Lovely Japanese ESP Signature Guitars
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Chryst Krispies
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Haha, I didn't wanna be the first to say it, but yeah, I think all but the 2nd and 3rd are absolutely hideous (well, the first is alright, but I HATE that angled pickup). And Metalheads liking guitars with pickguards (esp. tortoise 
) and singlecoils - erhm, what?
) and singlecoils - erhm, what?i hate to admit, but i plan on having a guitar with a brown-tortoise pickguard...but only 'cause i'm stealing a wicked idea from someone else
i saw pics of a guitar that someone put together a few years ago that was covered in heineken labels, with a green tortoise pickguard and heineken bottle caps for the knobs.
i was going to 100% cop his style, but heineken stopped using the paper labels and went to those stupid plastic sticker things, so now i'm going to do the same thing with newcastle labels, and use the brown pickguard. it should be pretty rockin' whenever i get around to doing it.
i saw pics of a guitar that someone put together a few years ago that was covered in heineken labels, with a green tortoise pickguard and heineken bottle caps for the knobs.
i was going to 100% cop his style, but heineken stopped using the paper labels and went to those stupid plastic sticker things, so now i'm going to do the same thing with newcastle labels, and use the brown pickguard. it should be pretty rockin' whenever i get around to doing it.
Hahahaha. I was wondering when someone was gonna speak up about the utter skank that most of these axes put forth.
Some of those guitars I believe were designed by a Japanese guitar player named Takamizawa from the band "The Alfee." He has a wild imagination for guitar designs. Here is a link to the ESP Custom Shop in Shibuya, Japan where you can see more of his guitars.
http://www.espguitars.co.jp/artist/toshihiko_takamizawa/index_end.html
http://www.espguitars.co.jp/artist/toshihiko_takamizawa/index_end.html
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the custom woody looks pretty killer, but that middle one looks more like a klingon weapon than a guitar...
In Japan, ESP is known solely as a custom guitar builder. They have no production line (the original series axes are as close as you'll get). Those guitars above can be pretty hideous, but they were built specifically for certain people, and the aesthetic is so much more than what the rest of the world (mainly the US) gets in terms of what ESP is. ESP exists in Japan to serve as the means for players to get the guitars of their dream, not to churn out staid designs like most of us like! 
I'm a huge ESP fan, and I looooove all my ESP's and LTD's. The Viper shape is pretty much a staid design, but I love it. I really wish I could afford a Craft House built custom ESP, though.
I'm a huge ESP fan, and I looooove all my ESP's and LTD's. The Viper shape is pretty much a staid design, but I love it. I really wish I could afford a Craft House built custom ESP, though.
