ESP Alexi Laiho USA Version

[lerxstcat]

Re: ESP Alexi Laiho USA Version

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24 frets - great, 1 humbucker - great

But why is this thing so damn ugly ?? (btw. check the inlays on the esp japan site - they're even uglier than the guitar [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] )

i think ibanez is gonna sue 'em for stealing their Pro-Line 2660 design (rhoads that looked exactly the same)

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Well it wasn't exactly the same, it was 22 frets, not 24. I don't thiunk they made a single-hum neckthrough version.
And besides, how would Ibanez sue ESP for stealing a shape that Ibanez stole from Jackson? If they won it would be an open-shut case for Jackson to sue Ibanez for the same thing. I'm sure Jackson would get more $ out of Ibanez than Ibanez would get from ESP. They don't want to open that can of worms, Ibanez started out making copies almost exclusively.

[Brick]

Re: ESP Alexi Laiho USA Version

How does Esp get away with copying other companies??? what the deal?? its so weird.

[No Use]

Re: ESP Alexi Laiho USA Version

i like it.

[MetalGrasshopper]

Re: ESP Alexi Laiho USA Version

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How does Esp get away with copying other companies??? what the deal?? its so weird.

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Most of their ripoff models aren't available in the US where the originals were from. That's why in Japan you can still get a Hetfield style explorer while in the US all you can get is the pointy kind.

[toejam]

Re: ESP Alexi Laiho USA Version

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i kinda like it [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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So do I. I saw one yesterday online somewhere that had a glow-in-the-dark pinstripes and sawtooth inlays that was really cool, but I can't remember where now.

[toejam]

Re: ESP Alexi Laiho USA Version

Actually, it was a Harmony Central... here's the pics.

[veliyasin]

Re: ESP Alexi Laiho USA Version

Ok this indeed will sell like hotcakes. A lot of unique features in this toy. Unfinished neck, glow-in-the-dark, one humbucker, one pot, the cutaway... I still hate the whole idea though, the guitar itself looks really childish. Why have that stupid stuff instead of some good MOP or Abalone?

[pagemalicious]

Re: ESP Alexi Laiho USA Version

I like it. But i wouldn't pay the money they are asking for. I could get my own custom, made exactly the same and cheaper.

[Brick]

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just buy a RR1 thats what i did.

[pagemalicious]

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You could even buy an RR from one of the japanese sites. They offer pretty much the same thing for alot cheaper.

[MetalGrasshopper]

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Ok this indeed will sell like hotcakes. A lot of unique features in this toy. Unfinished neck, glow-in-the-dark, one humbucker, one pot, the cutaway... I still hate the whole idea though, the guitar itself looks really childish. Why have that stupid stuff instead of some good MOP or Abalone?

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I'm not sure if the USA one will have the glow in the dark inlays/pins. The one that TJ posted was the Japanese ESP one

[veliyasin]

Re: ESP Alexi Laiho USA Version

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Ok this indeed will sell like hotcakes. A lot of unique features in this toy. Unfinished neck, glow-in-the-dark, one humbucker, one pot, the cutaway... I still hate the whole idea though, the guitar itself looks really childish. Why have that stupid stuff instead of some good MOP or Abalone?

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I'm not sure if the USA one will have the glow in the dark inlays/pins. The one that TJ posted was the Japanese ESP one

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Ok now I see it, the shape is the Japanese shape.

Hmm it will be a wise move to keep those features though. We will see.

[skarhead]

Re: ESP Alexi Laiho USA Version

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Well it wasn't exactly the same, it was 22 frets, not 24. I don't thiunk they made a single-hum neckthrough version.

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Hey Lerx - sure they didn't make a H-S version - the 2660 was a 2 hum neck through - but the body shape is almost the same IIRC ( !! ) - the lower wing was also longer on the ibanez PL series than on a RR shape. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Zerberus]

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ESP must really be paining for new Ideas, Now they´re even knocking off Carvin [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]


All they did was flip it 180° [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[toejam]

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