ESP LTD AX-260 Review

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Overall Rating 4.24

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Features 4.4

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Quality 4.05

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Reliability / Value 4.23

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  • Body Shape: Warlock  
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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: Agathis  
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  • Neck Shape: U-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Neck-through  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Custom Tribal  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • Nut Width: 1.65"  
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  • Tuners: ESP  
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  • Bridge: String Through  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Black Nickel  
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  • Fret Size: Extra Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Push-pull  
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  • Coil Splitting: Yes  
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Following review text is verbal representation of numerical rating information:

ESP's LTD AX-260 is a nice sounding instrument that plays well. Most musicians feel that, overall, it's a fine guitar. Not much to be asked for feature-wise, ESP delivered what's expected: a sturdy, quality instrument at a fair price.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes ESP's LTD AX-260 an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for LTD AX-260's features!

Tone delivered by ESP's LTD AX-260 makes it a serious sounding instrument that gives ESP a lot of reasons to be proud of it. Somewhat limited when playing certain music styles doesn't mean that LTD AX-260 will make your tone to sound poor, quite the opposite, because LTD AX-260 provides rich and versatile tone that you'll be happy with.

Ready to play out of the box, ESP's LTD AX-260 is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as ESP put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as LTD AX-260 does.

Playing live, LTD AX-260 will perform well and will not let you down. It is fairly reliable instrument both in studio and on stage, and will be a long term companion, as it is built to last. ESP has made a solid instrument that you will be happy with, and can depend on right from the start. Needs no backup as it has proven to be built really well.