#Diamond dimensions 260 series#

The Black with black diamond plate and black hardware was discontinued in 2006 due to the introduction of the Wayne Static Model, which has a chrome diamond plate on top of black finish. It has 22 extra jumbo frets and an Earvana compensated nut. The fingerboard features dot inlays with the model name at the 12th fret. The EX-400 features set-in neck construction in a 24.75' scale. The inlay was also changed to an arrow shape as opposed to dots. It is also only available in a black flamed-maple top which was usually never used on the EX series. It has exactly the same spec as the original EX-400 but it now has a Floyd Rose Special tremolo. This is ESPs latest addition to the EX LTD line-up. This is very similar to the ESP LTD 401DX with the only major differences being that it is made in Japan, has Gotoh bridge and tuners as opposed to ESP bridge and Grover tuners and has a bone nut. The most recent example (though with a few alterations to body and headstock design) is the ESP JH Snakebyte, which has been available to the public вЂ“ along with a lower-priced LTD model вЂ“ since the summer of 2011. Hetfield's equipment includes many custom made guitars that closely resemble the original EXP guitars in looks as well as specifications.

#Diamond dimensions 260 series#

He further popularized the series with his legendary 'EET FUK' MX 220.and his custom ESP JH-2, a black MX 250 with diamond plating.

Metallica's James Hetfield is probably the most renowned user of the MX series, which he has been using since the late 1980s. Soon after Gibson's decision to sue ESP, ESP discontinued the EXP series for international markets and began production of the current EX series, featuring a different design with more pointed edges and the usual ESP headstock shape, to avoid any lawsuit. Towards the late 1990s the range was renamed as EXP series (often simply called the ESP Explorer), which featured a design exactly like the Gibson Explorer, down to the same rounded body edges and headstock shape the only differences being EMG pickups, two control knobs (versus the three on Gibson Explorers) and the ESP logo on the headstock. The EX series began as the MX Series in the mid to late 1980s, firstly producing a MX 220 based on a 1970s Gibson Explorer Body with the вЂfamedвЂ™ banana headstock, then later with the MX 250 model (as shown in the pic above) with a smaller headstock and a 1980s Gibson body shape. The discontinued models are still sold online or in some guitar shops that still have them in stock.Дan Jacobs of Atreyu playing an ESP EX guitar, with sharp edges The EX-400BD was discontinued in 2007, therefore the EX-400, EX-260, and EX-50 are the only EX models currently produced by ESP in the LTD production line. The EX-351 was discontinued in 2004 when the EX-400, EX-400BD, and the EX-260 were introduced. In 2003, those models were discontinued and the EX-351 and EX-50 were introduced.

In 2000 there was an EX-350 that was a set neck with a Floyd Rose and 2 humbuckers, it was only available in oxblood red.

Notable users of models in the EX Series include Patrik Jensen and Anders BjГ¶rler of The Haunted, Peter Tagtgren of Hypocrisy, Seth of Behemoth, Devin Townsend and Jed Simon of Strapping Young Lad, Chris McCarthy of Internal Bleeding, Wayne Static of Static-X, Dan Jacobs of Atreyu, Silenoz of Dimmu Borgir, and Jesper StrГ¶mblad of In Flames.Д®SP began the EX Series with models such as the EX-100 and the EX-102 among others. The ESP EX is a series of electric guitars produced by ESP produced in the United States, Europe and in Japan with the ESP logo as part of the ESP Original Series. JSTOR ( March 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.