Product Overview
I’m listing a few from my personal stash of mid-‘90s ESPs. These are from a great era of ESP when pretty much everything with the ESP logo on the headstock was a “custom shop” guitar. While they might be catalog models, the quality was identical to a similarly spec’d one-off true custom, they just had standardized specs.
There is nothing on the market you can get that touches this for even double the price, IMO. I sold a ton of ESPs as a dealer in the 90s, and I truly believe this is their “golden era”.
This is an early-‘90s Traditional in turquoise (looks like surf green) over alder body with a beautiful quartersawn maple neck and a thick, dark rosewood fingerboard. Stock specs include ESP single coils (equivalent to a Duncan SSL-1 set), Gotoh bridge and Sperzel locking tuners, jumbo nickel silver frets and abalone dot inlays. Thin U neck plays like butter.
Condition: Very good +
There are a few clear coat impressions that I can't really photograph and a tiny finish crack on the bass side of the neck pocket (pictured). Clear coat has some yellowing just from its age, but it is difficult to see against the underlying turquoise color coat. Frets are nearly perfect. A little honest finish wear on the back of the neck that comes from getting played in for 25+ years. Comes with the Original Tolex ESP logo'd hard shell case. For intents and purposes, a true closet classic example of a 25+ year old instrument. Custom shop quality Strat for a fraction of the price.
There is nothing on the market you can get that touches this for even double the price, IMO. I sold a ton of ESPs as a dealer in the 90s, and I truly believe this is their “golden era”.
This is an early-‘90s Traditional in turquoise (looks like surf green) over alder body with a beautiful quartersawn maple neck and a thick, dark rosewood fingerboard. Stock specs include ESP single coils (equivalent to a Duncan SSL-1 set), Gotoh bridge and Sperzel locking tuners, jumbo nickel silver frets and abalone dot inlays. Thin U neck plays like butter.
Condition: Very good +
There are a few clear coat impressions that I can't really photograph and a tiny finish crack on the bass side of the neck pocket (pictured). Clear coat has some yellowing just from its age, but it is difficult to see against the underlying turquoise color coat. Frets are nearly perfect. A little honest finish wear on the back of the neck that comes from getting played in for 25+ years. Comes with the Original Tolex ESP logo'd hard shell case. For intents and purposes, a true closet classic example of a 25+ year old instrument. Custom shop quality Strat for a fraction of the price.
