ESP LTD V-500 Review

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Overall Rating 4.17

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Features 4.42

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Quality 4.79

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Reliability / Value 4.42

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ESP LTD V-500 Specs

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  • Body Shape: V  
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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: Mahogany  
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  • Binding: White  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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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-Thru  
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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: 24  
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  • Nut Width: 1.65"  
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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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  • Bridge: String Through  
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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: Active Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Active Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Pickups: EMG 81 Active set

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ESP made a LTD V-500, a guitar that both performs and sounds well. It's a nice instrument that deserves your attention and you should definitely test it to see if it's right instrument for you. Lots of musicians feel that this instrument is valued fairly and it suits their needs, so you should definitely investigate LTD V-500.

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 V-500 an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for LTD V-500's features!

You can plug this baby into a toaster and, God knows, maybe it would sound as great as it does with any other amp. Seriously, ESP made a LTD V-500, a terrific sounding instrument that deserves all the praise it can get. There is simply no need to change any stock-provided parts built into this axe, as it sounds professional all the way. ESP's LTD V-500 is a flawlessly sounding instrument.

LTD V-500 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 V-500 a fine instrument that it is.

If you need an instrument that withstands live performances and studio sessions, rehearsals and practicing, you should rest assured that ESP's LTD V-500 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 V-500.