ESP LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora Review

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Overall Rating 2.89

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Features 2.5

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Quality 3.11

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Reliability / Value 2.68

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ESP LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora Specs

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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 Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Basswood  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: U-shaped 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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  • Nut Width: 1.69''  
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  • String Nut: Earvana Compensated  
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  • Tuners: ESP  
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  • Bridge: Floyd Rose  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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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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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Pickup Bridge: ESP LH100 Pickup Neck: ESP LH100

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ESP's LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora is fairly good guitar. Not a brilliant one, but LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora will serve you until you decide it's time to go for a bit more expensive guitar. You will not go wrong if you go ahead with LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora.

Some say that the average is golden, and maybe that is true for ESP's LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora as well. There are musicians who would like to see more features on LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora, but ESP felt that LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora provides enough features for a given price and the market that ESP aims for. Perhaps there are better equipped guitars then this one, but LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora will deliver what it's built for.

ESP's LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora is one cool sounding guitar, built to please with its tone. Many guitar players agree that it can produce sound that they want, and call it their own. When paired with the right amp, LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora will make you one happy guitar owner. Once you find the sweet spot setting you will be rocking all over the place with another quality instrument built by ESP.

Though it could be better, action of ESP's LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora is not that bad at all. It may go out of tune when mistreated, but it's easily tuned back in no time. You won't be let down while playing LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora's neck. Guitar does feel a bit cheaper, but it will last you a long time, if you handle it with care that each instrument should be getting anyhow.

Some might say that ESP didn't go all the way in providing a reliable and durable instrument, but LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora isn't that bad. It will serve you well most of times, though you should be wary and have backups in situations where you feel LTD SA-2 Richie Sambora might let you down, such as gigs and studio sessions.