ESP LTD EX-400 Review

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Overall Rating 4.42

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Features 4.41

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Quality 4.35

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Reliability / Value 4.38

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ESP LTD EX-400 Specs

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  • Body Shape: Explorer  
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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 Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Neck Construction: 3-piece neck  
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  • Neck Shape: U-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: White Dot  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • String Nut: Earvana Compensated  
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  • Tuners: Grover  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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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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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Active Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Active Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • EMG-81 (bridge) and EMG-60 (neck) active pickups

Following review text is verbal representation of numerical rating information:

Do you think that a LTD EX-400 guitar is a good guitar? ESP made some remarkably good models before, so that builds up confidence that LTD EX-400 follows those standards of quality. Most of guitar players rate this instrument really well, so you should try LTD EX-400 and see if it's right for you.

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 EX-400 an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for LTD EX-400's features!

If you try playing LTD EX-400 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 LTD EX-400 is surely a world class sounding instrument.

Ready to play out of the box, ESP's LTD EX-400 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 EX-400 does.

If you need an instrument that withstands live performances and studio sessions, rehearsals and practicing, you should rest assured that ESP's LTD EX-400 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 LTD EX-400.