$7000 extra gets you an ebony fingerboard

[Vass]

and an extra inlay.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ESP-Kirk-Hammett-20th-Anniversary-KH20-Electric-Guitar?sku=512961

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ESP-KH2-Kirk-Hammett-Signature-Series-Electric-Guitar?sku=516581

I will stop being upset about USA Jackson prices for exactly 20 minutes.

I really liked the part about "much sought after EMG 81's". I had no idea they were in such short supply.


Vass

[petedz]

"Get yours before they're gone! "

:ROTF:

[thunderhead]

Fucking hell! That's even worst than the Charvel prices...

[ozzuk1]

AFAIK They are gone most of them were bought before they even arrived at the dealers there arent that many worldwide...

These were also built by ESP's top builders rather than the standard or custom shop guys....

Similar to fenders masterbuilts

The inlays on those are way way nicer than the Standard KH-2's also....

Yes they are expensive but no more overpriced than the shelf warming jacksons that are built for namm often....

They also like the GL20's came with a special one of a kind case I think...

This is just the kind of thing ESP and Ibanez do that not many american companies copy...

Jackson could make a run of special guitars now and then with different specs from the typical usa or import line, and make money and give a different product but they seem to be sticking with the same stuff and not changing anything drastically...

[markD]

tru dat, sucka...ESP and i banez make a lot of limited guitars that sell fast. jackson SHOULD learn something from their main competitors. i think of the hoshino 90th anniversary models from ibanez....the JEM 10th and 20th models....the JEM DNA...all VERY cool guitars that seem to hold their value. unlike our precious jacksons which seem to be overpriced new and underpriced used....

[sonicsamurai]

Of course, it wouldn't do to start off with great tone and then lose it with the wrong pickups. That's why ESP has installed the highly sought-after EMG 81 Active pickup set....

:ROTF:

[VinceV]

AFAIK there are only 20 of these. I thought they were all sold.

[toejam]

AFAIK there are only 20 of these. I thought they were all sold.

They most likely are all sold. MF probably thinks they're getting them but really have no clue. It wouldn't be the first time they've advertised something on their site that never would arrive.

[shreder13]

Wow Overall
Experience w/productI own it
Reviewer's Background-pro
Reviewer's Play Styleska, country, african jungle boogie V
Features
Qualityalue
this guitar is awesome. its a great guitar for bluegrass and acoustic folk music, which is what i use it for! the strings are kind of sharp, so i have to wear bandaids on my fingers when i play it though. over all its a good guitar at a bargain price.

Posted by leeroy from alabama on Jan 12, 2008

[destructin_od]

Wow Overall
Experience w/productI own it
Reviewer's Background-pro
Reviewer's Play Styleska, country, african jungle boogie V
Features
Qualityalue
this guitar is awesome. its a great guitar for bluegrass and acoustic folk music, which is what i use it for! the strings are kind of sharp, so i have to wear bandaids on my fingers when i play it though. over all its a good guitar at a bargain price.

Posted by leeroy from alabama on Jan 12, 2008

I was just about to post the same thing!

[Brooke]

Omg

[slash-ed]

Tbh, price aside, Kirk Hammett aside...

I like it.

[NextInLine]

"It's truly some kind of monster."



YEAH SURE!

[xDEATHSTARx]

i have kh-20 #9
i bought it almost a year ago for 6500 new, the 10k is the retail but not everybody will pay that, when i got mine i knew of 4 or 5 other esp board members that paid the same as i did, theres 41 guitars total, 1 for kirk, 20 for the usa market and 20 for overseas market, kirk liked his so much he also got #13 from the usa markets allocation. theres only a few left floating around right now that havent been sold, i saw a few last year sell for 10k on ebay, and i know of somebody who just sold one for around 7500 i believe, and dcgl got 10k for theirs before it ever got to the store.

honestly i dont think its worth 10k and i still have a hardtime justifying the 6500 i spent but i do like the guitar and im sure someday it will go up in value. ive had a few chances to sell mine for a profit but i wanted to keep it instead.

i also have a currently kh2 ntb and kh3,
and i owned 2 of the kh2 relics and a kh2 bolt on and kh4.
ive owned about 12 custom shop esp guitars over the years and all of them were great but im being 100% honest when i say the kh20 sounds better than any of them, the build quality is fantastic on it and it resonates really well and has a nice clear tone to it.

since somebody posted the links to the kh20 and kh2 and said all its gets for 7k is a fingerboard your missing the point, this guitar is a gonna be collectable and the kh2 wont, the kh20 has a hand signed cert and is part of only 41 guitars.
esp also had their most skilled craftsman build these guitars, the inlays are only gonna be on this guitar and the skulls look way cooler than the kh2 skulls, the kh20 inlay is made of mirror and theres no filler to be seen on the inlays, the kh20 also has a beautiful flamed maple top and the ebony fretboard that you cant get on the kh2, and the neck has a gloss finish and the kh2 has a satin finish. the kh20 comes with one of the coolest guitar cases ive ever seen and has a built in tuner.
now the most important part of a guitar is the woods and the kh20 has the best woods that esp had and the feel so much better than the kh2. better wood and better craftsmanship = a better feeling and sounding guitar. the maple top is thicker than most maple tops ive seen and not a veneer like some brands use.

as far as price goes nobody should complain too much when you consider the jackson custom shop prices these days.

heres a couple pics
its a hard guitar to photograph

[toejam]

The KH-1 was the coolest of Kirk's ESPs.

http://www.guitarsatbmusic.com.au/esp/readersrigs/killemallforone_kh1.htm