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  • #31
    Re: New Hanneman ESP

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    This a good deal on the Mirage Custom and I guess the damage kept the price from going higher. I have followed ESP prices and I found that more anything that was worht getting was overpriced for what it was. I do not think that his changed for what my tastes are, but that is me and I am picky!

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    The damage on this one is almost entirely cosmetic, which I don't really care about. The only things that were missing for me were the knobs, trem arm, and the locking strap whose ends are still attached to the guitar. I'm certainly willing to save a few hundred bucks in return for cosmetic damage--but then, I also prefer mutt dogs to purebreds, so I'm a bit funny that way...

    Old ESP Mirages, M-1's and M-II's are funny when it comes to price. When they are in good condition, they seem to fall about halfway between the going price for a Soloist Pro and a USA Soloist from that same era.

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    • #32
      Re: New Hanneman ESP

      A bolt on Mirage in the graphitti finish sold over here for around £550 (approx $1000) 6 months or so ago.....That's good news as I have a Mirage Custom w EMGs and OFR in the same graphic, which I figure must be worth more!
      Popular is not the same as good
      Rare is not the same as valuable
      Worth is what someone will pay, not what you want to get

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      • #33
        Re: New Hanneman ESP

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        What's wrong with the maple body? You do not like it coz its heavy or the sustain is bad? I am asking it coz I will maybe buy a Kamikaze with a maple body.

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        well with maple being a pretty dense wood, you will not have the pores within the wood for the tone to resonate, which will be pretty trebly in tonal characteristics, and that resonance is what helps sustain, the less porous the wood is, the more the actual wood itself will dampen and absorb the energy of the sound, reducing sustain...an easier way of thinking about it is this:

        more porous woods (ex.- mahoganies, alders, ashes, basswoods): more resonance, deeper tones, more sustain
        more dense woods (ex.- maples): less resonance, treblier tones, less sustain

        but of course, guitar manufacturers combine these woods in construction to obtain the qualities of each wood used

        i will never buy an all maple-bodied guitar, it will sound like shrill to my ears

        i think i was just rambling...

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