ESP KH-2 Kirk Hammett Signature

Made Oct 2000 (USA?)
24 frets
Emg 81 pickups in neck and bridge position
Real Floyd Rose
2 Volume knobs and 1 tone knob
Comes with a ESP case and a Cert from Kirk Hammet with Ser#

Sound great makes lots of sustain
Good when you want to shreed and play lots of hard/heavey rock also good for instrumental stuff.
Clean is a little noise due to the EMG's

Set up was good from the factory the ation was a little to high I like it nice and low.

I have been playing for 11 years so far it is one of the best guitar I have seen. I curently own a Ibanez RG and a Ibanez ProLine the ESP KH-2 is far and beyond better than both Ibanez guitars

this guitar is a 2000 kh-2, it was made in the us. i think. 24 extra-jumbo frets, two volume, and a tone, and three way switch. It has two of the awsome emg 81's. These pickups are active so you need a 9v. battery, but it's worth it, they can last for 3000 hours each, and you only need one for both pickps. It is a strat shape, alder boday, maple bolt on neck, with rosewood fretbord. It has a really good blcak finish, iyou can comb your hair in the thing. It has an original floyed rose, and delux gohto tuners, the neck is a thin u, very fast. The guitar comes with a hardshell case, the tools for it, and a cirtificate of athenticity, i was also given a pair of strings and a atographed picture of kirk hammett.

This guitar is for the lead guitarist in metallica, so it is for solo's, it is very responsive, you can play with just touching the fretbord, but this guitar is also a great rythm guitar, some people say that the 81's are two high pitched, jst add an eq. and take out some highes, and the guitar is great, really this guitar can do it all, from acustic to metallica. I use a boss me-30, and a marshall valvestate30, it sounds just like metallica, I like everything about this guitar, and the skull and crossbone inlays make it as uniqe as kirk himself.

The guitar was setup perfect nothing was wrong, and it was even in tune when i got it. The acion was great, the pickups were raised as high as theyshould be, as close to the srings as possiable, because emg pickups do not use powerful magnets you can do this, everything was perfect.

This guitar wil withstand many live gigs, The hardwere wil last for a life time, the finish is good and will last as long as the guitar does, the strap buttons are good and they work great. I can really depend on this guitar, I would definently use it on a gig without a backup, people say it is hard to re-string, but it's easy, just keep your tools handy, also remember that when you change stings you need to tune maybe four or five times until the springs kick in, and if the back is up in the air, just tighten the scews holding the floyed rose in the back of the guitar.

Everything went fine, this guitar is under a life time warranty, and i didn't have to pay extra.

i've been playing for a year now and i am really good at solos, if it was stolen, and i couldn't get it back, i would buy it again without a doubt. My fav. thing about he guitar is everything, from the pickups to the loyed rose, it's perfect, i don't dislike anything about this guitar. I have compared it to many guitars, none are as nice as this one.

The guitar was made in 2001, I'm not sure where. It has 24 frets. It is loaded with two volume knobs (lord knows why) and one tone knob. It has two EMG-81 humbuckers. The body is made of alder I think and the fretboard is made of rosewood. It has a original floyd rose trembelo, not one of those dumb rose lisenced ones, and is locking. The neck is VERRRRRRRRY fast!!!!!! It has these BAD ASS inlays, skulls and crossbones. It came with a really nice ESP case, a shirt, a set of strings, a bunch of picks, a strap, and bunches of catologs and stuff!!

The sound is GREAT!!!!!! It could be used for anything. The pickups are verry hot so it would sound better with something with more distortion or totally clean. It is extemely clear, every note is herd flawlessly!!!

Everything was perfect on it. The action was just right, and everything was exactly the way I could have dreamed.

I just got it so I can't really say. But it looks REALY solid, you could throw this thing out of your window and it would still be in tune and everything!! lol, I give it a 10!!!!!!!

No clue, I have talked to them before and they were really cool. When I asked if the certificate was actually signed by Kirk they told me it wasn'e but to make up for it they will get him to sign a pic for me, I have yet to get it.

What can I say? Perfect!!!

as far as features go, theyre great. comes with everything, including case. (im not going to go into detail with specs, other users have covered them well)

for lead, its wicked. but... if some of you underworld style guitarists out there are attracted by the appearance (SKULL AND CROSSBONES INLAYS), it may not suit your style perfectly. the output from these EMG-81's is very high pitched. however, some of the heavier and harder music like korn and deftones require lower treble and mid even with the "tone" knob rolled all the way back. for my style however, its great

perfect. one complaint is that the inlays arent the same as eachother and are not always centered right (but i hear that they are supposed to be off-set a bit from their black outline). as for the fact that theyre not identical to eachother, they are all hand made, so naturally they cant be identical with mechanical precision.

The features? SCULL & CROSSBONES!!!!!!!!! retro conservative sort of death feeling. they are really cool looking.
Everything else has been said by everyone else, so check theirs.
one feature thats cool is that the electrics are nicely padded with foam, ant the battery is realy easy to replace.
One must understand that this is A, or THE solo instrument... LEAD
not rhythm andbasy background, though it could be fixed with an emg 60 (real rhythm).

Sound? well, as i said its really Lead. i mean its made for a really high gain tripple rectifier(oooh yeah). all about lead and gain. emg 81's really add versitility to the guitar, however are best with bright screaming lead. For the rhythm guitarist its a great guitar (because of versitility), but if i played rhythm i would slap on an emg 60. a nein couse it could be a little more coulourfull or fat.

The setup was great streight from factory (came perfectly in tune!) but the strings badly need replaving from stock (obviously, and the pickups needed adjusting(raised and lowered). Like all guitars, it had to be broken in. The finnish is really durable (finally a durable finnish, no thanks to ibanez!!!)

REALLY DAMN DURABVLE is all i can say...

HARMONY CENTRAL SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
some of the bolts on the floyd were RUSTED!!!, and a fine tuning knob was BENT!!!!(however still fine, didnt affectr sound of guitar)

i don't know when it made and where it made from but i think ESP must be made in Japan. It has 24Xjumbo frets,soild alder body and it has a 3 ways control,2 EMG 81 active pickups. Bolt-on maple neck with rosewood finger board.Black mirror finish and has a MII shape body.Original Floyd Rose. It comes with an ESP hardcase.But i perfer a neck-through

it suit my music style. I'm using a sucking PEAVEY BLAZER158 and a BOOS GT-3. but it sound quiet powerful. The KH-2 is no noisy compare with my Gibson LP studio. The sound is full but when i playing with the neck EMG81, um.....i think i'll change it to a 85.It also can make quiet good clean by using both 81....acutally, it's a good guitar, i like it

the action is low , but not as low as a vintage Fender, there has a little buzzing after i set it lower but no problem after plugged to AMP. is that no problem?The body is perfect and the finish is just like a mirror

It's good for live playing and the hardware seem that it last forever. i think i can using it without a backup.

no command......

i have playing guitar for about 3 yrs, i have one Gison LP studio and a EDWARDS(a division of ESP in Japan), i think ESP is the best. Although the neck is wide for me(because my hand is small), but the thin neck is good and i can playing so fast on it.
I WANT A NECK-THRU!!!!!!!!!

It is a 00'model made in japan.It has 24XJ frets.2 volumes 1 tone w/3 way selector.It has 2 EMG 81 active humbucker pickups.I think it's made out of alder wood w/rosewood fingerboard.Strat style body w/a mirror black and matching headstock finish.Floyd rose double locking trem.I don't know if it's just mine but the fine tuners aren't as good as they sould be.Fastest neck I have ever played,I think it's a thin U.Comes w/case bar wrenches and certificate of authenticity.I have heard of some coming w/a backstage pass. mine did't.I put strap locks on it.

this guitar fits any style you play.My style is solo's and metal but I'm playing more punk and it sound awsome.Just because it is a metallica guitar doesn't mean you have to play metallica or metal.You can make sound like anything you want it to.

It was set up good except for like i said the fine tuners on the bridge.

this will withstand live playing and will last,finish and all.I installed straplocks.The only reason i would need a back is if i broke a string.

I have been playing for a year and a half and i have sqiuer stagemaster w/EMG 81's and an EVH Dtuna

There's too many features to mention...

It's perfect

Great durability

Great

This is just another "it rules!" critique. I completely agree with everyone elses comments, just wanted to rate it a 10. I specifically bought it for the features: scull n crossbones, floyd rose, emg pickups, 24 frets, two volume knobs/three way switch. Comes in handy when playing Metallica tunes!

Sound is very heavy, especially with a death metal distortion pedal. Tons of control with the tremelo bar.

Can't compare the details with anything else.

Uh, pretty good. Definitely built for hard, heavy, metal playing.

Owned it for about 5 years. Been playing about 12 years. About to buy a Gibson V Gothic. It's in the mail, I'm so psyched! You'll see my rating of that in a couple weeks. Not buying the Gibson as a replacement though, don't get me wrong, I just needed a change.

1994 Japan made. The features are the same of all the others KH-2, but the 1994 KH-2 does not have the K. Hammet signature on the headstock, but an white ESP logo with a golden shadow and a "KH" writing. The black mirror finish was really nice, but I mouoght the guitar used and it had 2 serious cracks on the surface and so I brought it to a professional painter that made it as new, a perfect work. The guitar is really heavy, but also "nice", I mean: it's not too big as others evil axes and it has a "dinamic" look (but this is my opinion). I give it a 8 because I'd prefer that the fretboard inlays are not real mother of pearl inlays, they aren't bright as the Jackson sharkfins...

With 2 EMG 81 you won't go jamming in a church (not during the day...), it's a noiseless guitar and the harmonics pulled with the bar stay incredibily rich, also when far away from the original pitch (I pulled the 3rd string 5th fret G natural harmonic to a C# without any effort and it sounded "full"). Anyway it's a 10 because if you buy this guitar you ill play metal, and so it's a 10 metal sound.

I bought it used, so I don't know how did it exit from the factory, but the action is incredibily low and the strings play without buzzing.

I used it 10 times during live performances and I never broke a string on the stage, even if I made violence on the tremolo bar. Anyway if you use Floyd Rose tremolo at its limit it's impossible to play without a backup. This guitar seems to be eternal.

I've been playing for 7 years, I played always metal, now I play in a Metallica tribute band and obviously the guitar is perfect for that. I always have a Jackson SL-1 that I use as much as the ESP, these 2 guitars are incredible, I really don't know which one to choose when I have to play, the feeling on the fretboards are different, the KH-2 has been a real enemy for the first month, but then we where as brothers, while with the Jackson after 30 miutes I felt as I had played for years on it. But the speed I reached on the ESP was greater (speed in alternate picking). Anyway I bought the guitar because it was at a very low price: $480 and with $150 I made it become perfect (repainting the body and "cured" the headstock with professional help). In Italy this guitar costs about $1600!!! There's a thing that nobody said in these user reviews: this guitar is elegant, evil and elegant, as a beautiful black dressed gentle killer!