Incoming ESP E-II M-I Neck Thru NT DCARS

[Simon Dorn]

I keep it short. I orderd one of these....Who has one? Thoughts and opinions?

 

[Gitfiddler]

don't have one, but played an H-H version at GC a few months ago and liked it better than the Jackson american soloists. Strong gas ever since!!

 

[John4021]

Taking a hard look at the Arrow.
Guys in here speak highly of the E-II brand.

Let us know what you think.

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

I have flirted with this guitar a lot. I like EMGs but hate having to put a battery in my guitar, and the volume pot is in the wrong position for me, but other than those two things, this guitar is perfect

 

[John4021]

Is there a trap door to access the 9 Volt or is it in the cavity

 

[WizardAmpIphoneClip]

Man you'd think by now or 30 years ago companies would move the friggin' volume knob out the way....the struggle most of us know

 

[cardinal]

Every E-II I've played has been awesome. I'd have one of these if it was a stop tail instead of string through.

 

[Kagami]

Is there a trap door to access the 9 Volt or is it in the cavity

The E-II's all have the trap door on them, LTDs have a separate battery cavity.

These M-1s are great and have been a solid value since they started selling them, hard to beat imo.

 

[Simon Dorn]

don't have one, but played an H-H version at GC a few months ago and liked it better than the Jackson american soloists. Strong gas ever since!!

I had an eye on these Jacksons (and others) too, but i was a bit hesitant. Maybe it sounds silly, but i don't like the Softcases. Go grab an E-2 then, when you have the chance.

Taking a hard look at the Arrow.
Guys in here speak highly of the E-II brand.

Let us know what you think.

The Arrow is also nice, but maybe a bit too light...and since i have a V-2 Standard...I will. The 2 other guitars i ordered in the last 2 months were this and an Gibson Les Paul Custom Standard (which funnily enough was too heavy and the Pickups was too vintage for me". You did not aks, but now you know.

 

[Simon Dorn]

I have flirted with this guitar a lot. I like EMGs but hate having to put a battery in my guitar, and the volume pot is in the wrong position for me, but other than those two things, this guitar is perfect

It's only once a year. That's ok. You can put a new Battery in it, when you change Strings. I also do that once a year. But the Volume Pot Placement is my "biggest concern" too. I always wanted the black one, but the red grew on me. My first two ever guitars were red. It would be kinda full circle.

 

[Simon Dorn]

Is there a trap door to access the 9 Volt or is it in the cavity

Trap-Door. But the clip inside my ESP-V2 became loose. I had to fix it with a strong double sided tape...

 

[Simon Dorn]

Man you'd think by now or 30 years ago companies would move the friggin' volume knob out the way....the struggle most of us know

Yes. That might be an issue. A flatter dome knob might be the solution, but we'll see.

 

[Simon Dorn]

Every E-II I've played has been awesome. I'd have one of these if it was a stop tail instead of string through.

Fair enough Why don't you like string-through?

The E-II's all have the trap door on them, LTDs have a separate battery cavity.

These M-1s are great and have been a solid value since they started selling them, hard to beat imo.

Yeah. Can't think of a better one on the market.

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

I always prefer string through. Sexy ass stringbreak

 

[iff]

I've wanted one of those for a while, but never found one for the right price to take the chance since ESP necks have been hit or miss for me. They also do a really nice one for the Japanese market with a quilt top.