Picture of Mustaine's new ESP DV8 on ESP's website

[Snoogans]

Re: Picture of Mustaine\'s new ESP DV8 on ESP\'s website

I know that this has been said many times before,but I guess the realisation only struck me last night. Does Jackson have any "Big Hitter" endorsees? Not to detract from those who are, I'm sure they're all WAY more talented than I am, but the few that I've heard of are hardly "Movers and Shakers". I mean, have you heard the stuff that Def Leppard is turning out these days? We all know who makes the best rock guitars in the World,but it's a bit of a shame when we have to say "All the best artists USED to play Jackson"
Just my little lament,please don't be offended by my ignorance of the current endorsee line-up!

[jem777az]

Re: Picture of Mustaine\'s new ESP DV8 on ESP\'s website

Here's the official specs for both the ESP and LTD DV8:

ESP & LTD DV8 Signature Model Specs:

Construction/Scale: Neck-thru-body/25.5"
Body: Mahogany
Neck/Fretboard: Mahogany/ebony (ESP); Mahogany/rosewood (LTD)
Inlays: 8-ball on 1st fret, 6mm dots till 12th fret, 4.5mm dots from 12th fret on, no dots on 24.
Pickups: Seymour Duncan JB (bridge) + Jazz (neck)
Electronics: 2 volume, 3-way toggle, tone
Hardware: Black, including Sperzel locking tuners
Bridge: TonePros tune-o-matic w/ string-thru-body
Binding: White (neck & headstock only)
Frets: 24 Jumbo
Colors: Black, white, metallic silver
US suggested retail: TBD

[ChickenScratch]

Re: Picture of Mustaine\'s new ESP DV8 on ESP\'s website

Originally posted by jem777az:
Here's the official specs for both the ESP and LTD DV8:

ESP & LTD DV8 Signature Model Specs:

Construction/Scale: Neck-thru-body/25.5"
Body: Mahogany
Neck/Fretboard: Mahogany/ebony (ESP); Mahogany/rosewood (LTD)
Inlays: 8-ball on 1st fret, 6mm dots till 12th fret, 4.5mm dots from 12th fret on, no dots on 24.
Pickups: Seymour Duncan JB (bridge) + Jazz (neck)
Electronics: 2 volume, 3-way toggle, tone
Hardware: Black, including Sperzel locking tuners
Bridge: TonePros tune-o-matic w/ string-thru-body
Binding: White (neck & headstock only)
Frets: 24 Jumbo
Colors: Black, white, metallic silver
US suggested retail: TBD

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">All those specs sound like a killer guitar right. Somehow the package does not work in my eyes though.

[OnlineStageGear]

Re: Picture of Mustaine\'s new ESP DV8 on ESP\'s website

Dave was the only guy aside from Scott Ian that had any real name recognition and got biz for the Custom Shop.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">WRONG - Guy named Phil comes to mind.

For Fender to shell out the kind of $$ to a non-touring, non-recording rock star that Dave was demanding was not good business. The Y2KV was destined to be discontinued, just like all the other Dave Mustaine Sig models.

[gemini8026]

Re: Picture of Mustaine\'s new ESP DV8 on ESP\'s website

Im a small town country boy in Canada.

Can someone please tell me what the Eight ball has to do with drugs?!?

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[Newc]

Re: Picture of Mustaine\'s new ESP DV8 on ESP\'s website

Slang term for a heroin package. It's based on the old expression to be behind the 8-ball, or in a bad situation.

Newc

[pro-fusion]

Re: Picture of Mustaine\'s new ESP DV8 on ESP\'s website

Actually, I thought that "eight ball" was a crack reference. I'm no drug expert, though. Other than a little herb back in the day and one unsatisfying snort of "krell" in 1989, I'm basically just a good old beer swiller...

[ May 30, 2003, 09:50 AM: Message edited by: pro-fusion ]