ESP LTD Viper-400 Review

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ESP LTD Viper-400 has been rated by 416 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.55

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Features 4.57

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Quality 4.44

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Reliability / Value 4.64

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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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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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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • Tuners: ESP  
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  • Fret Size: Extra Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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ESP is a company that you can count on and be sure that they know their job, and that's building great instruments. Another model from ESP named LTD Viper-400 outperforms and outranks sound-wise many other models in its price range. It's well worth the price.

ESP took time and with its vast experience at making new guitars, made a LTD Viper-400, 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 Viper-400, 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.

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

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

LTD Viper-400 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 Viper-400 guitar.