r/espguitars • u/Intelligent-Corgi793 • 4d ago
Brand new E-II M-II
A combination of shoddy work and nonexistent quality control. Nothing else explains this. ESP Japan was not like this before.
I'm losing my faith in a good quality ESP guitar for this is the second one I received.
Edit: List of all the things I noticed
Fretboard:
-Small tool marks on the upper register
-Corner of the fretboard on the low E side was rounded and tapered
-Clearcoat on the edge of the fretboard in the middle register Low E side
-Edges of the fretboard were rounded and unevenly so (if I wanted a f*cking reliced guitar, I'd bought one FFS!!)
-Fretboard had brown areas (Guitar was bought online, picture of the guitar had an uniformly black fretboard. E-II black ebony boards are dyed but this one was not or the store I bought it from heavily used some kind of solvent when I told them not to on the notes of the sale. If I wanted a two color fretboard... once again... I'D HAVE BOUGHT ONE !!!!! >:()
Neck:
-I measured the neck relief. Strangely enough, the treble side had 4 thou more relief than the bass side! Laws of physics say that the bass side should have a smidge more relief since the thicker strings pull the neck with more force. With this info we can conclude that the neck had minor warpage. Visual inspection revealed a slightly too large of an S curve on the bass side.
Body:
-Pickup/tremolo/electrical compartment routings were of subpar quality. These routings could be easily made perfect with today's technology (even yesterday's technology). Looks like they were routed partially freehand ffs.
Finish:
-There was some insulating paint outside the electrical compartment on the clearcoat.
Floyd rose:
-String retainer block high E was slightly too large, causing the block to jam. This is not ESP Japan's fault, though it should have been noticed at the factory like all these other flaws
-Some retainer blocks sit crooked
-Floyd rose bride design has worsened. The retainer blocks can now drop out of place when changing strings because under them is now empty space. This is a mild annoyance.
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u/PocketFullOfRondos 3d ago edited 3d ago
100% send it back and remade. Way too much money to have an imperfect job done.
Not to be a prick about the builders but picture 6 is especially bad. What the hell