Got a spare $4-5K lying around ?

[ZL1hawk]

ESP should stick with their NV lineup since they look a lot better. They just need to ditch the Kahler and the inlays.

[leftykingv2]

Sorry guys I know everyone hates to hear me bitch about price, but just like Gibson it's way too much money for a production model guitar in my opinion.

[eakinj]

Priced way too high, but I'd buy one at the drop of a hat (If I could afford it)

[Sephiroth]

ESP should stick with their NV lineup since they look a lot better. They just need to ditch the Kahler and the inlays.

To me the soft inward curves on the horns really makes the King V the best version of that.

[ZL1hawk]

That's why they're the King!

[ZL1hawk]

Is GAS a bitch or what boys?

1 black ESP Original Series Arrow is getting put on order. Been chit chatting with my favorite dealer and when I get it I'm going to take pics of the Arrow next to my RR1 USA Lightning and my custom shop KV2. If you guys can show me how to make clips with my Canon we can compare/contrast all 3 if you boys want. I can record clips just fine but getting them to upload to my computer, then to a website to host the video, is a geeking issue that is beyond my gadget abilities.

I'll make sure it comes with black hardware too. A black ESP Arrow.....

[lepard]

Damn dude, awesome ! Mind if we ask what you had to give for it ?

I was actually shopping the Andromeda Arrow today. Cheapest one I could find was $3999 ..............uggggghhh !

[ZL1hawk]

Damn dude, awesome ! Mind if we ask what you had to give for it ?

I was actually shopping the Andromeda Arrow today. Cheapest one I could find was $3999 ..............uggggghhh !

Yeah the price is pretty high. I haven't received my quote yet but I'm ordering a custom Mirage from ESP at the end of this month and am going to place my order for the Arrow at the same time. I was in a motorcycle accident a little over a year ago and won my medical case with my insurance so I'm waiting on the settlement money to show up which should happen within 2 or 3 weeks. It has allowed me to buy some gear that normally would be beyond my means. Once I have all the info and start the process I'll let you guys know how much ESP is charging and how long it would take to get the Arrow and of a course plenty of pics and review.

I'm a big V freak lepard and I love my Jackson's but that Arrow has grown on me since I first saw it. I was told the Original Series ESP guitars quality is unsurpassed and that comes from a dealer I trust who has never steered me wrong so my interest is peaked big time.

ESP has released an E-II version of the Arrow which would be much more affordable. I'll PM you some pics of that one a friend sent me because it looks really good. I have 3 E-II's in my collection and they all are great guitars and a solid bang for your buck.

[lepard]

ESP has released an E-II version of the Arrow which would be much more affordable. I'll PM you some pics of that one a friend sent me because it looks really good. I have 3 E-II's in my collection and they all are great guitars and a solid bang for your buck.

Do they make an E-II version in the Andromeda finish ?

[xenophobe]

Sorry guys I know everyone hates to hear me bitch about price, but just like Gibson it's way too much money for a production model guitar in my opinion.

Except that Gibson and ESP are on two totally different sides of the quality spectrum. ESP is on par or with or sometimes better than a comparable Jackson. If you're a serious nit-picker, you'll probably be more pleased with an ESP.

[algeriet]

ESP should stick with their NV lineup since they look a lot better. They just need to ditch the Kahler and the inlays.

The inlays + reverse headstock are quite meh, especially the inlays. Dreadful.
It just feels like they wanted a Kerry King model but haven't reeeeaaally pushed for the connection except for us guitar (super) enthusiasts to see. It would need a Floyd Rose, dot inlays (or something less \m/) to be a more popular model.

YA'LL WITH ME OR WHAT?!

[pianoguyy]

I dropped $2k on a guitar back in the mid 80's. Inflation says $4k today.
I can't justify spending more than $250 for a used LTD EC-1000. But I would totally hop on a time machine and tell myself to buy a dozen more of those Jackson guitars. And if I was young today, and the music conditions were the same, I would probably spend the $4k.

But, I am old. The hands are gone. The music industry sucks. The music business pay is dreadful.
I can't see myself buying anything new. I am strictly shopping on the used market until things change.

[ZL1hawk]

Do they make an E-II version in the Andromeda finish ?

Let me ask. Email sent. If they do I'll get prices and options for you.

The inlays + reverse headstock are quite meh, especially the inlays. Dreadful.
It just feels like they wanted a Kerry King model but haven't reeeeaaally pushed for the connection except for us guitar (super) enthusiasts to see. It would need a Floyd Rose, dot inlays (or something less \m/) to be a more popular model.

YA'LL WITH ME OR WHAT?!

Yup the old KKV's, I had one years ago that was a bolty and has since been retired, I even have the old case it came in, super old gold letter ESP case with the purple interior.

If they redid the NV lineup it would be a welcomed sight.

I dropped $2k on a guitar back in the mid 80's. Inflation says $4k today.
I can't justify spending more than $250 for a used LTD EC-1000. But I would totally hop on a time machine and tell myself to buy a dozen more of those Jackson guitars. And if I was young today, and the music conditions were the same, I would probably spend the $4k.

But, I am old. The hands are gone. The music industry sucks. The music business pay is dreadful.
I can't see myself buying anything new. I am strictly shopping on the used market until things change.

Seems like nostalgia has hit you pretty hard, I call it bliss, and that is a good thing. I stick with throwback bands and whatever mutation survived the atomic holocaust of speed metal's past. The RR1, a gift from the Kreator, forever changed my landscape.

Yup I feel very old.

[ZL1hawk]

lepard check yo PM's dude!