Product: ESP Custom M7
Price Paid: $11000 (NZ Dollars)
Submitted
03/23/2002
at
01:32pm
by
Alex
Email: alx_death at hotmail<dot>com
Features
:
10
2002 USA constructed custom. 24 frets. Solid Top matte black. Volume, 3 way selector. H/H configuration. EMG-707's active (of course). Mahogany body. MII shape. Original Floyd Rose. Locking gotoh deluxe tuners. Neck is thin, but not too thin (like an rg). Came with straplocks, deluxe case. It's a 7-string aswell if the 707's/model name didnt give it away.
(I designed the guitar)
Sound
:
10
I play thrash/heavy metal (ie. slayer, deftones, sepultura, maggot pus, pantera) and it fuckin rips. I use a Peavey Ultra Plus Head with the Peavey 412MS slant cabinet and the 412M cabinet, which then runs to a Boss MT-2 Metal Zone ---> Boss DD-5 Digital Delay ---> Boss PW-10 V-Wah Wah Pedal to my custom esp. Virtually no hum at all. Tons of bass without muddiness (even on the low a) and nice treble without piercing your ears. This baby was born to rock. If you play anything other than metal, you'll hate this guitar, but for metal anything is possible. I love it.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
Came with 10's with a factory A tuning, (which is what i wanted). Perfect action, low without buzzing (even on the low a). Pickups exactly where i wanted them. Bridge was great. I searched for an hour and couldn't find any flaws.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
You could throw this guitar into a wall without it scratching (slight over exaggeration). The hardware can be thrashed to bits and it'll come back for more. Thick finish, difficult to scratch. It came with straplocks, so you dont need to worry. I'd depend my life on it. I wouldn't gig without a backup just because of stringbreaks, otherwise i would.
Customer Support
:
10
I ordered the instrument through the shop which i bought it from. ESP contacted me with questions on how i wanted it and were very helpful. It came with a lifetime warranty, i don't think i'll need it though.
Overall Rating
:
10
I've been playing for 6 years and i've played through ibanez rg's b4 buying the esp. I use peavey because i found it made the metal zone pedal sound more phat. If it were stolen i'd find the guy and rip his guts out from his throat with a meat hook and tie them to a pole b4 burning his corpse. It was a custom, it cost me $11,000. I love everything about it. I hate nothing. My favourite feature is that it came with EMG-707's. Best fucking pickups ive ever played. I compared it to the highest prestige rg 7-string and it didnt come close. I designed it so it came with everything i wanted.
