MH-203QM

SEE THRU BLUE

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    MH-203QM
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    NOTE: Due to ongoing challenges in the global supply chain, instruments purchased from ShopESP that are not currently in stock may take an extended time frame to be delivered.

    The MH-203QM offers the arched top of the ESP Horizon with the aggressive styling elements of the M Series, all wrapped in an affordable high-quality instrument, and adds a quilted maple top in See Thru Blue finish. It offers the versatile H/S/S (humbucker/single coil/single coil) pickup configuration, making it great for many genres of music. The MH-203QM features bolt-on construction of a mahogany body with a maple neck and maple fingerboard with 24 extra-jumbo frets, and includes an LTD by Floyd Rose tremolo.

    Construction Bolt-On
    Scale 25.5"
    Body Mahogany
    Top Quilted Maple
    Neck Maple
    Fingerboard Maple
    Fingerboard Radius 350mm
    Finish SEE THRU BLUE
    Nut Width 42mm
    Nut Type Locking
    Neck Contour Thin U
    Frets/Type 24 XJ
    Hardware Color Black
    Strap Button Standard
    Tuners LTD
    Bridge LTD by Floyd Rose
    Neck PU ESP LS-120N
    Middle PU ESP Designed LS-120M
    Bridge PU ESP LH-150B
    Electronics Passive
    Electronics Layout Volume/Tone(P/P)/5-Way Switch
    Strings D'Addario XL120 (.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042)
    Case
    Case Included N
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    m7D#B11
    m7D#B11 wrote

    The order page says Pre-Order...does that mean it's not currently available? If I order it now, will it ship out on the indicated date?

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      Todd B. ESP
      Todd B. ESP wrote

      Hi, any time our stock is not available and we are waiting for a new shipment you may see this. You may go ahead and fill out a preorder and the sales rep will contact you regarding actual estimated delivery date.

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        Ruwan S.
        Ruwan S. wrote

        I am about to buy this guitar after reading the superb reviews. My main questions are the clean sounds of the 2nd, 4th and neck positions of the pickup selector. Does it quack like a strat in 2nd and 4th positions and does the neck sound like a single coil strat neck pickup ?
        Also, does the bridge humbucker split at the 2nd position of the pickup selector? And which coil outer or inner coil of the humbucker combines with the middle pickup at 2nd position?
        Further, is there a reverse headstock version of the same model?
        In addition, are the single coils noiseless?

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          Carl N.
          Carl N. wrote

          if you have any questions you may reach out to our customer service team at customerservice@espguitars.com or https://www.espguitars.com/pages/support         

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            Brandon S.
            Brandon S. wrote

            I have an MH-103QM, the fret edges are like razors, I'll have to have them filed down, other than that, it's my favorite playing and sounding guitar, even including my high end Japanese and American instruments, truly strange how that ended up being the case.

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              Carl N.
              Carl N. wrote

              Fingerboards can sometimes expand or contract during transit to areas with different climates.  From the sound of it I would assume something like this is affecting your instrument.  Should be easily rectified but if you need any other help you can reach our service department at customerservice@espguitars.com

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                Phillip B.
                Phillip B. wrote

                I have found a nice, used MH-103QM but I cannot find anything online that tells me the difference between it and the MH-203QM online. GC has an MH-103QM and Sweetwater has an MH-203QM, and the specs and pricing look the same, except maybe the 203 doesn't have dot inlays?

                I am presuming that the model numbers are indicate that maybe the 103 is a GC exclusive?

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                  Carl N.
                  Carl N. wrote

                  It's the same, only the model number has changed.

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                    Phillip B.
                    Phillip B. wrote

                    Carl N. you are mistaken. Actually, through careful comparison of the specs on Sweetwater and GC's listings, I see that the 103 has a basswood body and the 203 has a mahogany body. The 103 also has dot inlays and the 203 seems to have no inlays; I don't know about the edge of the neck because I can't find any pictures of the top edge of the neck.

                    They both have the same electronics and the same quilted maple veneer. They also have the same scale length, hardware, and frets; so though they are very similar, there are some mild differences.

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                      Carl N.
                      Carl N. wrote

                      Cool, then there you go, you have your differences!  

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                        Nathan M.
                        Nathan M. wrote

                        203 has block inlays on the top of the fretboard (and double on the 12). Here is a picture of mine. You can zoom in and see the blocks. 

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                          Phillip B.
                          Phillip B. wrote

                          Thanks Nathan! That helps. I see that you have also changed out your pickups. Is there a reason you didn't like the ESP passives?

                          TO everyone else, I am trying to "like" your comments, but for some reason I can't. I also cannot reply to individual message, only to the main one, mine. Weird.

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                            Nathan M.
                            Nathan M. wrote

                            It was my first guitar with single coils, so I was trying a bunch of different ones. The LTD single coils are great and actually back in my guitar. The bridge pickup certainly isn't bad, but it wasn't as hot as I typically like. I swapped it with a Seymour Duncan JB. The EMGs are passive and went in a different brand guitar that came with significantly worse pickups than the LTD did. On my profile, you can see I used white LTD pickup covers too . This is one of my favorite guitars all around. It needed a small amount of fret work, but it sounds amazing with that JB pickup and is crazy light. It went up a little in price since I got mine, but still worth it imo. 

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                              kasra k.
                              kasra k. wrote

                              Hi

                              i got one of these great guitars

                              but got a serious damage issue in tremolo arm.

                              i dont have access to esp shop.

                              is there any floyd rose or other brand tremolo bridge which i can install on this guitar easily? 

                              Thanks for attention 

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                                Carl N.
                                Carl N. wrote

                                Hey Kasra, sorry to hear about the issues you're having with this.  These bridges are licensed by Floyd Rose so a Floyd Rose bridge would work perfectly in this instrument if you needed a replacement.  If you need any assistance with this feel free to reach out to our customer service team at customerservice@espguitars.com

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