ESP Kamikaze-3 Review

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Overall Rating 4.53

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Features 4.23

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Quality 4.58

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Reliability / Value 4.44

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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 25-1/2"  
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  • Body Wood: Maple  
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  • Neck Shape: U-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Bolt-on  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: White Dot  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Bridge: Floyd Rose  
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  • Hardware: Black  
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  • Fret Size: Extra Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Push-pull  
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ESP is a company that you can count on and be sure that they know their job, and that's building great instruments. Another model from ESP named Kamikaze-3 outperforms and outranks sound-wise many other models in its price range. It's well worth the price.

ESP went really far in carefully choosing Kamikaze-3's features. There's little to be wished for, which makes Kamikaze-3 a full-featured guitar for a musician that plays a music style this instrument is primarily built for. If you decide to go for ESP's Kamikaze-3 you will be happy with its, safe to say - rich features. A job well-done by Kamikaze-3.

If you try playing Kamikaze-3 after an average guitar, it becomes obvious that this ESP deserves to be proud of making it sound so beautifully. It delivers great tone when plugged in to most amps and, versatile as it is, it will allow you to find your own tone that you will be proud of as well. ESP's Kamikaze-3 is surely a world class sounding instrument.

Kamikaze-3 is a guitar that looks great and feels great while playing. Top quality finish is what gives Kamikaze-3 its expensive look and totally great feel while playing. Action is great and easily adjustable and top quality hardware will not let you down. ESP's reputation grows with Kamikaze-3 guitar. This guitar is definitely worth keeping.

If you need an instrument that withstands live performances and studio sessions, rehearsals and practicing, you should rest assured that ESP's Kamikaze-3 is the right choice. This instrument is definitely built to last and will do so , through fire and flames. ESP has the knowledge and experience you can rely on, and that kind of experience is well built into Kamikaze-3.