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@halcooper3070

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@halcooper3070

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@halcooper3070

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Whoops, another pack in front of me (I'm in my garage, I restring while I smoke :)) JB4AB5B643160934200

@eddiejr540

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I’m an idiot…I don’t even know how to use a coupon much less redeeming players circle codes😳

@ZappaIrl

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I wonder if people are sending in spent codes?

Korean made LTDs have been my favorite guitars to date can’t beat the quality especially when you get to the 1000 models

@maskedDuke79

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Truee, My LTD mh417 plays ando feels better than My prestige rg752fx

@xjeszuz

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@@maskedDuke79 hell yeah bro esp is my goto for any guitar models they have pretty much everything for good prices and quality I want one of those 7 strings lol did it come with emgs

@maskedDuke79

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@@xjeszuz it came with the classics emg 81-7 and 707, but i swapped the 81 for a Seymour duncan retribution and it's sounds fantastic

LTDs are the best bang for the buck guitars ever. My LTD M10 is the first guitar that I ever owned and still one of my favorite guitars

@travisspaulding2222

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I love LTDs, but their prices have gotten pretty high for what they are. I think Harley Benton is exposing guitar companies for their price gouging. You can get an HB guitar with a Floyd Rose 1000 bridge and stainless steel frets for just over $300.

@neil2706

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Ltd makes some of the best quality

@bennylarsen1907

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@@travisspaulding2222 Harley Benton has a completely different business model. With companies like ESP you have to factor in both distributor & retailer. They rake in about 70% of the retail price.

Low end LTDs are honestly amazing things even to this day. I have an H-200 (obviously no where near the age of this one) - it's made of Mahogany, has a set neck and it plays incredible. They're under £500 new and I got mine for £200 second hand. I'll probably be dropping some new pickups in it, but the guitar itself feels great.

Guitarist from Atreyu used this exact model for many years. Before the logo change, LTDs were made only in Korea mostly from Japanese sourced parts, 1996-2003 LTD-s are beasts, back then there werent too many models like today, LTD was just a production version of the ESP models, they came packed with Duncan H102 which are pretty good pups, or high end models with EMG's. People easily get fooled, especially when they see LTD on the headstock. Doing a quick Wayback search you can see that a ESP Eclipse costed 800$ in the 90s, and the only LTD variant in 2001 was EC 300 that costed 700$, and has superior specs to the ESP model (mahagony set neck, better binding, mop inlays...) converted to todays $ due to inflation, it would be a 1200$+ guitar. It literally surpases Gibson Customs (closest similar guitar to be compared with) in terms of build quality and feel. Edit: most of the LTD guitars from that period were only made for a super short time, and the quality drasticlly decreased in 2003 when they moved factories. Tho I understand, because why would anyone buy an ESP if you can get a LTD with same or even superior specs, quality and sound for less money.

You're one of my favorite KZreadrs and the revelation that you were born in 1999 is giving me existential fits.

Yes! Nice to see this guitar in a video mate, big ESP fan here, always thought the blue looked nice and now to see it in action I love it even more.

You've inspired me to rake out my old LTD EX50 and bring it back to life! Thanks KDH

@TheAntiburglar

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I just left a comment about this but I'm pretty sure that's the model I bought the first time I ever bought a guitar with my own money! :D

Top notch playing as usual 👍

really cool to see this. this is the guitar i learned to play on since my father had one. i loved it and really wish we still had it.

KDH was 2 in 2001, I was 10, thanks for making me feel old

@KDH

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No problem granddad 😉

My dream guitar in high school was an EX400BD. Couldn’t afford it, a used one popped up about 6 months ago, instantly bought it & threw a set of Duncan alpha omega in it. Love it

That geetar with that pickup combi is perfect, love a good LTD! Crackin vid as ever sir

He bought it when he was 12! (He's now 13!!)

@RyanOManchester

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I'm not even that old, but him saying that he was 2 in 2001 hurt my soul

Great video series. Keep em coming.

Epic words to end the vid on good 👍🏻 sir, well done!

I have an Ex-50 and just absolutely love the damn thing, sick blue finish on the EX-100 by the way

My first guitar was a 2003 LTD Viper 100FM built in Indonesia. I still have it, it's made like a tank, i have since done minor upgrades like a set of EMG pickups but as KDH said, it feels like it was made this year. It's as current as they get and very very well made. Come to think of it, i have never seen a badly made LTD.

I have a neck thru Ibanez made in Korea from the 2000's and it's sweet. Not easy to find a neck thru Ibanez. RG420 with reverse headstock.

Back then when ESP doesn't have any issue displaying the letters "ESP" at or near the headstock (the truss rod cover) of an LTD. After that even the standard production ESP was renamed as E-II. Such a let down for a standard production line from ESP made in Japan. In this aspect, Ibanez is the best, at least for a major brand. The lowest model, Gio, still carries the name "Ibanez", and most guitarist know to differentiate the model and the quality between Gio, entry standard models, Premium, Japanese standard, to a Prestige or J-Craft Ibanez

@GarryParker

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You are so right. E-II is a ridiculous brand name for an expensive MIJ guitar. Ibanez gets it right.

@nckhed

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It makes me regret selling my 2007 SS Eclipse II even more. 🤦

THE NEW KOREA IS INDONESIA, THANKS IBANEZ FOR ALL YOU DO!

I've played guitars made all over Asia. I bought a cheap Jackson dinky made in India at a flea market for $15. I cleaned it up, set it up and sold it to a beginner guitarist for $60. I also bought a crackle finish B.C. Rich Warlock NJ made in Korea for $65 off of craigslist. I cleaned it up, set it up and got $480 for it on ebay. I've played Vietnamese LTD guitars and for the money they were great. I think we were in a golden era for well made cheap guitars until the recent inflation took hold.

I've got an Indonesian made LTD H-100FM (as my first guitar) from a pawn shop in Essex and to this day 14 years later it's still one of my favourite guitars - these early 00s LTDs are just so well made.

Great stuff KDH…its like you bought the pickups and got a free guitar 😳

honestly indonesia produces a ton of really good guitars

I am with you on the LTD ESP guitars. I picked up an 2011 LTD ESP Custom Deluxe EC-1000T in black off Craig's List for $150 about 10 years ago. After some minor fret repair at the 12th -14th frets, (I think it was dropped and put a very slight but bad enough string snag there) and adjusted the intonation. To this day, one of my favorite guitars and gig stand-by. Restrings is all I have ever really done to it. When I restring, I also polish my frets. This guitar came with locking tuners and EMG pick-ups. I bought my American made Fender Strat new. It was way more expensive than what this LTD would have cost new. My Strat is a couple of years older, but has needed a new neck and a pick up replaced. You can still get really good deals on these guitars.

Wow excellent video; very informative

The Koreans have been making amazing guitars since the 1980's.i grew up playing a 1987 Aria pro ct series guitar and that guitar was fucking amazing.its had a Floyd rose and it never went out of tune and never let me down.the action was low and played like butter.even my friend had a USA Jackson even he was blown away by my cheap Aria pro guitar.dont sleep on anything made in Korea and as a matter of fact I actually seek them out and collect them because they are Soo good

I can confirm that the action on LTD and Dean guitars made in that era/factory were amazing. Had a Dean ZX that I modified the exact same way as this LTD and it was fantastic, owned for years and still miss it sometimes. However, I own an LTD Super Strat from around the same era and it barely feels like you’re pressing on the strings. The frets are super small and it makes it insanely shreddy

That's a good guitar. I refinished mine to high gloss metallic sparkle black, did a bit of a fret job and installed quality pickups and it's just a perfectly fine guitar that plays very well.

I owned an LTD EX50 and it was one of the smoothes guitars I've ever owned and played.

Saw two E II EX today, those look absolutely fantastic

Mark from the Guitar Guts channel (Trash to Thrash) makes a living modifying guitars and his favourite guitars to flip are MIK LTD from the early 2000s. Great quality and amazing value.

5:46 I have an '89 Korean Strat that is one of my favorite guitars... I'm glad their reputation has changed over the years, they certainly deserve recognition

I have a roughly 2009/2010 LTD V-50 and it's still a favorite of mine!

I have put gold hardware and a pair of gold Gibson Burstbuckers in my black ~2000 LTD EX-100. It was my second guitar, bought new for ~500-550 euros in the fringe parts of Europe. I'll admit I don't play it as much any more, because I do have a small slew of Gibson Explorers which were my childhood dream guitars, but I can't bring myself to get rid of it. Partially because my father bought it for me, partially because it is such a genesis guitar in my guitar life. Still plays good, nothing to say about that. The body's just 'noticeably' smaller than the Gibsons, which is one of the reasons I like them better.

Off topic but I've been feeling the love for south korea the last two years. Their 5.56 NATO is very decent and very much the right price in this crazy market. Ive shot a couple thousand 55 grain ball this past year alone and its very decent. Thanks for the ammo SK.

Yeah man. MIK guitars are generally pretty great. I have an LTD M-1000 Deluxe from 2004 that is Made in Korea that is pretty much my favorite guitar. It has identical specs to the EII M-II. They even put Original Floyd Rose bridges on them back then. I also have an Indonesian made M-330RFM, so a little closer to the low low end of the spectrum such as your EX-100. It is a great guitar as well.

@mylogify

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Same my M-1000 is also my favorite.

My first guitar was a WMI built Schecter 7 string from the early 2000s, and it is ridiculously good quality for what it is. Was given a set of SDs to replace the original Duncan Design pickups, but never installed them cause the stock ones are so good.

I found an older LTD F100 at a local pawn shop a week ago for 109$ because it was strung up for a lefty. I brought it home, strung it up right, fixed the nut, and now have a badass axe!!!

Import guitars will always get me going. My second ever guitar was an OLD LTD F-100 and I fucking MISS that guitar.

I had an epiphone explorer from the mid to late 1990s to the mid to late 2000s. It had a floating bridge with fine tuners (not a floyd though), a whammy bar and a locking nut. It was strung through the body and the ball didn't need to be clipped off. It influenced how I look at the playing position of every guitar I've looked at since. You see, where yours has the strap holder on the side near the neck, my explorer had and extra long bolt with a strap holder where the body was bolted to the neck. Having the strap back there made it sit nicely without neck dive. I need a high headstock playing position standing up and that guitar sat perfectly for me. So when you mentioned the epiphone explorer, I would have went with that if I had the choice. Edit: I used to put Ernie Ball 8s on it. It was so easy to play with those ultra light strings.

I have an ibanez premium made in Indonesia. Fantastic guitar! Top notch guitar

I would love to see someone challenge Cort's dominance over the "import" guitar market. Can't really imagine that happening anytime soon, though.

Gain of your Symour Duncan Bridge pick up just awesome

I've owned tons of guitars and the best value I've ever found are Agile Les Paul's made in Korea from the early 2010's. For whatever reason there was just something magical going on during that time where all the fretwork was well above their American counterparts. If you come across one from around 2009-2015 I would recommend buying it in a heartbeat, nothing else I've tried comes close under 1k.

Sup fellow Irishman. Ex100 was the prototype run for the model. With mahogony body unlike future iterations of the model. I have mine since 01 and its one guitar i could never part with. Quality instrument even to this day.

I also loved the Viper1000ET, for SG lovers.

Man I can't wait to get an LTD I've got eyes on soon

Honestly, all of the old lower end EX's were killer.

Ltd makes my favorite imports. I’ve had many. Currently don’t have any but plan to get more soon. I only sold them to fund some USA Dunable guitars, but I want another eclipse and an arrow for the metal stuff.

The new Korea is Indonesia for sure. Most instruments I have tried from Indonesia are incredible.

My chinese Viper 10 i bought almost 20 years ago is one of my best guitar.I Installed 2 emg 81 in it never looked back

Definitely Indonesia. My PRS SE Zach Myers is fantastic.

Talk about drop tuning. I just recently bought an old PRS Santana SE made by world music in Korea for only 400 CAD and it's fantastic. I also have an old 90s Japanese Jackson King V that I traded a $90 Squier for. That was a steal!

Wanting a pointy guitar is a perfectly valid reason to buy it.

I've got an early-2000s Epi SG from WMI, and it's honestly fantastic. The pickup switch can be a bit temperamental so it needs some work, but that's an age thing - it was fine for the first decade and change I had it. But great fret work, great neck, overall just a great guitar to play. Currently living with a friend due to work taking me overseas, but I'm never letting ownership of that thing go, since it was my first electric.

Schecter S1 elites can be had for $500 now and they are phenomenal guitars made in the south Korean factory. Very nice LP/PRS mid point.

Ltd korean made are really awesome, I have four of them and they are almost perfect

I've noticed this trend of guitar factories maturing over time. I believe Indonesia makes really great guitars at a good price point for most manufacturers out there. I remember getting an Ibanez RG470 in 1999 and the made in Korea badge on it made it less desirable, but I haven't played too many lower mid tier guitars that compared with it at the time and was absolutely blown away with it. Even nowadays with a Yamaha revstar RS320, the budget bottom of the barrel guitar, also made in Indonesia, that guitar was very superior to many guitars at it's price point. You can say the same about some of the guitars coming out of China right now, as I think a lot of factories there have been putting out guitars for a long while now and dealing with QC issues that they are starting to make really decent guitars for the money.

You was 2 in 2001... now i feel old! :D

I have an Indonesian made bass that I dropped down a flight of stairs at mcdonalds. The bass was in its shoddy gigbag and had no damage, hardly went out of tune. I have had terrible guitars from Japan and Korea, but also some really good ones. The guitar I play now is a gretsch bass vi that I bought used after playing it for 10 minutes or so at a shop. Felt amazing and sounded great. Took it home and saw "made in china" on the back of the headstock and was actually shocked. I think what really matters is if or how hungover the guys at the factory were lol. Also setup is very important.

I bought a super low end LTD for $65 at a thrift store . It was missing a saddle on the standard stratocaster style tremelo. I went ahead and put an afterarket Floyd rose on it and it became my go to guitar ! One of the nicest most comfortable necks of any guitar I've ever owned ! The only guitar I've ever owned that played better was an original custom ordered Jackson super strat I bought when I was 17 after working and saving for 6 months ! It was around $1250 if my memory is correct and It played with action so low without buzzing it often seemed to just play whatever your thinking ! Back to the LTD .......I still have it and I'm putting a vintage Seymour Duncan 59' wound by Marcella Jaurez in it tomorrow evening ! It's a beater for sure ........but I'll take it into any music store and put it up against any guitar there under a grand .......and wouldn't trade it ! It was built in the 1990's I believe .

I have a flat top LP style that I got new in 98' and it was always a great guitar other than a slight split in the neck... had it repaired, but I think the glue has worn off now as that was about 20 years ago. Getting a custom neck made for the body soon as it found it to be a great tone wood, so I wanna keep it!

I have an ec1000 but it was a grand. No complaints

What many don't know is that a certain factory in S Korea was making Epiphones and Squiers in the 80's and 90's which were better than the MIJ and MIA Fenders at the time. Rumor has it that it relied on Fender Japan's overstock for wood and hardware but all I know is the two Basses I have are indeed better than almost any Fenders. Entry Level was not such a bad thing. This LTD was low end for its simple construction, finish, and basic hardware more than because of Korean stigma. The MIK Squiers had three tiers, a black label made of plywood, a proper alder and maple Silver label, and a high appointments Gold label. I have two Silver Labels, a J and a P bass. Both are identical in the woods, the construction quality, the action, and the hardware, including Schaller Licensed tuners which hold tune forever. Pickups sounded great but had unruly outputs. Bridges were the same bent steel garbage Fender still uses.

In the 90s here in Australia, all the guitars were Korean made Samicks. They were lower spec than these esps but not too bad. But the Korean Epiphones and esps are awesome. Indonesia is already the new Korea! Some of the G&L guitars from indon are fab

I have a LTD V from that Era. It's been my favorite beater for years until I got some higher end Jackson guitars.

I had a Sorina custom flying V made in Korea, and it was pretty bad, so I make a lot of notes about what was wrong, and took it back. they fixed everything, absolutely everything perfectly. I played it for decades before it was stolen.

If you want to stop the neck dive, move the strap post to one of the upper bolts on the neck plate. You might have to drill through a strap post so the neck bolt goes through.

is that a cheeky Phantom Blue riff at 2:31 ? pleasant surprise to hear!

If you can't find specs for an ESP guitar, their online customer support is stellar, they helped me out many times.

INSANE SAVE HOLY SHIT

Esp had (has?) guitars made in Vietnam as well. Had an EC256 that was really nice.

I have an Ibanez RG from around 2003, made in Korea. That thing smokes.

My PRS, Charvel, Rhoades, and Ibanez fretless are all made in Indonesia, and all are high quality. The only problem I had was the fretless fingerboard needed a little sanding down as it had some buzz but that can happen on a fretless made anywhere. Especially when you live in a dry place like Colorado. Oh and the jack on the rhoades needed to be tightened down. But all of these had far fewer issues than my usa les paul special, which is why it's currently for sale.

Holy smokes!!!

Gotta admit I bought a Washburn acoustic guitar love the sound really nice and never knock a cheap guitar some will surprise you others will make you scream oh God in hell why

My Jackson RRXMG was made in India in 2012

cool guitar in its own right.

Spectre Music Group did a review on a LTD Arrow (Randy Rhoads style flying V) that was pretty cool.

Indonesia will be the "New Korea" for guitars, and I would argue they already have been for over 10 years.

@mydudechris

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100% have an Indonesian made LTD Eclipse 87 and it has become my favorite in my collection to pick up and play

I remember I bought a M-50 LTD ESP back in 2000. I got it cause it had ESP on it and it reminded me of George Lynch so I got it. I played that thing for like 15 years. I still see it here and there from the guy I sold it to. The M-50 now.... totally different

@KDH

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That’s a scam account. Sorry. You didn’t win anything you didn’t enter for.

Dig that Phantom Blue riff! 02:30

TO SLOVE NECK-DIVE, I put the strap peg behind the base of the neck or on the neck plate.

I need one.

I need this

I've seen Jacksons that have been Made in India before, but never BC Rich. Very interesting! I think it's gonna be Indonesia next. Ive liked most of the Indonesian guitars I've owned and one of my favorites is a Bronze Series Warlock I got for $20. I'll still prefer guitars Made in Japan because they're just a cut above the rest. I play my 94 MIJ Jackson JDR-94 more than my 2000 Gibson V or 68 SG

Literally a black one exactly like this with the same humbuckers on reverb right now that gave me a good laugh haha

When it comes to Made in Korea guitars, I think 2006 was its pinnacle. That's right before the time when manufacturers started to send production for mid-range guitars to China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Guitars with amazing quality could be bought new for $500 or less. I bought a used 2006 LTD MH400NT for 300 USD and it was by far the biggest bang for the buck I have ever purchased. 2006 was also the year when production line LTDs and Schecters came with a TonePros bridge, Earvana nut, Grover tuners, and name-brand pickups for the $600 range. Also, regarding Indian-made guitars, I've seen one Jackson (JS series from years ago) and one Ibanez (early Xiphos from around 2007). The Xiphos I saw had probably the worst binding job I had ever seen in the guitar. They probably got better over the years though.

@DudeMcGuybro

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I'd say like 2006-2010 roughly was that sweet spot, if you got something from Korea it was fucking great. I got an Agile PS-1000 from the same factory, and it was a PRS SE for 350 bucks, it just said Agile on the headstock. All the hardware and pickups were identical. It even had birds on the fretboard. They later caught a lawsuit and had to discontinue the series, but I consider finding another one of those to be my personal "holy grail" guitar. Edit: I didn't even realize in the video around 5:30 he mentions how PRS SE used to be made in Korea at World Music, which is where Agile was made out of, so yes, at one point you could get a PRS SE for 350 with a different logo on the headstock LOL

@JohnnyVictor666

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My Ibanez RG is from 2006, it is a neck through model and I bought it for 400€ brand new…I did upgrade the pickups cause I never liked those Infinity ones, but overall it is a great guitar, so many people who had 3000$ guitars told me that they would buy it from me in an instant if I decided to sell it…which of course I never did! Sadly the days of such cheap guitars are gone, except for maybe Harley Bentons.

I am 99% certain, and I'll have to check when I'm back home for Christmas coming up, but I'm *pretty damn sure* that the first guitar I ever bought myself was a similar model from around the same year but black with a metal truck bed style pick guard :D ....I also bought it because I wanted a pointy, James Hetfield style guitar XD

Yep, and 20yrs from now the stuff Epiphone is building in China recently will be considered great buys used. The way the market is moving, many sub $600 dollar imports should be around for a long while. Gibson and Fender are trying to catch up in the mid priced segment. Squire is building in Indonesia now and Epiphone has done more in the last few years than any other brand I've seen.

You can put weights in the pot cavity to stop neck dive…it usually doesn’t take much.

Indonesia makes both Ibanez premium and the standard Yamaha revstars…stainless steel frets exist there too.

Whats funny is about 15 years ago I found a Hondo King V clone. I paid 75$ anf brought it home . The pick ups didn't work and my budy said hey lets put those dimebag Zebra Duncuns on it. I laughed but we did. With the Khaler knock off and the those pickups the damn thing played better than any guitar I had at the time. You be amazed how cheap something can be and be good.

I've got 4 all Korean guitars and 1 Hybrid, where some parts came from Korea and where sent to Japan (Fujigen) for the final construction, and a Fender Bouzouki. I've got no problem with Korean guitars/bouzoukis in fact they're great instruments. The Koreans have a very similar work ethic as the Japanese so build quality is practically the same, as near perfection as they can get to avoid dishonoring their trade and themselves.

I got my.first Indonesian LTD recently. It was quite good. Arrow, Arctic metal...surprised to find it had a 2way truss rod

Chinese made guitars are an interesting case. It's definitely seen as a crappy place for guitar making but they put out good stuff at various price levels. From £150 Squiers to the current Ibanez FRM at £1k. I have a Squier Affinity Telecaster Deluxe made in China and it's a fantastic player and I got it new for £180. It's currently my favourite guitar and in terms of quality it beats several Indonesian Ibanez guitars I own that cost twice as much.

I managed to snag a Kramer Pacer from the early 2010's. Thing is a heavy slab of mahogany mad and guy upgraded the bridhe to a Schaller. Slapped an EMG I'm there but I may swap that for something else.

I like it