Vernon Reid ESP

[slayer]

Anyone here of a Vernon Reid ESP Mirage Deluxe guitar? Has a funky graphic with 1 hum 1 single pickup, looks to be a bolt on neck with a rosewood board and offset block inlays. What are these worth in very good condition?Thanks-Jack.

[neilli]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

Tracy Jenkins had one, which is pictured here (right near the bottom)

http://www.collectguitars.com/gear/tjenkins.php

[slayer]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

Thanks bro!! That graphic is different, the one I saw have figures on it like Triangles and such and the body didn`t have that horn scallop. I think the one Traci has in a Maverick body perhaps? Thanks-Jack.

[neilli]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

Vernon's original ESP had a scratchplate and a triangular sticker on it. Thinking about it, Tracy's might just have been a std Mirage with a Reid type graphic (Kulick?).

[VitaminG]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

Vernon's original did have a black pickguard (with the triangle sticker), and also a H-S-S EMG setup. AFAIK, all Vern's ESPs & Hamers were bolt-on.

And yea, that is called a Kulick finish.

[slayer]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

This one has circles-squares-triangles and diamond shapes on it, and 4 tones yellow-pink-orange-red, single volume knob and a slide switich that goes up and down. Jack.

[VinceV]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

Always loved these Kulick Graphics



I've had this one for awhile recently pulled off all the hardware, for a project I never got around to. I think I'll just put it back together.

I remember that ESP from Tracy's collection when it ws on Ebay.

[slayer]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

Oops!! I just noticed the pickup selector switch is a 3 way toggle type. This guitar has no scratchplate, the symbols are part of the graphic. The guy sais it`s worth $800-1000 and is 15 years old. I don`t think it is a Reid model then, just a graphic that resembles one. This could be worth $400 or something. I am probably going to turn it anyhoo as it would be a partial trade for my AT Soloist. Jack.

[slayer]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

Hell no!! That is nothing like what the guy wants to trade me. I just think the ESP the guy has is just a Kulick graphic ESP Mirage now. Jack.

[slayer]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

I nticed the one Traci has, has the Graphic, but it different after that. Maybe some of these are just take offs of Reids guitar. Jack.

[slayer]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

Also, it looks like Reids has an Original Floyd, the guys has an ESP nockoff Floyd. Jack.

[chrisolson]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

There used to be a pair of those up here in the Twin Cities - they were supposedly owned by one of the guys in Prince's band. I played both of them - great guitars, but kinda spendy (Guitar Center used prices - what do you expect?), and I wasn't crazy about the graphic.

[Markus]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

Is this the one you are talking about?



-Mark

[slayer]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

Yes, but with a regular headstock and the pickups are colored, with colored rings. Were these a signiture model? Maybe the neck was swapped on the one I was looking at? Jack.

[diablomozart]

Re: Vernon Reid ESP

i am not aware of there ever being a "signature" guitar for vernon reid from esp...d.m.