ESP LTD Viper-300FM Review

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Overall Rating 4.5

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Features 4

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Quality 2.25

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Reliability / Value 5

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  • Body Shape: VIP  
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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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  • Body Top Wood: Maple  
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  • Finish: Polyurethane  
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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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  • Nut Width: 1.65"  
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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 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: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • EMG 81 (bridge) and EMG85 (neck) pickups

Following review text is verbal representation of numerical rating information:

Few guitars can match what ESP's LTD Viper-300FM offers in its price range. That's why many musicians decided to go for LTD Viper-300FM, 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 went really far in carefully choosing LTD Viper-300FM's features. There's little to be wished for, which makes LTD Viper-300FM a full-featured guitar for a musician that plays a music style this instrument is primarily built for. If you decide to go for ESP's LTD Viper-300FM you will be happy with its, safe to say - rich features. A job well-done by LTD Viper-300FM.

Ready to play out of the box, ESP's LTD Viper-300FM 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 Viper-300FM does.

LTD Viper-300FM is a reliable guitar that will go to hell and back with you, and would want to do it again. It's a magnificent instrument that is reliable on stage as it is in studio. It will stand the beating and still would not lose its charm and ability to perform. ESP did make the instrument that should be considered the most reliable in its class!