ESP LTD EC 256 set up 

Thanks Kez! Hope there's something useful in it for you!

That's true Liam. Unfortunately the question appears to be "how much of the work to make this guitar playable can we offload to the customer before they stop buying them?" To be fair, it's always been some shade of this question and generally-speaking, the less demanding the customer becomes, the less delivering the manufacturer feels they need to be... For the 8+ years I've been doing this the view has been growing that they continue to do what they do only because customers continue to buy regardless of what they do.... From a hard-nosed 'maximise short term profit' capitalist position that makes sense. Why do something different if the evidence shows you're selling plenty of stock as-is??

Hi Martin - another one coming any minute now (Fender MIM Player Plus Tele - should have been called 'Player Minus Tele')... and in the immediate queue are a Dan Armstrong acrylic copy, a Jason Isbell Fender Tele plus a few more firming up as we go forwards...

@@SamDeeksRelovedGuitars Haha, sounds like what was supposed to be a relatively slow paced lifestyle has become a roaring, busy success. A bit like my friend who retired from teaching after 30 years and retrained as an electrician. He planned on enjoying a gentler pace of life but he does such a good job, and reliable electricians are strangely hard to find post-Brexit, so he has been run off his feet with work. I don't even advertise that I can fix guitars and by word of mouth I still get 2 or 3 a month turning up. Maybe the UK needs those of us who are on the higher side of 50 years old after all?

You wicked person :D Now pop down to the tool store for a Long Weight...

"Plek 2 with ChatGPT" :D Of course that version will be "Plek 2.0 AI" so the system will be $200k.

Sorry for the late reply. There isn't a Tusq adjustable nut FOR this model; here I'm using the Tusq adjustable nut made specifically for the Gibson Les Paul 'Zero fret' system and modifying it with a 3D-printed base for use with other 3-aside Gibson-style headstock guitars such as this ESP.

Hi my set up costs £135 plus return courier postage. Because my customers always want lowest possible action my set up always includes precision fret levelling. Some techs don’t make that part of their standard ‘set up’ so charges may vary quite a lot.

Looks like we're about as talented on the guitar as each other too! ;-)

@@SamDeeksRelovedGuitars You are more talented for sure 🙏

This comment/question follows my second time watching Sam's excellent video.

@@rogerspalding5673 My workshop is on a Recycling Site so it's both difficult to find and - how shall I say - less than 'visitor-friendly' i.e. covered in permanent layers of dust etc.. But it's great for what I need. If you're ever back in the UK near the South West give me a shout if you want to drop by - home and workshop are in the Tavistock area of Devon... about 4hrs by car out of London so 'out in the countryside' you might say :)

Late reply but I do offer a 'drop-in' nut to customers' precise specification but it's not cheap (because the Tusq part alone is close to £17 and the rest is precision sanding and measuring). Using this Tusq piece is also limited to white, 35mm e-to-e spacing and about 42mm width.

On reflection, I don't remember this guitar being much / any different from a decent budget quality Les Paul style from any number of manufacturers (Vintage, Rally, Westfield, Harley Benton). I did like the belly carve... and the slightly different control arrangements. The point being that, being on a par with those other decent brands, this is a perfectly good Far East LP style guitar.

👍👍definitely

@@AnthonyGoombots Ah... but not everyone is attached to the 'true brands' :) This is a nice, slim single cut with volute and decent sounds... plus chambered. Not a bad instrument and certainly requires no more or less set up work than a Gibson or Epiphone.

⁠I had an epiphone but I love my ec-256. Mine is one of the vintage gold distressed ones. I’ve had it almost 10 years