set-neck better. It all comes down to personal preference. Personally, I think it doesn't matter at all, there are great sounding guitars out there with all types of neck joints, including bolt-ons (Caparison comes to mind.)