LTD DESTROYS the GIBSON Mustaine V: Arrow 1000 | Fearless Gear Review! 

As one gets older, the magic and excitement you felt as a child on your birthdays and at Christmas fades and fades as the years go by. As a 'grown-up' I have discovered the only thing that makes me feel like that kid again is opening a new guitar (or bass in my case). Even when you know what's in the box, it's still totally magic. Glenn, you grumpy old bugger, I enjoyed watching you open this thing almost as much as you enjoyed opening it. It genuinely brightened my day. I thank you :-)

The Andromeda purple finish is one of their coolest paint colors.

Wtaching Glenn play the hell out of this guitar is pure bliss. Well done LTD guitars. Never change Glenn ever.

loyal ESP customer for over a decade, their necks & the action is just so perfect I can't imagine a better guitar! 🎸

In 5 years of watching Glenn, I’ve never seen him this geeked out. Dude is super happy and enjoying himself here. Love it!

LTD guitars are some of the most consistently good quality guitars on the market. I've owned many of them at every price range from the EC-10 to the MH-1007et, and every single one was a solid player. They never disappoint.

Glenn, seeing you improve at guitar is very inspiring. I used to feel anxious that I'm past my learning prime, and I'm only 30. Thanks for the awesome channel, dude.

I'm not a flying-v guy, but this one is amazing. The color is amazing and the cut for playing while sitting is such a simple but thoughtful design choice I see not many flying-v model makers take into account. I also love the fact that the "wings" have different lengths and look so sharp, like an arrow.

My brother got that exact guitar about a year ago and it came perfect out of the box, but they forgot to send a whammy bar 😆 we gave em a call and they sent one next day air. Great dudes and needless to say great guitar. Rock on Glenn 🤘

I have a couple different "1000" level LTD's made within the past 10 years (Korean and Indonesian), no issues out of the box, the build quality feels as good as their Japanese-built counterparts, and they've held up great. It's as if they put the same care into their budget line as they do their more expensive models.

The Korean LTD's have incredible build quality based on the models I've owned. Gibson could certainly learn a thing or two ;) Wish they came with passive Duncan's instead of actives

I bought a violet andromeda arrow and man it’s my favorite guitar ever.

I can speak from experience, anything coming out of World Music right now is GOLD! I own a schecter made in that factory, it's outstanding. I also own two Agiles I suspect were made in that factory, and they punch well above their price range. South Korea knows how to build a guitar.

I’ve owned that same ltd model (the red one) for a year, I love that thing so much. Glad you reviewed it 🤘

Holy CRAP, Glenn..!!! Your guitar chops are getting awesome!! You've been practicing

Out in the Cold! In my opinion, KK Downing's best solo. It not only fit the song, it made full use of double stops, pull-offs, and the natural aggression of his approach to soloing.

I have a LTD black metal arrow with the floyd rose, and I couldn’t be happier with my purchase. I have a much cheaper LTD starter guitar that is just as good. Both came with great quality finishes and set up, and have never had a problem with them. I would highly recommend LTD/ESP

The old EMG 83 and 85 have kind of become equivalent to the vintage 30 in metal. The fluence is a great option to get a different color in your music.

That guitar is gorgeous! Great review and I love how you rip on Gibson every chance you get, it makes my day haha

Loving how fast back to back we are getting these unsponsored reviews monday mix review helping the funding was an awesome development.

LTD are guaranteed to always kill it! Thought the Arrow looked insane when i first saw the Babymetal models they made a few years ago. A few tips about pinch harmonics too, you want to really try and dig in with the flesh of your thumb and to strike the string quickly (should be one swift movement between hitting the pick and skimming your flesh off the string straight after). Try and add vibrato or bending the second you hear the harmonic being played to help sustain the note and bring it out more. A good tip for practicing is try to hit pinch harmonics by not fretting (aka move your picking hand up and down the picking area and try to hit harmonics without using your fretting hand or fretting a note). After that, pick one fret on one string and experiment moving your picking hand up and down again to hit different harmonic notes. You will get an idea after time where the best place is to hit the pinch harmonics you are looking for and develop a muscle memory to it. Not sure if I made any sense because it’s easier to show someone then only explain it with words on a yt comment 😅Keep up the great work! ❤️ P.S. I use a 7-string baritone (LTD MH-407B I think with a 27 inch scale and emgs) and it has been my mainstay guitar for nearly 7 years and always the first thing I pick up. Thing is a monster. Made in Korea too and use it anywhere from A# down to Drop F and it works wonders!

This is probably the most positive I've seen Glenn on a fearless gear review lol For good reason, i think that LTD is killer! Only if I had enough money heh

My passion for playing had waned quite a bit in the past few years. But finding your channel and watching your videos has reignited my wonder and awe I had when I first picked up a guitar. Now I’m wanting to buy a new guitar to get back into it. Thank you. 🤘🏽😌

Thank you for playing live on these guitar reviews. So many reviewers play in a mix or a recorded isolated track that does not really reflect the sound of the guitar straight out of the amp.

Oh wow I really love the color and contour cuts on this guitar. It looks so unique and easy to play. Definitely going to have to save up and look into one of these beauties

Glen, I’m well impressed with your fearless review videos. I just love your passion and your honesty and you ain’t a half bad guitar player either

It looks blueish then purple what a fab colour! We're happy that you're so happy with this cool axe! Here's to more songs being recorded and quicker not needing to tune up every 5 mins!

Most excellent!! I've had that exact same guitar, same color, for a year or so now, I love it! Rock On Glenn!!! 🧚🏻‍♂

That guitar looks and sounds sooo KK Downing it's impossible not to fall in love with it. A friend of mine had an Ibanez with that paint job back in 06 and it was awesome! Yeah, i guess it's been said a thousand times in the comments now but a D-Tuna should do it for the drop thing. Keep up the good work Glenn! Best wishes from Argentina.

Love ESP stuff. My Les Paul neck warped after a few months. Got a Japanese ESP eclipse and super stable tuning and great tone. LTD stuff is nice too

I totally love my four 1000 series LTDs and the KH-602 I own and thx for the no bullshit reviews on this channel. Rock on!

I love that color shift paint jobs are becoming popular. I painted my Ibanez in a similar finish as this one and I love it. I remember first seeing it on ESPs in the late 90s, they had three different color shift paint jobs. But my favorite was always the Nebula color.

ESP and LTD are superb instruments. Not sure why I waited so long to get myself one.

That tuning stability demo with the trem was one of the most 80s hair metal things I've ever heard. Hilarious.

Thanks Glenn...this review was super helpful!

Without looking at the other comments, the song you were playing sounded like Out in the Cold to my ears. Always thought that was unusually pop-y for JP but in the best possible way. What a killer track that is! The keyboard lines are amazing

I literally bought this guitar a month ago on pure impulse. It is literally one of the best guitars I've played and owned. Not crazy expensive and feels like a true professional instrument. First LTD I've ever bought and I don't even regret it.

This are some quality instruments indeed, I´m very happy with my Black Metal Arrow and I even used it on studio and it didn´t feel cheap at all. Recently I´ve bought the EII version and it´s really amazing. ESP never dissapoints 🤘🤘

First time i've seen Glenn shred! great job dude!

Hey there Glenn I love this guitar, the finish and sound are amazing. I am also very impressed with how much your playing has improved since I first saw your channel a few years back. Keep up the good work sir.

The Japanese companies just make great instruments across the boards.

That's some killer shredding, Glen! As far as sitting with that guitar you could probably just place a piece of foam or small folded towel on your lap for the guitar to rest on.

This is super timely, because I've literally been looking at that exact guitar with the violet andromeda paint job. I got an LTD EC1000S last year and I absolutely love it, and I've wanted to get something with a floyd rose and I just love the silhouette of these so much.

Another awesome addition to the guit-arsenal! The iridescent paint looks really cool too. I've been playing the updated Jackson RR-X the last two years, which now has the input jack recessed in the top half. It was odd getting used to the floating bridge at first, but it gave me the same kind of inspiration to improve my technique. Squeals and dive-bombs are too much fun.

Love the flying v style. Bought a Eii Arrow a few years back and love it. Feels the best out of my collection. Also, not sure what's so difficult about setting up a floyd rose lol. Just takes a little patience.

Thanks for the awesome review, Glenn. My best guitar I've ever owned (and the first true "metal guitar" I've owned) is my LTD M-Black Metal. It came great out of the box and all I needed to do was lower the action a little bit. It was the first Floyd Rose I'd ever owned too which was hard to get used to. I'm disabled and I actually can't restring/do much with the FR Bridge because of my hands but other than that, best guitar I own. (Close second would be my Epiphone MKH Les Paul 6-String.)

Love your break downs on all these guitars. Great channel. 👍

Now THAT is a beautiful guitar! Love your reaction! Great video, Glenn! It's killer.

I was like... that sounds like something... then you hit the chords and Lucretia! And when you said it needed tightening I laughed. Better than me man!

Just loosen the springs, make a block that keeps the trem perfectly level, tune everything, then tighten the springs slowly until the block falls out, the only way to tune a floyd imo.

Love the finish. Always loved my LTD. They always have had great guitars IMHO and it looks like this guitar doesn't disappoint. The tones you are getting are awesome. Great review.

Agree with ya Glenn! My best playing guitar I have is my 2019 version of this same guitar. Enjoy it, dude! And keep on keeping on with the practice!

I’ve saying that esp/ltd are killing it with shredder guitars…..I played the new E-ii Alexi model…. Probably the best shredding guitar I’ve ever played

LTD makes amazing guitars in Korea. As far as Gibson goes I only had a good one in my hands once. That was an SG Junior from the early 60's. Until recently never saw anything like it again. That is, until I took delivery of my new BC Rich. That thing resonates like that old Gibson. I think they come from the same factory too as LTD. If you insist on having a good Gibson there's always Heritage. 😇 Edit: I do have a Korean made LTD H1007FR. Great and reliable instrument.

I just bought one on a whim cause they went on sale today. After watching this, I have no worries about buyers remorse. Excited to get a new esp, my favorites.

The joy of your guitar certainly comes out in your playing today!

There are lot of brands that can give you quality instruments for not a lot of money. I was looking at the Sire Marcus Miller P5 p bass and that thing is absolutley killer. Only for 500$ or something around that.

You can always install a EVH D-tuna and have extremely access to drop tuning on a floyd rose. I installed one on my Edwards E-SN 145-FR and it was probably the best thing I've done to my guitar. it suddenly made me love Floyd Rose.

I can see me turning up at the local blues jam night with THAT! 🙂 Love it!!

Just WOW 🤩 It’s like I’m a beginner player all over again, seeing this sick slick metal machine being unboxed!

"Ohh ho ho ho hoo wow!" Was my reaction too when you took it out of the box. Looks gorgeous. Further edit: the Jackson randy rhoads I bought earlier this year has the output similar to where it is on that Ltd. I only paid a fraction of the price of that for mine. Getting it sent to a local luthier soon to make a few adjustments to have it set up as good as it can possibly be.

$1500 is still a piece of change, so they're not exactly giving them away. Even so, impressive guitar for the money and that variable finish is awesome. One day Gibson is going to get its act together....but we'll all be dead and gone by then.

Excellent review !!!

Hey Glenn! Love your channel long time viewer and fan. I’m so glad you have shown some love to LTD!!! It has been my brand of choice Since 2014 and it’s what I’ve stuck with. Most guitar players look at me like I’m crazy when I say so. Hella yeah!!!! Thank you Glenn keep up the great work!! Much love from California

At this point i'd love to see a review comparing Mustaine's signature Jackson, ESP/LTD and Dean to his Gibson model to see which one was the best lol

LTD is easily my favorite guitar brand, everything they make screams $2500 quality, yet the price is comparable to epiphone, it’s ridiculous

hey! there's a easy way to setup floyd rose very fast! 1- lock the bridge in parallel with the body 2- tune and play the strings until it stops dropping the tune by itself (for new strings) 3- unlock the bridge and ajust the springs until you reach the tuning back! Done! I'm using this steps for more than a decade, every time it works like a charm for a lot of guitars.

Ahhh glad you reviewed it, I'm madly in love with her, best guitar I've got hands down

i been battling inside my head between getting an arrow Ltd just like that or a Solar... but then i stare to my good old Schecter and repeat to myself "im ok, already". Thats a fukin awesome looking Ltd though

Great guitar. I would have sold the gibson too. I don't think "Purple Nurple" would have been a good name choice... I would have made a small change from "Violet Andromeda" to 'VIOLENT Andromeda" with that superior paint job. I have a floydd on my Ibanez RG470DX and love it.

Nice playing man seems like you’ve been practicing your starting to become a shredder!!

Got myself a white arrow 1000 recently and I fucking love it. Looks awesome, feels awesome, and it’s super popular in my orchestra class whenever we need a guitar part.

I recently bought an LTD fretless bass and I was absolutely blown away by the quality. Astonishing value for money.

Love EMG’s so much. Yeah, they’re not new, bright, shiny, (and let’s not forget trendy) like the Fishman Fluence pickups, but they still get the job done every time. Also is they’re good enough for James Hetfield and Zakk Wylde, they are for goddamn sure good enough for mere mortals like the rest of us.

I GOT 1. It is a BEAST!! Thanx for the review! Keep up the great channel.

I was always an Ibanez player and recently got my first ESP, a LTD H3-1000. I absolutely love it, sounds incredible and feels great playing. I honestly just can't believe it took me so long to get one and I want more lol

Gibson has their issues, some being inexcusable. Buuuut, when you get a good one, they’re fantastic. Unfortunately, you have to sift through a lot of BS to get the one. LTD’s , like Schecter’s, are pretty much bulletproof out of the box! Great value and features at every price point.

In the words of the instrument elitists: now that is a proper guitar 🤣

I have 1 ESP. And I love it so much! It plays beautiful

@14:45 wah hahahahaha That rush you get from playing savage riffs...classic stuff man.

Every time we see a guitar review by Glenn we can all hear why he is a recording engineer/mixer first.

Awesome review. I’ll definitely be purchasing one of these. 👍

Love your new LTD arrow 1000 congratulations Glenn !!!!!

I owned an LTD MH301 for 20 years. It was my favorite guitar for so long, just an incredible finish and great craftsmanship for such an affordable guitar. Just sold it last year, when I got an Ibanez that I enjoy more. Also I had to think about it for a while to remember, but the type of paint they used on that Arrow 1000 is called pearlescent. It is pretty uncommon on guitars, but that just makes them even cooler.

WAIT YOU FINALLY GOT ONE?!?!? IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THEM TO HIT THE SHELVES!!! This is awesome!!!!

I was always the only one in my last band who was super serious about having my instrument set up properly. I even used a custom set of strings set up in a certain tuning which was to say I had to tune the first string down and the other ones up on my 5 string... you heard that right I was the bassist 😉 Keep up the awesome videos Glenn 😊

I picked up one of these used and it's an absolutely incredible specimen. My #1 for sure

Ive got an LTD V-50 its a budget V but it rocks it makes me wanna play machine head riffs all day long. Thats a really unique finish on your V Keep the vids comin 🤘

I have the Black Metal version of the LTD Arrow and it is my main guitar. I'm about 5 seconds from pulling the trigger on this one. Great review!

Get you some Glenn! Sounds great! A true Metal guitar. Love that paint job

I absolutely love the Eclipses and Ec-1000s too. Modern feel and build but still looking like a classic instrument

The locking tuners are also great for setting up and not having to get all your winds when stringing up.

I never had a thing for V’s, but this thing is SO gorgeous I’d consider buying it just to have it pretty up my studio wall! 🤩

I just got one of these in the same finish and absolutely love it. One of the most comfortable guitars I’ve played. Just a straight up metal guitar. My only real complaint is a case would be nice, or a deluxe gig bag at the very least.

Loved the “Slayer” solo attempt in the tuning stability section.

Dave used to be with ESP and they gave him 2 signature models. Those were by far the coolest guitars he played besides his Y2KV by Jackson

That's sick 😳😳😳😳🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 Keep practicing that squeal, nothing wrong in keep practicing. You may even learn a new riff that you never know you could play. Great job Glen

1:13 "anyway, where's my knife" LOVE THIS HAHA, my new text message sound

love the color shift paint job...gorgeous...

That's a f&#king sweet looking paint job. When you pulled that out the box I was cheesing with you Glenn. What a killer shape also. 10/10!!