Gibson vs. ESP Explorer! Not what I expected.

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2010 USA made Gibson Explorer vs. ESP MX-250 (made at the kiso factory in 2003).
I used the same string brand and gauges for both (Ernie ball 10-48). Note how even thought they have different pickups they both just sound like Explorer guitars but one is affordable for most of people while the other one has become a very expensive instrument and so hard to find.
What differences did you notice sound-wise ?
Thanks for watching !
#espguitars #gibson #explorer #jameshetfield

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@muriloninja Год назад

The ESP is sharper, more crisp while the Gibson has a warmth. Considering Hetfield's obsession with his clean sound being very Piano like, the ESP is the clear winner!

@andy_182 9 месяцев назад

That’s just the EMGs.

@hacker_notfound8523 9 месяцев назад

@@andy_182true

@JokingbombYT 8 месяцев назад

@@andy_182the pickup's here aren't EMG's they aren't even active's

@TheOmei 8 месяцев назад

@@JokingbombYT better look again

@ControlPointDonelson 7 месяцев назад

@@JokingbombYT it looks like the EMG het set, which are made to look like passives with covers but they are active

@fabrilax Год назад

Man I wish I could have an ESP Explorer. Some dreams might never come true…

@s23018 Год назад

Me too, i wish...

@Easy-cg1it Год назад

Just get an epiphone bro

@a_guy8944 Год назад

You never know

@NOSFERATU_ONE Год назад

buy some Bitcoin then and in couple of years you'll be abe to afford one most likely even sooner than that

@Septicshites 11 месяцев назад

im in the market for one wish me luck

@doomslayer2360 Год назад

The ESP in my opinion. This just makes me exited because I'm building a custom with my grandfather modeled after the ESP. putting in the het set

@phipschi4255 Год назад

especially for this excat track, the esp kills it.

@obuffma Год назад

make sure you get those measurements as close as possible to the actual thing

@kobakamladze4175 Год назад

Film the process man, I am curious.

@United_HVAC_and_Fans Год назад

Goddamn they both sound phenomenal! Which one would you say plays better?

@arai3205 Год назад

I think the Gibson has a thicker neck not 100% sure tho!

@Cthulhu_Awaken Год назад

@@arai3205 Depends on the year of production and the model. At least it's not like a Les Paul neck.

@kh_wzz Год назад

@@faceoff17fs but the gibson feels warmer and more full

@gabewilliams7462 Год назад

@@kh_wzz That would be the pickups. What you just described is exactly the difference between active and passive pickups :)

@xsanos2586 Год назад

I think Esp mx guitars could cost many times more than gibson

@rtomas47 Год назад

MXs are expensive as hell, but they are pretty rare, so it kinda makes sense.

@luv4oz Год назад

I saw one on reverb for $20k

@xsanos2586 Год назад

@@luv4oz More than year of working to buy guitar 😁

@luv4oz Год назад

@@xsanos2586 for real. I know some pros who won’t spend 2k on a guitar

@hjonkhjonkamgoose Год назад

I found one at a pawn shop near me for only 400 dollars! It's one of the original 125 MX-220s. I'm thinking about getting it simply because of how good a steal that is

@razztastic Год назад

Holy shit, you played the MoP interlude! Thanks, man :) I've always been a huge fan of the MX-250. Sucks they're pretty expensive but I understand why, for one they're ESP, and for two they haven't been production models in like, three decades. Great playing as always. 🤘

@psemond72 Год назад

I’d like to hear the same two played with distortion. The Gibson sounds more full and the ESP cuts through more. Both sound really good.

@MaximusAdonicus Год назад

On first listen they sounded exactly the same 😱 But on repeated listens I noticed the Gibby has more body (bass) in the tone, while the ESP is perhaps too bright (in regards to the original tone, which I think is more closely achieved with the Gibby).

@Johnfruschiante Год назад

Full version of this masterpiece 💜💜💜

@Cthulhu_Awaken Год назад

Both are awesome in their own right!

@THE-CRT 9 месяцев назад

They sound like basically the same, maybe a little clarity difference but that’s about it

@alejandrochaconguitar Год назад

Sinceramente yo he escuchado la ESP con más cuerpo que la Gibson y me ha gustado más. No obstante la calidad de sonido en ambas guitarras me parecen una bestialidad.

@Memper Год назад

0:02 Gibson 0:20 ESP

@Unn.amed. Месяц назад

Its a 44 second video…

@CassiniProjekt Год назад

I prefer the ESP, tone is clearer and brighter, more chimey and precise.

@silksushiTTV Год назад

every time you bend the E string, second fret before you play the open E sounds so GOODDDD

@Smile-wm6xk Год назад

IMHO, will be interesting to use active pickups on Gibson and compare both of them in that conditions

@patriknessboLemoran Год назад

Esp sounds soooo much better

@bzworld Год назад

Gibson much warmer which is a surprise since I’m such an esp fanboy 😮

@joshansharma4244 Год назад

Why're you slightly bending the last note? Otherwise tone's heavenly and I feel the ESP one is closer

@tommilitello198 Год назад

Because he wants people to criticize it,congratulations you’re that guy

@MikeOxlong- Год назад

Because that’s how they’ve been playing it live for like the past 20 years?

@PETERODZZ 5 месяцев назад

It's about choice. They are both great.

@ELECTRICSCARS Год назад

Gibson sounds more authentic

@pyhajesse7314 5 месяцев назад

damn that esp sounds good

@PoweredbyRobots Год назад

The ESP sounds muted in the top and low end. The gibbo is much clearer but that's most likely down to the pickups than anything else. ESP would probably sound more focussed in mids when playing through an overdriven amp, less fizzy or loose.

@Martin23673 Год назад

Yes, I perceive it like you, side to side the ESP sounds nearly unpleasant to me, the Gibson, on the other hand, has so much sparkle.

@DM-rc4yu Год назад

@@Martin23673 Sparkle... Guitar players and their terms, lol. All these differences in pickups are easily adjusted with an EQ.

@nonyobussiness3440 10 месяцев назад

@@Martin23673no it doesn’t wtf are you talking about

@allekzio Год назад

And what the difference? I heard only difference between Gibson passive pickups and EMG’s

@chaptermastertree8214 Год назад

i have a epiphone gothic explorer and hope to put some emgs in it on day

@adimitrov9006 Год назад

I love your content bro But Is there any chance of you posting the tone settings that you use in the near future??

@periodahperioduh7310 Год назад

Please post a cover already we know u got the tones guitars and skill!!!

@matthewnabil Год назад

Not surprising that different pickups would have different output. 🙍‍♀️ 🤷‍♀️

@chikitabowow Год назад

It's pretty close, but to me the Gibson sounds a little more "deeper" which i really like

@roybuis7646 Месяц назад

I think due to the active circuit in the neck pickuop on the ESP there is more compression which gives a rounder more brilliant sound. EMG 60's have always been my favourite pickups for cleans. If only you could match a passive bridge pickup with an active neck pickup... might be possible if you have 2 output jacks like on a piezo system?

@simplehuman2700 Год назад

The esp has that glassy hollow buzz tone that’s closer to Metallica

@ADRNG 5 месяцев назад

I know the shapes of these two guitars are slightly different, but are the sizes pretty comparable?

@jacobramos163 7 месяцев назад

Where can I get an esp explorer? Or was james’ just one of a kind?

@ashleyjackson8538 Год назад

They both good .

@metabel Год назад

The type of wood and the pickups is the difference in sound you hear.

@AFXSnares Год назад

-The type of wood and- the pickups is the difference in sound you hear.

@cömerdark6524 Год назад

Tonewood is a lie.

@syracuse6651 9 месяцев назад

ESP is way..... superior , ive had both. Oh and doing a sound test only works when you have the same pickups in each .

@augustinelaseh5078 Год назад

What guitar shop that we can find ESP MX-250?

@bunsenn5064 Месяц назад

The ESP tone is much more linear, and it holds more treble after the initial impact of the pick. The Gibson’s tone changes more as the note rings out, and seems a bit more organic.

@MultiDupabiskupa Год назад

They have the same neck diameters? Radius,profile etc? Which feels better in hands while playing?

@Firstname_Lastname88 Год назад

Not even close the esp is way thinner.

@captainbuck5969 Год назад

I sold an ESP years ago. BAD MOVE!

@colinparks619 Год назад

One day ill get an mx white..... One day

@randallhughes5687 2 месяца назад

This wasn't a comparison of guitars, but pickups.

@DRTyD Год назад

All right, 44 seconds with no comment on what you expected. Both sound good, but what about feel?

@Indepthparanormal Год назад

Is that a real ESP or a Chinese copy? Because the size is. quite noticable

@WillCastle-zq6lt 2 месяца назад

Kinda strange comparison with such different pickups in both guitars

@bryanmchugh1307 5 месяцев назад

The Gibson just sounded a lot fuller all around. The ESP sounds like a good single coil.

@FlynnStukenbroeker 4 месяца назад

Where do you even FIND an esp explorer????

@rogerivanperezcastro3994 Год назад

bro, but how do you get that clean sound??????? please tell us. :)

@RodrickNickelsen-if2mx 2 месяца назад

Is the ESP explorer active

@shaindaman13 Год назад

I like the sound of the Explorer best.

@reddeadalien8243 Год назад

i think the guitar player is great. guitars doesnt matter. if you're good you're good

@HorstKirkPageKian Год назад

So what did you expect?

@j765n_ Год назад

Where did you get your esp mx 250?

@spaceace1776 Год назад

ESP built better "Explorer" guitars than Gibson.

@raydog_97 9 месяцев назад

Straight Facts 100%

@SA1KO0O1 Год назад

the gibson has more low end while the esp has more highs

@rtomas47 Год назад

Passive vs active pickups tho

@SA1KO0O1 Год назад

@@rtomas47 forgot about that

@MikeOxlong- Год назад

And that’s ALL it is - the pickups…

@EquineMetalhead Год назад

They sound very similar but the ESP sounds different. James used to use Gibson Explorers back in the early 80s but in 1988 he got a new guitar which is the ESP. He turned it into the EET FUK guitar.

@ShadowZero1980 Год назад

Was that his first ESP guitar?

@ryant3600 Год назад

Really this is about personal feel cause it can't be about sound since they have completely different pickups. The Gibson is not a true solid body like the ESP, so there will be differences there, so again it's just about personal choice and feel.

@BosGaurus05 Год назад

Which one is the more expensive and harder to find guitar?

@rtomas47 Год назад

Is this serious question or rhetorical?

@BosGaurus05 Год назад

@@rtomas47 of course its a serious question

@rtomas47 Год назад

@@BosGaurus05 Gibson Explorer is pretty common, most guitar stores have them and the prices are reasonable. ESP MX Explorers are extremely rare and really expensive.

@BosGaurus05 Год назад

@@rtomas47 i never thought that esp explorer worth much money because its just a copy of gibson's. But guess I'm wrong

@barrymcnicholl4140 Год назад

@@BosGaurus05 the gibsons were mass produced and are still in production. Lots of supply so cheaper. The ESP MX was only available for a short time before Gibson sued ESP so they’re pretty rare. More rare means more expensive. ESP EX explorer not so rare and more affordable. EX is the newer pointy one and MX has the more rounded edges and hockey stick headstock. I have owned both but prefer the looks of the MX but it’s all down to personal taste.

@ThatOneRandomnm Год назад

What model is that esp????

@Dezmond2inbox Год назад

Different pickups = different sound.

@kellybartok50 Год назад

ESP sounds way better than Gibson wow

@andy_182 9 месяцев назад

Both guitars would sound exactly the same if they had the same pickups

@christopheranderson2158 7 месяцев назад

I gotta go with the Gibson. I prefer passive pickups and the Gibson sounds fuller.....fatter. The ESP sounds too thin. It looks cool as shit, though!! 🤘🤘

@SamAcosta-d7y 8 месяцев назад

ESP sounds better, but you played it way faster on the esp

@SlaytanicMusic 5 месяцев назад

emg dont like high notes.. what ever pickup gibson seems clearer in the high end as well as the lower

@JBizzle822 Год назад

Where do I find an esp explorer? I need one!

@rtomas47 Год назад

Either used one from Reverb or ESP Custom shop.

@AFXSnares Год назад

Reverb 🤣 good luck paying 8 times the actual cost

@lluisarmengol6726 Год назад

ESP no longer makes them

@rtomas47 Год назад

@@lluisarmengol6726 Actually, ESP custom shop does..

@lluisarmengol6726 Год назад

@@rtomas47 they stop taking orders in 2020 and the last ones made were from 2021. Are you sure? do you know from anyone made now a days?

@UnpleasantDog 4 месяца назад

ESP ❤

@aintnu2this Год назад

Esp

@LuisRdzG10 3 месяца назад

ESP is like a stand mark. I think it wins in a lot of aspects. Gibson is way too expensive

@JasonSmith-bv3yd Год назад

I have a schecter e1 and love it

@mikerauter1859 Год назад

Gibson sounds much better, fuller tone

@jimjim7008 Год назад

I'm sure if you crank up the gain that 500T on the Gibson will woooooof that esp off the face of the universe

@rokokdivo7738 5 месяцев назад

ESP 👍

@faustomadebr Год назад

For this song, ESP all the way: better definition, the tone is not that high and the overall sound is more dry. With an EMG 60 on a Roland Jazz Chorus, it is perfect. Haha