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The feel of an instrument's neck is very subjective, I'd recommend checking this out or any other of our thin U shaped necks in person to see if it is the right fit for you.

Tone is a subjective topic, some may see it as an upgrade to change the pickups and some may be content with the tone they are already receiving.  Just like everyone has their own favorite color, everyone has their own tonal preferences.

They'll be 500K pots, replacing them would be up to you when you perform the swap.  Be sure to have this done by a professional to avoid any unwanted damage to your instrument.

Thank you for your wonderful review Carlos!

Thanks for the suggestion Jim!

Hey Carlos, how about this EC-1000?

Hey Muhammad, you'll have to work with your local distributor in order to get this model in your area, which would be Davis Guitar.  They should have no issue putting this guitar on order for you.

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Hi Yabbie, Any Seymour Duncan pickup with 4 conductor wires will allow you to keep the split coil feature. They have a lot of pickups to choose from. I suggest you go on their website or forums to ask around. Think about the way the current pickups sound. Which direction do you want to go from the current sound? Do you want a higher output? Warmer tone? These are some things to consider. Our pickups are about medium output, not considered a hot output. Typically for lots of gain most players prefer a hotter output, however, when you have a pickup that has a really high output , the tone is not so clear. Many excellent players I've met and worked with over the years prefer a lower output pickup which keeps their signal pure or clean from the guitar. Beyond that it's up to the amp and effects to create your distorted sound. Switching to any type of Alnico pickup would give you a "rounder" or "warmer" tone if you're looking to go in that direction. For upgrading to locking tuners, I would suggest either Hipshot or Ratio by Graphtech, but there are also other brands out there that work fine.

I have this guitar and absolutely love it! For tuning try some lube at the nut, mine doesn't lose tune often. As far as upgrade pickups, I recommend Seymour Duncan 59 for the neck and JB4 for the bridge. Perfect combo for your genres and still splitable (Charvel has this on their san dimas hh). I plan on this pickup mod in the future for my guitar.

Hi Fraser, You can tighten the hardware and mounting screw on your current tuner, that should help you with your current issue. If you want to upgrade to replacement tuners, you will not always find a brand that fits our mounting hole exactly. Some locking tuners including our own version use pins located under the housing, so there is no mounting screw "leg" like current tuners. I would recommend either Hipshot or Ratio tuners from Graphtech.

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It’s the same year mine was made, I’m interested now!

Hi Yabbie, I was wondering, if your guitar is the same year as mine, do you have any clue as to what year it was made. Thank you.

Hi Fraser, Your guitar was produced in 2018. Please email our customer service team for more specific requests such as this as we prefer those inquiries go to our customer service team. Their email is customerservice@espguitars.com .

Thank you Todd B. ESP, that lifted stress on finding the year, thank you. - Fraser

Hi Afit, Nice to hear from you. Please check our list of international distributors on our website and you should be able to contact them to find out where you can buy this guitar. Here is a link to our distributor page: https://www.espguitars.com/locations?categories=intl-distributors

The white stuff in the circular area (don’t know what it is called sorry)

Hi Yabbie, This is nothing to worry about. All pickups are built with a coil of wire around each bobbin and they need to be sealed tightly inside the pickup cover so they don't move around (causes feedback). So most pickup manufacturers seal the coils with a process called "potting" with wax and a vacuum system. You can easily wipe off the wax residue with a soft polishing cloth. Nothing to worry about.

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I have an acoustic with the same warning, different brand tho, Butler used it for years and I’m fine. It’s probably just a warning as it may cause cancer, but it isn’t a big deal, as only California are looking into this, and no other places

Yeah! I hope so! It's crazy how many guitars have this warning these days! I bought the guitar and its a good buy for the money!

Hi Aditya, For items sold in California all businesses are required to report miniscule amounts of elements which the state of California lists on their Proposition 65 list for carcinogens.

Exposure by inhalation or contact is not likely on an electric guitar. Swallowing or ingesting any guitar parts is not recommended.

You’re very lucky. It’s one of the originals before they switched factories to Indonesia. Probably Korea made?

Also is it normal for the volume knobs to be really high off the body? I like it and it works perfectly fine, I just haven’t seen that before

And the guitar I got is much brighter in colour, is that normal? I really like it and it feels great to play

Hi YabieBell, yes your guitar is our most recent version. We have not updated our website photo yet but are working on it. Depends on your serial number, but it will say the country where it was made on the back of the headstock. We have made that model in Vietnam, China and Indonesia, not Korea. Yes colors can vary slightly, and it's normal for the knobs to be  high off the body because of the arch shape. We hope you like it!

Yeah it’s made in China, great guitar, highly recommended if low budget!

Hi Yigit, The 400 series model would come with higher end pickups like EMG or SEymour Duncan, as well as Grover tuners. Other than that they are pretty similar build.

Hi Muhammad, Yes this is normal. In the past we put our model name inside a block at the 12th fret. Last year we changed this and so now all our guitars have the model name on the truss rod cover and not on the 12th fret.

Hello Kingrazor, These pickups are ceramic.

Yes, but if the Floyd Rose bridge was added, the pricing of the guitar would be more expensive. And there are other Ltd Eclipse/Ec guitars which have Floyd Rose bridges but with a higher price.

hope that helps