ESP LTD Deluxe Viper 1000 Review

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Overall Rating 4.52

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Features 4.56

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Quality 4.39

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Reliability / Value 4.65

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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Binding: White  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: U-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Abalone Flag  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • String Nut: Earvana Compensated  
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  • Tuners: ESP  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Black  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • EMG-81 bridge and EMG-85 neck active humbuckers

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Few guitars can match what ESP's LTD Deluxe Viper 1000 offers in its price range. That's why many musicians decided to go for LTD Deluxe Viper 1000, and if you decide to do so as well, you surely won't be sorry. With almost nothing to add to this beautiful instrument, rest assured it will serve you well.

ESP took time and with its vast experience at making new guitars, made a LTD Deluxe Viper 1000, a guitar that stands out for its remarkable features it offers for a fair price. ESP did a great job, and a lot of musicians gave highest grades to LTD Deluxe Viper 1000, which proves the quality of this instrument. Feature-wise, there is no need to say much about it. This guitar will satisfy a great majority of musicians and that's what ESP had in mind while building it.

Tone delivered by ESP's LTD Deluxe Viper 1000 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 Deluxe Viper 1000 will make your tone to sound poor, quite the opposite, because LTD Deluxe Viper 1000 provides rich and versatile tone that you'll be happy with.

LTD Deluxe Viper 1000 is a guitar that will cause envy with your friends-guitarists. The finish is beautiful; it tells the story of how much time and care ESP took to create such a great instrument. Action is great right out of the box, but it's easy to set it up to fit your playing style and needs. Hardware is no exception, and is carefully chosen to make LTD Deluxe Viper 1000 a fine instrument that it is.

LTD Deluxe Viper 1000 is reliable and durable guitar that goes shoulder to shoulder with top built guitars. It will perform well in any imaginable situation, and will stand the test of time, if you take the usual care of your instrument. It is no secret that ESP makes good, quality instruments, and that is surely the case with LTD Deluxe Viper 1000 guitar.