I am looking to purchase a guitar within the next few weeks/months depending on if I can find something that I truly like the feel of. I am mainly looking for a "studio" guitar so I don't really want to take it out live too much if possible. I should say that I have a little bit of money saved up so I'm looking to get an ESP model guitar (I've always wanted to have one) and possibly a tube head (looking at Mesa, H&K, 5101). I have a PRS that I really do love but since I'm playing almost all metal these days I figured I should make this move. Yes I know I should keep the PRS for later on down the road, blah blah.
I live about 5 hours away from a shop that sells ESP guitars so I am really trying to narrow it down to a few choices so that I can play each one a good amount and compare them. The problem I have run into is that I'm not sure the differences between two guitars I have looked at. The two guitars in question are the
Eclipse II Standard ( http://www.guitarshop.net/especlipse2standardguitar.htm )
and the
LTD EC-1000 ( http://www.guitarshop.net/espec1000stbc.htm ).
I have looked at the specs and they seem to be almost identical. I think I remember reading or hearing somewhere that the cheaper version is just made in China then sent over here for a lookover? Either that or the cheaper one is machine made?
I believe something like this to be the case since they really do seem to have almost the same specs from what I could see and read. So if anyone could clarify this up, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks a lot guys!
I live about 5 hours away from a shop that sells ESP guitars so I am really trying to narrow it down to a few choices so that I can play each one a good amount and compare them. The problem I have run into is that I'm not sure the differences between two guitars I have looked at. The two guitars in question are the
Eclipse II Standard ( http://www.guitarshop.net/especlipse2standardguitar.htm )
and the
LTD EC-1000 ( http://www.guitarshop.net/espec1000stbc.htm ).
I have looked at the specs and they seem to be almost identical. I think I remember reading or hearing somewhere that the cheaper version is just made in China then sent over here for a lookover? Either that or the cheaper one is machine made?
I believe something like this to be the case since they really do seem to have almost the same specs from what I could see and read. So if anyone could clarify this up, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks a lot guys!
