The ESP Guitar Company

Hey Carlos, how about this EC-1000?

Hey Muhammad, you'll have to work with your local distributor in order to get this model in your area, which would be Davis Guitar.  They should have no issue putting this guitar on order for you.

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Hi Yabbie, Any Seymour Duncan pickup with 4 conductor wires will allow you to keep the split coil feature. They have a lot of pickups to choose from. I suggest you go on their website or forums to ask around. Think about the way the current pickups sound. Which direction do you want to go from the current sound? Do you want a higher output? Warmer tone? These are some things to consider. Our pickups are about medium output, not considered a hot output. Typically for lots of gain most players prefer a hotter output, however, when you have a pickup that has a really high output , the tone is not so clear. Many excellent players I've met and worked with over the years prefer a lower output pickup which keeps their signal pure or clean from the guitar. Beyond that it's up to the amp and effects to create your distorted sound. Switching to any type of Alnico pickup would give you a "rounder" or "warmer" tone if you're looking to go in that direction. For upgrading to locking tuners, I would suggest either Hipshot or Ratio by Graphtech, but there are also other brands out there that work fine.

I have this guitar and absolutely love it! For tuning try some lube at the nut, mine doesn't lose tune often. As far as upgrade pickups, I recommend Seymour Duncan 59 for the neck and JB4 for the bridge. Perfect combo for your genres and still splitable (Charvel has this on their san dimas hh). I plan on this pickup mod in the future for my guitar.

Hi Fraser, You can tighten the hardware and mounting screw on your current tuner, that should help you with your current issue. If you want to upgrade to replacement tuners, you will not always find a brand that fits our mounting hole exactly. Some locking tuners including our own version use pins located under the housing, so there is no mounting screw "leg" like current tuners. I would recommend either Hipshot or Ratio tuners from Graphtech.

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It’s the same year mine was made, I’m interested now!

Hi Yabbie, I was wondering, if your guitar is the same year as mine, do you have any clue as to what year it was made. Thank you.

Hi Fraser, Your guitar was produced in 2018. Please email our customer service team for more specific requests such as this as we prefer those inquiries go to our customer service team. Their email is customerservice@espguitars.com .

Thank you Todd B. ESP, that lifted stress on finding the year, thank you. - Fraser