obviously the esp is based on the jackson and the jackson is the real rhoads if i could say that way, but esp created a very cool guitar, in my opinion they improved the look of it, so much cooler than the jackson. jackson is amazing though
i think alexi looks much more him with an esp than a jackson, its his signature guitar i dont know
imo thats a statement made with the alexi off the last albums in mind, alexi imo looks more him with the J2SP jackson star.
it has been said before and its true; alexi now is just a ghost of the virtuoso he once was