New Guitar Model and Colors from ESP

August 05, 2002


LTD Hybrid-300 in See-Thru Black Cherry (Click for a close-up)	LTD Viper-301 in Vintage Sunburst (Click for a close-up)

ESP Guitars has announced a new electric guitar as well as new colors for one of their existing electric guitar models.

The new Hybrid-300 is a solidbody electric with a slight "LP Jr." vibe and some decidedly "tele" affects. The slab mahogany body is a double cutaway style, with a three-piece mahogany neck set in. The rock is cranked out via two Duncan Designed pickups, a humbucker in the bridge position and a single coil "tele" at the neck. The flat mount, string-thru-body bridge has a classic feel with the added sustain you get when you run the strings through all that wood. The neck, with a rosewood fretboard, features 22 XJ frets, dot inlays, and the model name inlaid at the 12th fret. The Hybrid-300's headstock is our classic LTD Eclipse shape, and both head and neck are finished with white binding. This classic-vibed-yet-modern guitar comes in black, see-thru black cherry, and vintage sunburst. Suggested US list price is $599.

The Viper-301 now comes in two new colors: olympic white and vintage sunburst. ESP enthusiasts know the Viper's features: mahogany body in an offset-waist "batwing" shape, with EMG-HZ H-1 pickups, tune-o-matic bridge with stop tailpiece, three-piece mahogany neck set into the body, rosewood fretboard with flag inlays and model name inlaid at 12th fret, Eclipse shaped headstock, and white binding along the neck and headstock. The Viper-301 carries a $649 US suggested list price. (Still available in black and see-thru black cherry.)

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.espguitars.com/.

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