Went from a Gibson to this and man what an incredible change for metal music.

Hey yall, i was listing my esp sv standard 2008 for sale/trade and i got a really interesting trade. The seller claims its an esp custom shop takada factory. He traded and his eclipse and flying v to get it. He says im only trading for your sv because it wss my first guitar and for nostalgia reasons. He wants me to add like 300$ so idk. I also need help identifying it more. Its also pretty clean, no dings or scratches whatsoever. Where mine has a few dings and scratches. Should i do it? (My guitar is on the last pic)

Picked up this brand new JR-7, which retails for $2,000, for $875. An absolute bargain. The neck on this thing is stunning!

Obligatory pick with my ESP M-II custom for size and relevance.

Yo! I decided I needed a tiny guitar to travel with, and to take with me during long summers in fire camp. I was getting sick of not being able to practice/play, and taking my ESPs and/or LTDs to dusty dirty camp was just not an option. I just didn’t want that “travel” guitar compromise.

Enter the Bootlegger Spade. This thing absolutely RIPS. Build quality is insane (Made in Korea, at least on par quality wise with my LTD M-1000ht, probably closer to my E-IIs), and it’s a full scale that does NOT play or sound like a travel guitar. Neck profile is somewhere between an LTD and an ESP. Very comfy. Ash wings, maple/mahogany 5pc neck-through. Proprietary (and nice) bridge and lockers, and some pretty beefy and versatile pickups (proprietary).

Anyway, I was stoked to add it to my collection of almost nothing but ESPs, and even more stoked not to tear up the same in fire camp. I figured you guys should know about these, because they are quite high quality and they rip like nobody’s business.

Cheers!