ESP LTD EC-256, Test/Review 

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lol this guitar is one of the worst i have ever played

I’ve been looking at that one. I like to play a lot of Metallica, do you think it’s suited for that? I love Hetfield’s iron cross signature ESP but I don’t have that kind of money to spend, so that’s why I’ve been looking at the 256 model.

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Thank you ! Glad you liked it :)

Thanks! Yeah, it's a pretty nice guitar

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It's the guitarist

Cleans are seriously awsome. Even in blackstar lt 10 sounds similer

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goddamn are there people that still remember such a good band? feels good man

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Thanks!! Cheers! :)

What is the negative stuff? I'm thinking of buying one...

@@ral0958 Stuff I saw in reviews and forums included: people complaining about poor finishing; binding half inch short; electronic problems; poor fret work including high frets and rough ends. One even complained that it is a heavy guitar. People also complaining about tone saying it needs new pick ups. Some say the coil tapping function does nothing... I bought one a few days after making my comment here, so for what they are worth, I can give you my impressions after a month with it. Firstly, I got onto this as I wanted an LP style guitar but not a Epiphone as I don't buy made in China guitars (personal reasons), and these were supposedly made in Indonesia. I wanted the Cobalt blue but when I got to the shop, I found the Cobalt blue ones were made in China :-( However then the store guy pointed out that the Dark burst colour was made in Indo. No idea why, he reckoned it wasn't old stock and had it only just came in, but anyway, I was fine with that as it is a beautiful guitar! What I can tell you about the one I bought is: It was unplayable out of the box which would have been very disappointing for a beginner I would imagine, but really it just needed half a turn on the truss rod and a slight raising of the bridge so no big deal. Mine had a QC check sticker from the US but I'm in Oz and Indo is just above us so not sure whey it needed it to go to the US for a QC check. Perhaps all that climate variation caused the neck to move a bit (??) The finish is perfect. There are zero flaws in it - Beautiful guitar for sure, really impressed. 👍 The binding is perfect. The fret work is some of the best I have seen. Every one is perfectly smooth and there are no high frets. I've owned quite a few electric guitars but over the last 10 years, only one, my Mexican Strat which I love, so I can really only compare this guitar to that. My Strat has a few slightly rough frets at the bridge end of the board. The LTD fretwork is perfectly smooth, and I checked them all for high/low spots, there are none! The LTD is definitely not a heavy guitar and is lighter than the Strat. Its a comfortable guitar to play (although the Strat is better ;-). I know apples and oranges comparing tone on this to the Strat, but anyway, the Strat tone is superior to me, and the Strat feels better to play to me (maybe just because that's what I'm used to). I play no set style of music, I play bits and pieces of whatever I'm into that day, and for me realistically most of the time, I'm still picking up the Strat, except on those Metal type days when the LTD is superior for sure ;-) I understand why some would want to change the pups. I'm fine with them, but I don't gig and I'm generally running through my Katana or amp modelling effects units and it sounds great to me with them. I would agree with others that the coil tapping doesn't do very much.. The neck is great (though I'd still take my Strat neck but that's just a personal thing). To cut a long story short, the LTD is a very nice guitar and for anyone wanting to play heavier stuff, its a winner. Now, my one issue which I am really not impressed with. The bridge pickup occasionally fades in and out. Its only done it a handful of times so I know its pointless taking it back to the shop as it is very unlikely it will happen there.. I can't see anything wrong with the wiring so no idea why, but it is a bit disappointing and I did read of someone else having that problem.. Other than that, it is a very nice guitar 👍

@@paulh4691 thanks a lot for this amazing feedback man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The needed tuning is ok to me, but this pickup "problem" scares me a little. But overall and Yeah for the money I think it is a pretty solid guitar.

@@ral0958 it was a bit of setting up it needed, but yeah that is another thing. It deffinately slips out of tune more than my Strat but not enough to worry me. If gigging I'd think about different tuners. I wouldn't be turned off by my pickup issue. If it was very common there would be a lot of others complaining, and out of everything I read and watched on them, I only saw one other. I don't regret buying it. Very nice guitar 👍

Hey!! Congrats on your daughter !! :)

Make sure that you have a decent amp to accompany this guitar. I got this exact same guitar and while I love it, I’d love it more on a better amp.

@@masterstepz9800 I have a 2x12 spider line 6 bognar tech tube amp, she is a beauty, the only line 6 amp someone should ever have lol But I have line 6 multi effects pedal that I can use it though my Bose pa aswell

@@masterstepz9800 hi, how was the setup of the guitar? Does is still need adjustment on height/action, fret ends,bridge?

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It's a song i made inspired by Metallica ;) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yYGc2heXFto.html

First sound like creeping death. Second sounds like AJFA, blackend and One mixed together.

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What is lefty?

@@yashkulkarni3100 left handed guitar/player

I guess for that amount of distortion, it's probably better to use the JS32 pickups

@@megahurtz30 how do you think this guitar would do with something like emg 81 pickups?

@@godlikeghost4839 I guess it would do well. That would basically be an EC-401

Yes, it would be good for a beginner. Haven't tried an ESP Viper or Harley Benton SG, i don't know about being better or not... Epiphone should be good too, but the one in this video is not an SG shape, of course...

Thank you!! The first is We'll Burn the Sky, by Scorpions. The second is just something that sounds like Sanitarium from Metallica. The third is 18 and Life, by Skid Row.

a few months

None. And the strap i use for the balance test at 02:22 is rather slippery

Obrigado! A principal diferença são os pickups, que na 401 são os EMG ativos. Depois a 401 tem 24 trastes em vez de 22 e as madeiras do braço também parecem ser diferentes. Compensa caso queiras pickups mais para metal ou hard rock, com bom ganho.

I guess the EX84 with the EMG, but if you can, try to find a Jackson pro series or X series or a Schecter, in the second hand market, already with actives, or an LTD as well, but with actives

@@megahurtz30 thanks bro

That's a good and tough question. I guess i would have to try them both and compare. Thomann has a 30 day money back guarantee, although i never used that, but i guess one could try them both and only keep the one which feels the best?

Hi, that is just some riffs i made for a "Sunday with Ola Challenge"

You are probably referring to pickups without cover. These, on the guitar of my video, have covers, but there may be others without covers, like in the white guitar model. They are the same pickups, you can put or remove covers on pickups. The cover might change the sound slightly. I haven't tested the ones without cover

Thanks!! Well, other than the Spark amp you have, you could check Amplitube 5 maybe. I mainly use Amplitube and i like it a lot

@@megahurtz30 Thanks man. I will check that out.

Difficult to say, LP guitars aren't much lighter or smaller than this, i think...

Rock and Blues? Yes, it seems like the ideal "playground" for this guitar

Great! Thanks alot, great video, it helped me alot. Good work!

I got it with a guitar i traded... it just says "Rock Skull", but i don't know if it that is the brand

Hi. For me it would be the JS32 because it's more of a Metal guitar. This one seems more suited to rock, but of course it can do metal as well, but it could use more powerful and brighter pickups. And the Jackson neck is also very suited for speed. The neck on this one is very confortable for a Les Paul type guitar though...

I've been using this guitar for 3 years. I tried js32 king v too. Difference is this guitar gives better clean tones and more of a suited for rock. Js32 has floyd rose bridge, so think of that too. Aside from that, look for esp ltd arrow-200 too.

Thanks a ton everyone for your kind responses

@@tahmidmuhtasim no problem! regards :)

Jackson 32 is better for metal

Maybe... not sure. It's best you take measurments to see if they match the Grovers

Well, that's relative... depends on what specific guitars you are comparing. But in general, i would say, yes

Well, i'd have to test them to really say, but of course the pickups are different, they will either be active EMG or Seymour Duncan, they will likely sound brigther and with a little more output

@@megahurtz30 thank you for the reply

I think the FM means Flamed Maple

Well... What kind of music do you want to play?

yeah, good quality on that. Yes, it's not exactly the cheapest LP style guitar around these days, but the quality is nice.

Olá. O interface que uso é o Presonus Audiobox USB, já tem alguns anos.. Mas, ligar ao Guitar Pro? Isso não propriamente, o Guitar Pro é um software de tablaturas de guitarra, talvez quissésses dizer outro software, tipo o Amplitube ou o Guitar Rig ?

@@megahurtz30 Claro que era o Guitar Rig ... my bad! :D Vale a pena? é que tenho uma LTD igual e andava a ver videos por aqui e fiquei impressionado com esses clean. Ontem também andei a ver o Amplitube e também me parece bem mas como ainda tenho pouca experiência estava com dúvidas em que interface deva usar. Pelos vistos qualquer USB audio converter pode ser utilizado. Vi ontem o Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen... julgo que devia funcionar. Obrigado!

@@pedromartins2995 Bem, depende de quanto estás disposto a gastar. Os que têm a melhor qualidade de audio são os da Universal Audio e os da Apogee, mas também são os mais caros, naturalmente. Para utilização mais normal um Focusrite é bom o suficiente, acho q sim. Eu basicamente só tenho utilizado este, também não posso dizer com toda a certeza como são outros, mas no geral, do q toda a gente diz, é como referi...

@@megahurtz30 e em relação ao Guitar Rig?

@@pedromartins2995 é fixe, mas eu normalmente uso é o Amplitube 4.

well, both seem equally good choices to me... maybe i would go with this one, but, you are the one who should decide, you're the one who will play it right? ;) think what guitar would you rather pick up, if you're going to play, just by looking at it

...for me the only benefit of 22 frets instead of 24, is that the neck pickup is further away from the bridge, and so, it get's a deeper sound, a slightly different sound than in a 24 fret guitar

megahurtz30 mmm , i have never thought of that , that's interesting.

:D yeah, that's a song i made, that sounds like Metallica : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yYGc2heXFto.html

@@megahurtz30 nice

Hello! Marca is Brand. Utilicé los siguientes amplificadores: ENGL Gigmaster 15; Orange Dark Terror. Y utilicé también el software IK Multimedia Amplitube 4.

Thanks! :)

@@megahurtz30 Really great review man. I'm pretty old guy.. I've been in the music business since 1984. I mainly write and record commercially licensed music under performance rights organization, BMI, Inc. I went for ESP / LTD because they have been around for a long time, and I wanted a solid guitar with humbuckers and did not want to go the Fender or Gibson route.. but something with a name brand attached to it... and a good price. Have a great upcoming week, stay safe out there.

@@MrTom-Songwriter-Composer Thanks once again, and stay safe as well ! :)

You can play Metallica with it, but if i were you, i would seek an LTD Ec with active pickups

@@megahurtz30 in the end I bought the LTD ec-401 in black.

Never buy a china made, its more of 80/20 percent of regret 😅 buy instead from indonesia, korea or japan.

LTD

Not sure if regular size or smaller, i don't have the guitar anymore, and i never changed the pots or even took them out...

Just some riffs of mine

It's inspired by Metallica :) but it's something i made with a friend of mine: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yYGc2heXFto.html

​@@megahurtz30damn man 😭 that's so cool, anyway, great video! I'm actually probably gonna buy this guitar but in snow white in a couple of weeks!!

@@CBTTT.14 thank you very much! :)

This one is the FM, which i believe stands for: Flamed Maple

Yes, it does sound like that :) It's a song i created inspired in Metallica : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yYGc2heXFto.html

@@megahurtz30 amazing song !! Good job i love it

@@laflammechristophe4548 Thank You!! :)

I didn't measure that, but as you can see in the first part of the video, it's not fat or too thick, it's a normal, confortable body shape and depth...

Sort of... not the ideal use for it. It could use other pickups for that, in my opinion. But with some EQ and Overdrive pedals, it can do it

@@megahurtz30 oh, thanks for responding i love your videos

Haven't tried the Cort guitars yet...

this one, for sure

18 and Life, by Skid Row

megahurtz30 awesome! Can you get a good zakk wylde style lead tone with this?

@@ollieheads374 Well, if you put EMGs, it should be no problem, but with the stock humbuckers, you will need a pedal or something like that to push the gain and treble a bit higher

megahurtz30 im currently using a boss katana which has od and distortion built in, would that do it?

@@ollieheads374 Not sure...Only trying it out

I'd have to test that Epiphone first...

@@megahurtz30 Thanks. But do you know which les paul is the best in this price scale by your experience or you have tried. Love your videos btw🎸🎶

@@mertterekeci6093 Thanks! Well, there are a few i guess, if you can find something with Probuckers in the same price range, it might sound quite good, i hear good things about them. As for the LTD, in terms of body shape and maybe neck as well, it will probably be more confortable to play than an Epiphone LP

It's made in Indonesia, yes

Indonesia

@@megahurtz30 in your honest opinion, does the guitar worth it, aesthethic and quality? I know it is a mid range i just want a guitar that i can play standard E on rock and alternative.

@@guitarhub90 Yes i think it's worth it

no filter. The camera is what it is. It is a rather dark faded color, it's more blue in real life, but it's hard to get a better image with the camera i had at the time

@@megahurtz30 I got it. But you that's a cool riff and tone