The ESP Guitar Company

Are these gloss or matte?  Guitar Centers website says satin but i thought the snow white ones were gloss.

Hello Esp 

Got the Ltd snakebyte a week ago and to be truthful i was fearful of the last year's complaints about quality control on these. 

My snakebyte had terrible fretwork problems and the cherry on top was the fact that they are going to be available again on February.

Anyway i just wanted to ask if you are going to change something referring to their quality control as it seems that the problems started appearing when you moved the guitar to indonesia plus you guys bumped the price quite a lot but whatever. 

I just wanna know if you are going to do anything about the issues because it is clearly not an isolated incident. 

Are the Snakebytes going to be discontinued?  I noticed that if i place an order with you for one it says "pre-order available in October".  That makes me worry that these are not going to be around much longer and I really want one so should I make sure to order it sooner than later?

I just got a used one and it’s an amazing guitar, but it’s missing the battery cover and screws. Is there any place I can buy another set? Tried searching fruitlessly for a while earlier. 

Can anybody tell me what the body thickness of this model is? More specifically, will it take an aftermarket Evertune installation without too much trouble? Thanks

Hi Esp. 

This sucks! I’m in the UK so the Snakebyte’s are pretty scarce.
Anyway I’ve been trying since december to get a good one.. this is the 3rd.. plagued with QC issues, at least over the pond here, and its gutting. 

This arrived today from a major chain and authorised dealer, and it was brand new apparently just in from the UK supplier... 

I mean, I have better quality photos but I’ll explain. 

Theres a crack running from the nut down across the neck, and the whole area feels rough as though its laden with overspray. 

There are similar finish cracks across the body in various places. 

The nut itself is cut way too low on the bass strings. Its buzzing like crazy, open or fretted. 

The fretboard is just a huge mess. There are random holes all over it, which from my research appear to be worm holes?? 

There are tooling marks across the length of it, with what looks like a tear off of the end next to the neck pup, and some of the frets themselves have been polished so roughly they look like they’ve had a years use. 

The authorised dealer told me this was on order from their supplier, and so the day the store got it they sent it to me. (Friday just gone). 

These usually come wrapped in the foam bag/sheath and with a little foam disc over the selector switch, but this one had neither. 

It also has a random half torn sticker with 13 written on it on the backplate?! What the hell.. 

I mean obviously I’ll have to contact the dealer and send it back, but its so gutting. Hardly anywhere in the UK has any in stock so its next to impossible to find a replacement. 

Even so, this is the 3rd one I’ve tried.. sucks because I really dont want to give up on owning an Explorer, and in white! 

I believe I have some pictures of the 2nd I tried somewhere too. That was a Korean 2019 made model. 

This one is a 2020 Korean model. 

Dont know what to do :( 

I recently received my brand new LTD Snakebyte, in White color.  I’ve noticed a thin, clear plastic film wrapped over both pick ups.  Do I need to take these off?  If so, I cannot easily take off the plastic because the plastic ends extend into the body of the EMG pick ups and will not easily pull out.  It feels like I’m going to pull up the EMGs as well!  I’ve attached a picture for further reference.  This one was made in Indonesia.

Can these be done custom like color, pu’s, hardware??? Hate to buy a used one to spend money to redo it if can be custom shop done thru you guys instead and done right. Thanks. 

Where is this guitar made?

Hey there, please excuse the new account I had to make solely to comment, I’ve owned this guitar via second-hand purchase in Australia and a year back I accidentally screwed the pickup height whilst tightening the pickup guards, so I would *really* appreciate if i could get the default factory height for the pickups

Hi Todd, 

Hope you're well. I've had my Snakebyte for 8 years now and I've worn through pretty much all the components (it's my daily driver). I've especially destroyed the TOM piece (specifically the saddles, photo attached).

Mine is the original run LTD Snakebyte with the EMG 81/60 & Sperzels instead of the Het set & ESP tuners. Hell of a guitar man, I even removed the paint off the neck for a better feel (way before James did his). Man it's a beast! I've taken it to hell and back and it is still here chugging along. 

Anyway, my question is, could you tell me exactly what model of Tonepros TOM is on this model? I'm getting a replacement saddle set from Graphtec (their self lubricating ones are amazing) and I'd like to be sure of which exact model it is before dropping some cash on it.

I'm refinishing the guitar with some custom artwork (Cthulhu answearing a call with a comic speech bubble, or that's the idea anyway) and as such, all the parts are being switched out for new ones. Will share photos once it's done.

Thanks in advance, Todd & the folks over at ESP!

Best regards, 

Aaron

I recently purchased this guitar. I'm planning on upgrading the LTD Locking Tuners for Sperzel Locking tuners like the ESP version has. Am I able to just swap them out or do I have to modify it to make them fit? About half my guitars have Sperzel already installed, so I'd like this one to as well. 

Hi, really want to buy one of these do you send them around world wide? and is it only rent can i purchase instead?

Recently i just bought a ESP LTD SNAKEBYTE, and i was goofing around and open up my back plate. Only to realise that the emg wiring kit is soldered to the pots. As to my understanding, EMG uses solderless wiring kit, and have a bus port or something whatever they wanna call it. But mine is without those. Is there much difference in sound on whether i use the solderless or soldered wiring kit? Someone please enlighten me, thanks.

Hi, does the snow white version come with a glossy neck or a satin neck ?

Hello ESP,

I have 3 questions 

1. When I received this guitar it said it came with a form fit case, but it didn’t. I kind of need one but I can’t afford nor buy one really where I live (Holland). Can you help me out?

2. Is there a difference in (darkness) of the ebony fretboard between the ESP custom shop and the LTD?

3. Do you have any info on whether James removed the finish of the neck on (one of) his [snow white] snakebyte? It’s seems as if he did but I don’t have any confirmation yet.

Thanks,

Dirk

Is the Snow White finish coated with Nitro or Poly? Trying to get an idea of how quickly it will yellow 

Which country is this guitar made in?

Hello, i recently order the ltd snakebyte from my local distributor. Can you please tell me the gauge and type of strings that the ltd snakebyte comes with (the esp faq page sais D'Addario 10s for non trem 6 strings, but seeing as this is a signature series it may have different type/gauge installed.

thanks in advance.

My kind of guitar is the singlecut one but, well i made an exception with this modern Explorer-like shape. And do you know what ? You can play other metals riffs that those of metallica. It's works too (LOL).

I just hope that the white color is not going to go yellow in time (Have you information on this matter ?)