The ESP Guitar Company

Hey Cayoub, these are made in both Korea and Indonesia, hope this helps!

Carl N. Thanks for your reply. How do I know which is which? And what are the differences between the two other than being made in different countries?

Thanks for your insight Jeffery!

Hey Alexis, the tools packs for these will contain a replacement spring but unfortunately some dealers end up throwing these away for some reason.  I'd reach out to the dealer you purchased this from to see if they still had this handy.  Otherwise you can always reach out to our customer service department if you need assistance.

Hey Dorsey, nothing planned at the moment.  

I would really love to see a Lefty Black Metal Arrow. Always wanted the Alexi600 in Lefty because of the single pickup but these black Arrows are cooler

Hey Will, thanks for your comment and suggestion!  Nothing planned at the moment but that would be awesome!

Hey Gregory, then this isn't everything you want!  No plans to add a second pickup to the black metal series, the main allure of this series is the stripped down aesthetic.  That being said, the beautiful thing about guitars are that if you don't like something equipped on it...you can change it!!  Swapping pickups shouldn't be an issue for someone handy with a soldering iron, though routing another pickup cavity should be left to the professionals.

Yeah that makes sense. I thought about doing a custom order for a guitar that is the exact same as the black satin just with 2 Seymour Duncan pick ups. I'm the type of player who doesn't like fret inlays, and have always like the completely blacked out look on guitars. If I were to order the exact same thing as the Arrow Black Metal just with 2 seymor duncan pick ups, how much would that cost me? I've also considered just buying the ARROW Black Metal because the guitar does sound good enough for the type of stuff I play. See this will be the first time I ever buy a NEW guitar and I want it to be the right one, I've been searching for almost a year and a half now. 

Hey Cody, not every musician has the same preference and while we try and please all of our players as you can see it is very difficult to produce an instrument that everyone will love.  I still personally enjoy the killswitch on this 

Hey Nik, I would too, let's hope we don't have to resort to that.

HI Myles, You're welcome. Hope you do like your addition to your arsenal! The Viper-401's are great too!

Hi Myles, Great to hear that. We hope that you are pleased with your new instrument.

We are currently manufacturing this model in both Korea and Indonesia. However, we constantly monitor production standards at our various factories in Asia where we produce LTD models. Should we determine that a certain facility is capable of manufacturing an instrument to ESP's required standard or better, we may decide to shift production, or in some cases share production of a model, wherever that factory may be located. The guitar should be of excellent quality regardless of where it's made, and it will have passed our own quality assurance testing.

Hi CHarles, thanks for your suggestions. We're focusing primarily on the Arrow V shape right now, however we thank you for your feedback.

Hey Charles, Thanks for letting us know of your suggestion. Glad you like the reverse headstock Arrow too.

Hi Alex, glad you like it! It's not available in baritone at this time but we'll note your suggestion / request. thanks!

Hi Lukas, thanks for your suggestion. We make the MK-600 model which is the only thing similar to what you described.

Hi Unendlich, Currently not an option but could be in the future.

Hi Ryan, Thanks. Most likely we'll be adding a few Black Metals for next year. Not sure if there will be a 7 string V yet.......but thanks for your recommendation.

Hi Dan,

We are currently manufacturing this model in both Korea and Indonesia. However,  we constantly monitor production standards at our various factories in Asia where we produce LTD models. Should we determine that a certain facility is capable of manufacturing an instrument to ESP's required standard or better, we may decide to shift production, or in some cases share production of a model, wherever that factory may be located. The guitar should be of excellent quality regardless of where it's made, and it will have passed our own quality assurance testing.

Hi Marron, Thanks for that suggestion. There is no planned release at this time but we will consider all options when designing new products for next year.

thank!! i think that ideas is not far from being done because you just had a viper 7 string black metal too! and you also released EII arrrow 7 before. fingers crossed lol 

Hi Justin, Yes no problem to change the strings to 10-52. You will just need to have it setup properly (adjust nut slots, neck bow/trussrod, action and intonation). We do always recommend that whether or not you are changing strings or tuning it is best to get your instrument setup by a professional repair person.

Hi Robert, No sorry it is not available with a different pickup configuration.