8 years later and the 256 is still a live model

@papang5863

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingsukpaul7775 Yes ! It's really good for heavy metal and all kinds of modern metal songs. However, it depends a lot on the type of amp you got

@jfoquendo

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingsukpaul7775 YES !!

I have been playing an 1965 Gibson SG Special primarily for the past 35 years and since I got my Honey Burst worn EC-256 I no longer play my SG.

I've owned one for a few months now and I couldn't be any happier with it I play everything from ACDC to Lamb of God and in my opinion it plays and sounds amazing

A lot of people tend to underestimate the power of coil tap pickups. A session guitarist's best friend! Almost every tone you need in an affordable nice looking fiddle. Love these guitars and this channel. Keep it up as always guys!

I saw that Chappers 1:07 haha

I had purchased a non reliced 256, and I compared it to my Gibson LP studio. The devil really is in the details. A thinner body with the maple will produce more treble and is easier to play sitting down. The neck is thin with jumbo frets, thus easier to play. Tummy cut and upper register cutaway for easy access. Killer color choices and at a quarter of the cost of a lp studio. This really is a beast of a guitar and most people pay it no mind because the guitar is so cheap and the reviews say it’s a great beginner to intermediate guitar. Mind you, this will not top a lp standard on its own but with a pickup upgrade, it will. Definitely. I really think the guitar reviewing public underestimate both what this guitar is and what it is capable of. This guitar has the best of what makes a Gibson a Gibson and what makes an ESP an ESP. This is the unsung hero of the LTD line.

AWESOME Guitar! I have the Black Flame top. Amazing tone and feel. Intonation and action just came perfect!

I got one of these for $180 brand new! Best buy i ever made; i only been playing for little over 2 years and have tradede a shitload of guitars, but I think I will keep this for the rest of my life

Absolutely the best value guitars out there. Just got the Metallic Gold (goldtop) version as a backup guitar and it is weighty, solidly built and well-finished, and even the stock pickups sound awesome!

Love you guys, you crack me up, maybe that's MY British heritage (gramps) and your humor. I keep picturing someone walking through and saying what this needs....... is MORE cowbell! Anyway, I have bought this guitar thanks to you.

8 years later that video still helping... Great job guys

My son and I both have ec-256's and they're AWESOME

Rob you look like Predator playing a guitar haha

@marcuscoloniensis

6 жыл бұрын

Saad Ali Shaikh 😂😂👍🏼🤘🏼

I love it when Chappers & Captain dive into the clean blues mode...very very nice playing.

Those sound nice and full! Good syrup coming outta those.

You guys are great !

Very Cool! You'll love it man, they're light and comfortable. I've sold all of my strats because I love the feel of the EC and nothing plays as good too me. I got the 256 after my 401, and I'm replacing all the hardware to gold and upgrading the pickups. Its going to look awesome.

Sounds so good.

recently on a whim I bought a ec-200 just because it was on clearance, and now I can't put it down. plays great!

Gorgeous tones

Express 5:50 1x12 combo - these amps ROCK! Pedal-friendly, decent FX loop, great clean and drive channels, 5W Class-A option. They sound very "big" for a 1x12, and even bigger stacked on a 1x12 cab. very versatile amps - I have one and I use it for everything from hard rock to church-y cleans and jazz. Fantastic!

Well done as usual andertons music.. but I have to say I bought this model and installed 2 dimarzio super distortions and I'm so pleased with this guitar.. I cant put it down!

Captain ripping it up! I like!

a while ago I tried this guitar out and you´re right it is very versatile and a great bang for the buck.......and I feel sad that this line will be discontinued.

Some tasty playing from the Captain there.

"Ponce Around" I love it!

I got mine a few months ago and i freaking love it! It's called Lucy:)

Thinking about buying one of these as my new baby, going to try one out in a couple days

I tried a Honeyburst EC-256 like this in a store a couple of years back. Still kicking myself for not buying it. It played/sounded great, and was a killer deal. Damn...

Just ordered mine from Musicians Friend for 280 bucks as a replacement for my broken Epi SG 400. I'm so hyped for it!

Nice playing, nice guitars, nice guys, nice sound, NICE HAIR AND STACHE!

just bought 1 omg i love it!! + purple makes it better !!!! ;p

I love how it gets serious talking about the quality of the instrument...and then you remember the Queenstache.

I have a lefty ec 256 in the lemon drop - fantastic guitar!

@TJHigham

5 жыл бұрын

Hi, fellow lefty here, iv been offered one for £150 (190usd) ish. Would you recommend?

@alvinpietzsch1534

5 жыл бұрын

@@TJHigham That's a great price, man. I'd pick that up if I were you.

the ESP Ec256 is a lovely guitar. Well made, nice slim neck playability, and musically very good. The good esp pickups are further enhanced if you dial in more mid and treble on your amp; to compensate for their inherent dark character. and coil tap. you don't need to trade up with the 256 because, I feel, the only mod ever needed would be pickup choice. alternatives ie Emg ; Seymour; diMarzio; passive/active, subject to ones own particular taste. The guitar itself, to my thinking, is as well made and a keeper. I love mine in lemon drop finish.

@thecuddlyviking6940

7 жыл бұрын

Lorraine D I'm about to get the new black satin finish one, and put some Duncan black winters in it

@mariocellura9018

6 жыл бұрын

EMG

@luminairew.102

6 жыл бұрын

Can you put emg active pickups in a 256 without having to mod or router new cavities for the battery

Wait did you slash the prices or Slash the prices? (One makes things go down in price, the other makes it go up in price)

wow, i loved that stuff starting at 1:20 !

I have the one Cap'n Lee has. I love it.

For quality and playability, I personnaly would go for the LTD ;)

the best les paul for metal is that one dude!!!!

Thank you Rob for properly demoing this guitar and your honest opinion its nice to hear the guitar demo'd with someone that knows their way around the guitar to get all the tones out of it, are all the pickups the same for the 256 models ?

sweet thanks for the info dude :D

I've got that guitar , master sound!

299 pounds and free moustache Rob that playing at 1.20 was killer! a single cut esp for 300 sheets is great.

an absolutely WONDERFUL guitar. i love my Honey Burst

@mariocellura9018

6 жыл бұрын

EC 1000 THE TOP !

Chappers your hair looks badass in this video!

got the black one, want the other one too plus the goldtop incredible guitar for that price!

dont forget that when you play a cheap guitar through a 2000$ amp it will sound good

Got one at my local store, they want 619$, beautiful cobalt blue with maple flamed top... very nice. I just m8ght go get it, sounds decent

Hoorah for new Chappers!!!!

I want this one so bad in cobalt blue. It's just my style!

wow man, thanks for answering again!!! im thinking about buying a ec 1000 vintage refurbished, so i can save money and have better quality. only hope it's not too heavy cuz im kind of thin :P thanks again dude!!!

The ESP LTD EC-1000 Is great for heavy metal you get alot high-end products. Leadwise it is mostly a matter of taste.. But good warm thick warm comes from the ESP :)

@Guitarman461 It's a chord progression I wrote, we were just jamming over it ;-)

Let me tell you shaggy shagg, I had the opportunity to try them both and decided to buy the Epiphone, I like the tone it comes from it better, even though its heavier than the LTD. But both are really good.

I own a ec 256. At the store, i tried them both and the ltd is a lot better than the epiphone lp standard. it has a thin and smooth neck (very easy to play) and is much lighter than the epiphone. but they both sound very good!

at amazon one of these(with a plain maple top and burst is being sold at $280. on ebay I just picked up one of these at $250 with free shipping as a new guitar(b stock though, small finish blemish). still 1 available, has lemon drop finish(yellow slightly orangish) without burst on a flame maple top looks beautiful. these are great deals, should be picked up.

Chappermania!! He's brilliant

i would love a video were you 'compare' les paul style guitars by different brand next to obviously the classic gibson/epiphone's other brands do great versions i love ESP/LTD's version and you could add the ml2 to the video

i just got my red burst 256 and i can honestly say compared to my parker fly this sounds pretty damn good, if not THE SAME

Chappers, I LOVE Your tone at around 2:55 or so! How were you getting that?? It's exactly what I've been after!

1:19 one of the tastiest jams i've heard. ever.

@H00ker1 If you root it from A then it's a Phrygian run ;-)

captain's solo at 6:12 ish was really cool

@TheMetalhead804 It is an Eternal Descent T-shirt, the Sirian one ;-)

Pues yo tengo una y la verdad me encanta su sonido (Lemon drop)

It would be awesome to see an EPIPHONE LP Standard Plus Top VS. ESP LTD EC 256 video.

Rob you are win!!

@JoJoQwenty I am endorsed by ESP so yeah I love their guitars, but no with Andertons we just review whatever is new/reduced etc ;-)

5:54 to 6:15 sounds like QOTSA's "Make it wit Chu"......so good !!!

And I just bought their very last one today!! oh yep!

I love the Freddie Mercury reference xD

Ok I've just got mine and I have something to say: The nut needed a lot of work to get a set of 10's working nicely. Fret finish suboptimal. After I've fixed those this should be a pretty good guitar to play.

thanks for this vid! just wondering whether to get this or the squier CV strat Now u've confused me again! Thanks :)

I'm sold!

8:57 Rob looks like Ryo from Maximum the Hormone, especially with the hair haha!

9:20 , they don't do commercials like this on the tv ! brilliant

hey rob, what is the song playing in the intro of this video? I really like it. Cheers!

True, I've heard of Les Paul guitars go from 7lbs to over 12lbs. FedEx might have exaggerated. My gues is somewhere around 9lbs. I have an EC401VF(which is the full thickness like a Les Paul) and an EC256 and can barely tell a difference in weight.

every guitar sounds good in rob's hands... and captain looks like mario so... lifeup+1

i'd pay for the recorded version of that specific jam on itunes. also i never tried the 256 but thought it'd be crap like comparing an ec50 with the 400's but they sound rather nice.

i owna ESP LTD F250 and i love it

no put-down on chapper's playing, but im really feeling capts. playing. He plays with a smooth style that i wish to major at.

The wood on the fingerboard does make a difference in the tone less so than the feel I the neck but it does effect the sound. Maple necks ted to sound just slightly brighter than rosewood for example. But a guitar is like a cake, every little ingredient can make a tiny difference but the bulk d the cake still tastes like just cake.

true..ive had some good esps on hands, but as you said, they werent the low end ones..they were expensive models..and even being expensive they werent thaat good..so...well, anyway they dont produce a single product (guitar) that i want anyway...i'll stick to fender, ibanez and yamaha..these 3 only gave me smiles to date..cheers mate!

6:47 What a monster!! :D

awesome

You guys should do a remake of the wildly funny British movie & call it Chappers & Capt. do the Holy Grail ;-)

I fucking love distressed finished guitars.

i ordered a lefthand cant wait to have it^^

@dijiplexgaming2631

8 жыл бұрын

how is it?

@DirkDiggler87

8 жыл бұрын

It is realy a great Guitar it sounds awesome

@bradarooney

7 жыл бұрын

Jason Beebe i LOVE my lefty :-)

@custardpiekashmir the biggest differences are the better building quality, wood and electronics on the higher end Ltd line. but this is a great guitar if you are on a budget or need a backup. I would say they are one of the best guitars you can get for that price, but I would recommend you getting a 401 or 1000 if you can afford it.....a VGS would be a good alternative.....great building quality and very good sounding guitars built in germany, but its hard to find a retailer that sells them

depends on whether or not youre a traditionalist, and the paul will resonate more because its thicker. but the ltd plays faster is lighter and cheaper to buy

@bradarooney

7 жыл бұрын

Jacksonkellyfreak and the headstock is less likely to break off :-)

yay the ltd 256 is awesome sadly i cant touch but i can admire lol

Is this Top Gear for guitar trainspotter geeks? Kudos, count me in! Chappers, what do you think of the ESP Edwards Les Paul Standard? I have the 92 LP . . . fantastic guitars!

Little riff at 4:40 is beautiful.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind spotted!

@PaDGuitars I don't sell the 7 String Ghost Fret any more

Chappers, do you think Lee can get his hands on the new Collectors series Les Paul and you guys can do a review? I know how you loved the last one ;)

Please do a review on the 2017 ltd ec-256. I'm planning to buy it I am just not yet sure. A review will definitely help. Please make a review

you guys should review the new ltd 330 series with the esp active pickups. that'd be cool