I'm so sick of videos where the talking is super soft and you have to turn up the volume to hear anything and then BOOM the guitars are loud as hell. For fuck's sake people, balance your audio.
I don't think the talking was super soft, the music was for sure louder but I could still hear them distinctively without the need of blasting my volume. What monitors or headphones are you using?
Lol. It's so upsetting to watching a free video by someone else who did all the work to create it and not have exactly the way you want it. You poor little pussy..
Believe me, the Eclipse is something else than an LTD. For me, totally worth the extra money. But be smart, get a used Eclipse for the same price as a new LTD.
man thanks for this video was planning to buy a e ii but then figured maybe it's really not a standard because of their branding but this video proved it once again thank you man been looking for this info for a long time
I owned two of the CTM's, a black and a white and regret selling them. And here also, I found the CTM sounded better... only because if "FELT" heavier/thicker tone wise. I regret missing out on a ltd 4 knob E-II that I spotted a few weeks ago. Great vid guys!
I have the EC1000 see through black cherry on order and getting more excited daily for it to arrive. I have the LTD KH602 (Kirk Hammet) and love it. You cannot beat the LTD $1000 price point. Keep rockin fellas. Both sound great.
I own an LTD EC 2015 40th anniversary with the same pickups and the guy i bought it from also had the blue E-2. i didn't get the play that one much but just by picking it up i can tell it was built with more care as you said. i didn't have the funds to get that one off of his hands but i really wanted to lol. although i love my LTD it is just waaayyyy heavier than the E2 and idk if that's a good thing or bad thing. I'm assuming because the 40th anniversary was built with a maple neck instead of a Mahoghany like the E2. but 9.4lbs gets a little heavy sometimes lol. still planning on one day getting an E2. awesome video guys!
I've got a 2010 ESP eclipse, and the new CTM with the gold satin finish. To me, the satin finish on top of the type of cut on the higher end of the fret board makes the CTM play smoother, but the ESP build quality is slightly better. Mainly referring to hardware. Can't really gripe though, I live them both.
Curtis Wood I have 3 ESP Eclipses and 1 LTD Viper 1000. The Viper is awesome and have great quality but I would rather get an ESP every time over an LTD. But if you don't want to put the money you can get an LTD and never be sorry. But I recommend the 1000, never less.
some people just don't have the cash for an ESP, it's hard to beat the 400 and 1000 series for the price they're going for on the used market. I'm seeing 400s as low as 350$ and some 1000s even listing under 500$.
I own 2 custom shop les Paul's and a 2002 LP STANDARD that I love ,,,but I pulled the trigger on a ESP USA ECLIPSE ,and I am now a ESP JUNKY,,,So now I have 2 USA eclipses and the EII horizon .
I've got the same EC1000T and mine was also a b-stock. Bought it from a highly rated U.S based retailer on ebay after seeing dozens of pictures and conversing back and forth with the store, I couldn't find a thing wrong with it to where ESP/LTD would denote it as a factory 2nd. There's one tiny tooling mark on the fretboard binding up near the nut, but that's it...and I've seen new guitars not listed as 2nds with more obvious blemishes than that. It's been in the hands of two different techs and neither of them could figure out why ESP/LTD would denote it as a factory 2nd. Probably one of the best steals I've gotten on a piece of gear. Paid less than $550 for it shipped to my door and it's been one of my main 6 strings since then. Swapped the EMGs and electronics out for gold covered Duncans(Custom/Jazz), and replaced the stock nut for a graphtech, but that's all that's been done to it. Fantastic guitar and since I've owned it, all the gas I had for owning a Japanese ESP eclipse has vanished. The only other thing I may do in the future is swap out the ESP branded locking tuners for legit gotohs or possibly hipshot open gear tuners but the ESP branded ones have been perfectly adequate and work as they should.
Sweet riffage! Having previously owned an LTD e c 1000 and currently owning an ESP eclipse I agree 100 %. Build quality being the most glaring. Sub $1000 you really can't go wrong with the ltd ctm t 1000! Great demo!
Can't understand why always ESP Eclipse sounds so clearly more brighter, wide open, sharper and tighter compared to LTD EC1000? They have everything the same, emg 81, full mahogany, ebony fretboard, same hardware/electronics, so what's the factor remains responsible for that difference?
hey man what are those volume knobs on the ltd that he swapped over the golden ones..im searching for the golden ltd volume knobs...and what locking tuners does ltd ec fit the best??? and can u send me the links..it would be a great help bro...thanks in advance..great video btw
Okay Arnold, please tell me what kind of trickery you and Will are trying to pull here! By trickery I mean how the hell are you two playing guitar and getting a sound when one cable is connecting 2 guitars together? What sorcery is this?
So you have a USD 900 difference but if you get the LTD you still need to get the pick ups which are about 180 plus a case which is another 200 if you want an ESP model, besides what the other guy spent on making other mods. So the difference goes down to 520 or less for a custom single cut guitar instead of Indonesian 3-piece?
I have an '05 LTD EC 1000 with amber sunburst finish. I love it. It came from factory with SD JB/59 combo. I switched them up for some Dimarzio D-Activators and then I finally threw the SD Custom/Jazz combo and I couldn't be happier with it. Sounds mean af! I use it in Drop B/Standard Db. I would love to try some of the newer Eclipses with that new neck joint that has better access to the upper frets though.
Rich Auclair I bet it does sound heavy. Haha! LTD is gold when it comes to what you get for the price. I bought mine used when I was in the US and paid half the price. Great deal.
I had an EC1000 Deluxe that was exceptional for the price. ESP is maybe 20% better but cost almost twice as much. Is it worth it? Depends on your budget.
the Traditional sounded thick maybe because is it thick and chambered while E-II sounded tight. it will be more interesting if the have the Full Thickness and the FR too.
I have the ESP LTD EC1000T-CTM, my luthier Leveled and crowned the frets with the setup and I bet it plays just as good if not better than that over priced E-II Eclipse FM...
Hi my friend, I have a doubt, which is the difference between ESP ECLIPSE II STANDARD SERIES and E II ECLIPSE II DESIGNED BY ESP? The quality is the same?
E II Is the same as the esp standard series they changed the esp logo to e II around 2014 if im correct I think they just should have let the logo be esp
Cool video guys!I´ve tested myself both these guitars also and i must agree that the e2 has much more clarity and crisp to it ...for this reason i`ve sold my ltd 1000 already...build quality and tone are just simply things you can´t compare between these two guitars.Good luck and rock on!!!
+weiner dog going to give that some serious thought. I used to have one and I miss it, and I agree it fucking kills! But, that at the least would require a sizable amount of cash in addition to that amp. Upgrades or no, those go for between 300/450 all day on eBay and in used gear shops.
Amazing video and song. I loved the fact you played together and then split it up! I liked the sound of the LTD more, but I can guarantee I wouldn't be as keen playing it. Not a fan of the bigger body/neck.
Revisiting the video that originally brought me to your channel a year or so ago. I like that Ltd more than mine, mines an older one with a rosewood and was stock with Duncan JB/'59.
You said they had the same pickups, when he said he replaced his with the 57/66 combo. E-II's come stock with 81/85's I think, or did you switch yours out too? The LTD sounded a lot better imo. Less "sterile", more dynamic, just a better tone (probably due to full thickness body and the 57/66). I was able to "a/b" these guitars at two different music stores (3 LTD's, 1 E-II, and one older ESP standard) , and one of the LTD's was my favorite (bk-600, 12" radius like the ESP, Full Thickness body, Lace Sensor Passive Pups). so, I dunno. I think the LTD can be just as good, but you have to find a good one. There is a variation from Korea while the MIJ guitars are very very consistent. Just my experience with these. But I've liked every instrument I've played from ESP or High end LTD.
I had a E-II, it sounds amazing. Before buying it, I read lots of reviews. One comment that kept coming over and over was "not for shredders". I can't tell if it was the paint on the neck or what but it was clearly not fast enough when doing rapid scaling runs along the neck. I resold mine to someone who liked it. But I did came to the same conclusion as the peoples in those posts. Cheers, Just sharing personal test results. I even saw a guy that sanded the back of its E-II neck!
i want to black out my ltd ec1000t as well, and would like to know what bridge you went with and what size/brand. i would hate to buy the wrong one and not fit the guitar. also you guys did a bad ass job!
It's the standard Tonepros locking bridge. The larger posts fit 95% of import guitars like this one. Pulling the gold posts was kind of a pain in the dick, but there's lots of great instruction is you look for it. Happy modding!
Ebony fingerboard and the amount of wood in the body of the 1000 will never go away, it will always sound meaner. I have a T as well and it's like packing a log around.
yeah...i see these at about 900 usa dollars new (ESP LTD EC-1000). Black. THey seem a very solid guitar. However as we know.......... there is the PRS S2 right up there.......right
+mjillson85 I use a Kemper because of the versatility and the ease for reamping purposes. As for pedals, I don't typically use them. I have an Airis Savage Drive, a Morley Dragon 2 wah, an ISP Decimator, and that's really it.
What's up with the socks? Haha! Thanks for the great vid. I just bought the 2016 E-II Eclipse in lemon burst with 66/57 EMGs. I had to think long and hard about it because I don't play modern metal, and the pickups were EMGs... This set is pretty good for hard rock though, and I don't think the 57/66's are a bad fit for Led Zeppelin or early Rush. These are my first active pickups and I was worried about that. I spent a lot of time A/B-ing between the E-II and an LTD with passive Seymour Duncan's in the guitar store. The passive pickups do sound sweeter and more musical than the EMG's clean.
So to make them even the ltd needs around 600$ of work on it...the esp tighter sound could be due to the thinner body. Great guitars btw :D Need to save a bit of money, love the esp.
So does only the Ltd line offer the "traditional" style? I have an older Ltd EC-1000 in Tobacco Sunburst but want to get another Eclipse as my '88 Orville by Gibson Les Paul is a studio whore these days.
I think that the ec 1000t doesn't have maple top, that's only mahogany, this is why there less mid with the ec, less clarity, that's the reason why the ec has a 'fatter' sound (more mahogany). nice socks by the way.
Very little difference in sound or tone. I would have to play them both to really distinguish. However one is more expensive from the production for a reason of craftsmanship. But in the end its really not the instrument, it's the guitar player.
