The ESP Guitar Company

Hola buenos días, he comprado la guitarra ESP LTD EC-10 BLK y me gusta su sonido pero ergonómicamente el cuerpo lo encuentro incomodo y demasiado pesado para una guitarra de esa escala 24,75", es muy pesada para personas que tenemos problemas de espalda y queremos tocarla sentados ya que solo la necesito para tocar en casa y al estar sentado el apoyo en la pierna derecha no es estable se resbala y tengo que estar corrigiendo la postura continuamente, es un comentario por si os sirve para tenerlo en cuenta para futuros modelos. saludos.

It's my first time buying something international and it's somewhat kind of confusing where to purchase 

I just bought one and love it 

my dad bought me this guitar off marketplace. it was just a random Thursday afternoon, he got out of his truck and said, "Come here i have a surprise. Open the backseat door." he walked away and when I opened the door i ong couldn't speak actual words. best day of my life fr, thank you dad.

I love this guitar! I bought it second hand for $75, no pickups installed. Put in a set of Fluence Modern and it's heaven! Super smooth neck, replaced the tuners with Gotoh locking tuners and installed a bone nut. Plays and sounds as good as my E-II H3

I got an EC-10 about a decade ago and still love it more than guitars that cost 10 times as much but I recently purchased another one as a back up and it is much heavier and the neck is different.  It isn't nearly as smooth to play and the action doesn't compare to the old model.  What happened? It's definitely not the same guitar.

I've had the guitar for two years and absolutely love it. The neck feels great in your hand, the color keeps a nice matte finish even after wear and tear. You can tell that despite the extremely affordable price that there is high-quality craftsmanship at play. I love this guitar, it's my first ever electric and has carried me from beginner to experienced. 

Probably the best starter guitar available.  Very smooth 24 fret neck, nice black finish. The esp designed pickups sound very nice in a mix. Overall ltd makes the best budget friendly guitars. 

is the truss rod double action or single action ?

After years of playing super entry level £50 Argos quality guitars I snagged one of these reduced to clear for £120 online in the older natural-black sunburst style (2014 I believe) and it was like I'd progessed massively overnight due to the playability of this guitar. It's light but solid and doesn't feel cheap, finish is immaculate and you genuinely can't fault its tone for the price. Body 'sings' nicely, tuners aren't fiddly and it holds tuning just fine. The ONLY issue I had with the guitar was (when brand new) the pickup selector didn't like to always work with the neck PU but after a bit of a fiddle/breaking it in it works fine now. Didn't even have to inspect the soldering. Probably (IMO) one of the best sub £200 Les Paul style guitars on the market. Will probably get an EC-256 in future purely because of how much I love this cheap but extremely cheerful little thing!

This is the worst guitar ever. The neck weighs a billion tons, the pickups are the worst pickups imaginable it sounds like the tone know is constantly all the way down, the tuners are so loose to the point that if i were to shake it too much it would go out of tune. Abismal piece of sh*t. Do. Not. Buy.

I love the simplicity of this one. Imagine, if this is finished in vintage white with gold hardware, all mahogany construction, neck-through, 22 SS frets, duncan pups and made in Korea.. that would be a dream guitar right there!

I’ve been playing guitar for over 20 years and even I’m more like a bedroom musician nowdays, I mostly use 8th and 7 strings ( Always loved the rounded shape and I own a EC258) but today i went to the store to get strings and while lokking around found an EC10 so cheap i couldn’t pass on it and bring it home lol.

Even I haven’t use a 6 string for around 3 years now, really liked the guitar and it feels ok to have some fun at home. No regrets at all, good guitar for the price and is a nice adquisition for my collection. 

Hi, i want to upgrade the pickups, wich do you recommend ? between middle price and a better one?. thank you.

Hi, in my local shops there are some recent products of EC10 that look slightly different . The guitars seem ok but there aren't any EC-10 tag on 12th fret or ESP tag on pickups . Do you think they are original or counterfeit product ? 

Hi , 

I had purchased the EC-10 on 2016 and it was functioning pretty smooth till last month. Then while improvising, the output suddenly stopped. I literally checked everything from the input jack wires to the Amp and everything seemed fine. The amp is working file as I have checked output from other sources. 

Is there any other troubleshooting I can follow ? 

So I know that this guitar is just labeled as "black", but in some reviews, it has a glossy finish, and in some, it has a matte or satin finish. does this depend on the dealer, what is going on here?

Hi I just bought this guitar and was wondering if it comes with any manuals or accessories.. opening up the box I only got the gigbag and the guitar itself

I own a Vietnam made black EC-10 and I find it enjoyable to play as much as my Gibson Les Paul Standard, Fender Strats, and Ibanez Prestige guitars. When I play it, I reminisce back to my first guitar (cheap acoustic) back in 1990 and just wish that I could have had a guitar like the EC-10 (or the M-10, which I also own). This is a great deal, well built designed guitar especially if you are starting out. The 24 fret neck (M-10 should have had one, 22?), the tune o matic and tail piece, contoured body & neck joint. Bolt-on is a plus! Great neck feel and radius. My “10” models have the rosewood fingerboard (another plus!).
When I am in a music shop and another customer asks what would I recommend to start out with, this is the one especially if they are into hard rock/metal. You get a lot of guitar at a decent price. An excellent “first” guitar to have. A lot of other brands/starter models are garbage compared to this. I will never sell my EC-10 (or M-10), they are definitely keepers among my other high end guitars.  

I just picked up an older b stock M-10 kit (kit is a gig bag) and was super impressed. It's a 2015 24 fret version made in Vietnam. I've been playing since 1998 and I've owned or played every level of ESP from Korean LTD to ESP Technical House. I bought this M-10 just to fool around with because of the ToM I could quickly change tunings without hassling with the Floyd on my Japanese M-II. What struck me was the faithful recreation of the Japanese proportions. The body shape was correct. The blade headstock with its quirks was correct. Even the neck profile and finish on the back of the neck felt the same. It was dirt cheap and came with some form of case which is more than I can say for some of the LTDs pushing into Japanese price levels these days. I swapped the hardware out for Gotoh and put my preferred pickups in it. I'm in less than 500 altogether with upgrades and I would now easily put it up against my more expensive guitars. I can see why they discontinued them because that is way too cheap for such a nice playing guitar. "Beginner" guitars are so much better than when I started playing. And still cheap.

Also, I've tried the low end guitars from Jackson and Ibanez as well and they just don't compare. The LTD is much better where it counts which is fit and finish. The nut is properly cut. The frets are nicely dressed. The fretboard sharp edges are knocked off. The neck back is really silky smooth. It really does feel like a better guitar but cheaper hardware and pickups to keep the price down. The hardware and electronics are still good and perfectly useable but easily upgradeable.