ESP ARROW

BLACK ANDROMEDA

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$5,699.00

with case

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Made by hand in our ESP Custom Shop, the Arrow Black Andromeda will set you apart from everyone else with its bold body styling and its incredible finish, which seems black until the lights hit it and you see its dazzling “Andromeda” iridescence. Everything about the ESP Original Arrow is designed for the highest performance, from its neck-thru-body construction to its top-tier components that include a Floyd Rose Original bridge, ESP strap locks, Gotoh tuners, and a set of Seymour Duncan Blackout pickups.

Specifications

Construction Neck-Thru

Scale 25.5"

Body Alder

Neck 3Pc Maple

Fingerboard Ebony

Fingerboard Radius 305mm

Finish Black Andromeda

Nut Width 42mm

Nut Type Locking

Neck Contour Thin U

Frets/Type 24 XJ

Hardware Color Black Nickel

Strap Button ESP Strap Lock

Tuners Gotoh

Bridge Floyd Rose Original

Neck PU Seymour Duncan Blackout

Bridge PU Seymour Duncan Blackout

Electronics Active

Electronics Layout Volume/Toggle Switch

Strings Elixir Nanoweb Super Light (.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042)

Case

V-ALEXI GUITAR FORM FIT CASE

Case Included Y

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Earth-Worm-Tim wrote January 20, 2024 13:22

My favorite guitar which I will have buried with me. However, I took the Blackouts out it immediately and put in some BKP Painkillers and it sounds like the voice of god through my ENGL Fireball 100 and ENGL E412XXL. If this guitar had a 27" baritone scale and came with some BKPs, there would be absolutely no reason to even purchase another guitar for the remainder of my life!!!

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Muhammad A. wrote February 01, 2024 18:28

I agree. The Blackouts on this guitar sounded too muddy or undefined especially the bridge pickup. The neck is amazing however. It sounds like the bridge is over wounded or intentionally made to sound very hot. Great for heavy chugs but I still prefer to have some presence.

What strings and gauge do you use on it?

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Earth-Worm-Tim wrote May 11, 2024 09:38

I like relatively light strings so I use Elixir Nanoweb 10-52 when I setup for anything Drop-C or higher. But when I wanna setup for C-Standard or below I use 11-56; however, with the 25.5" scale, I'd have to go heavier gauge to get to tune below Drop-A because it's pushing it with respect to playability in Drop-A with 11-56, but that's about as low as I've been able to go without dramatically effecting playability.

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Miles M. wrote April 07, 2021 01:10

Great guitar but please bring out a Hardtail version in the LTD range.

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Earth-Worm-Tim wrote January 20, 2024 13:23

Dude, ESP just released the LTD Deluxe Arrow-1007 Baritone Evertune and it sounds like something you may wanna checkout given your comment.

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Jason O. wrote February 12, 2021 12:54

Just curious. This guitar offered without tremolo ?

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Todd B. ESP wrote February 15, 2021 10:03

Hi, It is not available in that configuration as a stock model, but you could order it with the build of your choice since it is made at the custom shop, it would just be built to order. Please contact your ESP Dealer of choice if you would like them to arrange this for you.

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