E-II debate - New YT Video - RT mentioned

[Music&Chaos]

Did not even realize this was a topic/thing. E-II has possible work done in China for Japanese series production?? I just see allegations but no real proof overall. Still - interesting!



14:31 RT is mentioned.

 

[WizardAmpIphoneClip]

Some joker on Tiktok was saying theyre made in china or at least have the bodies cut there, supposedly. Could be the truth who knows

 

[thegame]

Doesn’t Edward Snowden have bigger cases to crack?

 

[SonVolt]

It's almost cliche at this point, but E-II was the dumbest marketing decision ESP could have possibly made.

 

[cardinal]

I believe the headstocks say "Made in Japan" and regardless it doesn't matter because wherever they come from and whatever the headstock says, they are killer guitars and priced well imho.

 

[vultures]

I sat through this whole video thinking it would be an actual "investigation". Instead it just rehashes the same tired bullshit that's been spewed for years on forums. Japan has strict laws regarding this shit. ESP is a high profile company. There is no way they could get away with what these rumors proport for 10+ years.

 

[scottosan]

He's referring to the Jixi plant in China. The Edwards part is true, but what he's claiming is that the only difference between E-II and Edwards is additional fretwork? This is not the case. The E-IIs are made in Tokyo. This is not different that Gibson USA vs Customer shop, Fender USA vs Custom shop, or what Suhr did with the pro series. Just set specs tailored to reduce cost and churn out larger numbers. There was a few sketchy years when the Sado plant closed down around 2012 and the Shin Tokyo Factory I and II opening up. It is suspected that they augmented some Jixi CNC work to keep up with standard series during the transition.