ESP LTD 2024 models including Bill Kelliher Royal Shiva
ESP launches their LTD 2024 range and it is massive
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ESP LTD has announced a huge range of new models for their 2024 lineup. Including the highly anticipated Bill Kelliher Royal Shiva, which is based on his ESP Custom Shop guitar. We check out our favourites, including that Mastodon Silver Sunburst double-cut.
ESP LTD 2024
These ESP LTD 2024 models are possibly some of their best new guitars in the last few years. That is a bold statement, but I can back it up with these guitars. The 2024 lineup includes some very tasty new Fire Blast finishes, and great hardware all around. Plus, of course, that new Bill Kelliher Royal Shiva in Silver Sunburst.
Arrow series now also with EverTune
ESP LTD expands the Arrow series with two new models: the Arrow-1000 in Dark Brown Sunburst Satin and the Arrow-1007 Baritone EverTune in black. Both guitars have the radical V-shape of the ESP Arrow and offer a neck-thru-body construction. The Arrow-1007 Baritone EverTune is a seven-string model with a 27′′ baritone scale.
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LTD Deluxe EC-01FT
ESPs LTD EC series has also been expanded with some new models, including the EC-01FT, available in the colors Black, Olympic White, and Vintage Burst. It is the answer to the often-expressed desire for a more down-to-earth version of the popular Eclipse design. With a new pickup developed by Seymour Duncan exclusively for ESP and other design refinements, the EC-01FT is not an entry-level EC.
A great looking singlecut model and I’m looking forward to playing one this year.
EC-1000 with Fishman Fluence pickups
Other new additions to the LTD Deluxe EC series are the newly revised successful models EC-1000 Black and EC-1000 See Thru Black Cherry models, which are now equipped with Fishman Fluence pickups, and the EC-1007 Baritone EverTune (Black), a seven-string guitar with 27′′ baritone with an EverTune bridge.
LTD Deluxe H3-1000FR
Next, is the LTD Deluxe H3-1000FR in Metallic Silver, part of the new LTD models, which comes with an extra-thin maple neck and a directly mounted pickup set – the Seymour Duncan Custom 14 developed exclusively for ESP, paired with an optically matching Seymour Duncan APH-1 Alnico II Pro humbucker in the neck position.
M-1001 and LTD Deluxe M-1007 Baritone
The new M-1001 in Charcoal Metallic Satin has a flat alder body, a satin, extra-thin, three-part maple neck, and a directly mounted Fishman Fluence Modern Humbucker. The LTD Deluxe M-1007 Baritone (Charcoal Burst Satin), on the other hand, is a seven-string guitar that has a set-t-thru construction with a 27′′ baritone scale and an alder body with a quilt maple top.
MH-1000 EverTune with Fishman Fluence
The MH-1000 EverTune comes in Charcoal Burst and offers a set-thru construction with a 25.5′′ scale, a mahogany body with a maple top, 24 extra stainless steel jumbo frets, and the EverTune bridge with constant string tension. The pickups of the MH-1000 EverTune are Fishman’s active polyphonic Fluence Modern Humbucker.
The MH-1000NT (Charcoal Burst) is a similar guitar, but with a TonePros Locking TOM Bridge with a string through body design.
LTD Deluxe Phoenix-1001
The new pretty LTD Deluxe Phoenix-1001 (Tobacco Sunburst) is a guitar with a full neck and comes with a versatile Seymour Duncan Custom 14, which delivers high output power and exceptional tonal balance.
SN series with 3 new models
Three new models of the SN series will continue to be announced. The SN-1000 EverTune Koa (Natural Satin) offers a bolt-on construction with a 25.5′′ step and a mahogany body covered with Hawaiian koa. The frets 15-22 are ge-scalloped.
The SN-1007HT Baritone (Fire Blast) offers the SN shape with a 27′′ baritone scale and a sandblasted Fire Blast finish on a swamp ash body. The SN-1 HT Baritone (Black) is another baritone guitar with 27′′ scale length which is built in bolt-on construction. It has a swamp ash body and a five-piece thin U-shaped neck made of roasted maple/purple heart.
New in the Viper series
New in the Viper series is the LTD Deluxe Viper-1000 in the popular Vintage Black Finish.
The ESP XJ is back!
The XJ-1 HT (Black Blast) offers a bolt-on construction with a 25.5′′ scale and a sandblasted Black Blast finish on the offset swamp ash body. Other features are a roasted maple neck and the popular reverse headstock.
LTD Royal Shiva
Finally, the new Bill Kelliher signature LTD Royal Shiva has a mahogany body with a maple cap. It features a 25” scale, a three-piece U-shaped mahogany neck, and a Macassar ebony fretboard with a 12” radius. The fretboard has large mother-of-pearl block inlays, 22 Extra Jumbo frets, and a 43mm bone nut.
It comes with his signature Mojotone Hell Bender pickups and has push/pull coil splits for both pickups. The Mastodon guitarist’s original Custom Shop model is a heavy guitar weighing in at 13 lbs, so expect a meaty axe with this double-cut.
The Silver Sunburst finish on this guitar looks fantastic and it could be my favourite of all his LTD models released so far.
Preorder
Thomann has some of the new 2024 models available to preorder now, which is great as ESP models can often be hard to get hold of.
More Information
- NAMM 2024 sponsors: REMISE 3
- Arrow-1007 Baritone EverTune: ESP
- ESP LTD EC-01FT in Black: ESP
- ESP LTD M-1007 BARITONE: ESP
- MH-1000NT in CHARCOAL BURST: ESP
- SN-1007HT BARITONE: ESP
- ESP LTD XJ-1HT: ESP
- ESP-Bill-Kelliher-Signature-Guitar-LTD-Royal-Shiva: ESP
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