NGD - LTD EC-2025 Goldtop 50th

[Warmart]

Pretty stoked about this one, have had a hole in my guitar existence, lmao, since I've never owned a goldtop! Saw this one last week, and fought and fought, but couldn't resist. Partially to make up for the EC-1000 I traded a long time ago as well (it was a gawdy AF "see through black cherry" with overdone binding everywhere) . I do have a love/hate relationship with TOM's, but the carve is minor and I'm doing pretty well playing it so far.

This is ESP's 50th anniversary guitar, I think 200 made - has a 50th inlay @ 12th fret and "1975 - 2025" on the headstock. My 1st supreme-o collectors guitar, lmao. NOT.

She looks damn nice with the metallic gold finish, plays great, not too heavy. Has an ESP specific Seymour Duncan "Custom 14" in the bridge (don't ask me the difference from a regular Custom, this shit is proprietary knowledge) and an SD APH-1 in the neck. Stainless XJ frets, ebony board, pull-tone for single coil and locking tuners. Got it for $400 off the $1500 list, so that helped a lot.

QC is pretty good, a couple of fret ends could use a very little bit of attention and they could've been a little neater with the end of the fretboard past the 24th. Think this is my 3rd LTD and this one is pretty similar to the other two, QC wise, all of which have been Korean made.

I thought it had a wolf tone problem, in fact originally thought it was two of them, but the one has seemingly solved itself somehow? Remaining one is the high E @ 17th fret, but now I've realized it's something with my 2x12, as I'm hearing it with some other guitars but not through my studio monitors! Drove me crazy at 1st, never noticed it before! Only noticeable with the neck pickup of SOME guitars. Anybody run into that before?

Some pics:

 

[Steinmetzify]

Man I love this it’s similar t o my GT and that’s a custom color.

Regardless, it’s basically an ESP and they all kick ass.

HNGD MAN!

 

[JiveTurkey]

Very nice! I bet it plays great \m/

 

[ᛗᛜᛜᚺDᛜᎶ Ꮤᛨᚳᚴ]

Best Golden Shower I have seen all day! You love her long time Navy Davey!! Congrats and enjoy ;~))

 

[DrewJD82]

Congrats!!! That looks great!!!

Every time I see a goldtop now my desire for one increases considerably.

 

[la szum]

I hereby christen thee SS Goldy Lox!!

May your new vessel take you to exciting and inspiring places, Dave!

 

[la szum]

I thought it had a wolf tone problem, in fact originally thought it was two of them, but the one has seemingly solved itself somehow? Remaining one is the high E @ 17th fret, but now I've realized it's something with my 2x12, as I'm hearing it with some other guitars but not through my studio monitors! Drove me crazy at 1st, never noticed it before! Only noticeable with the neck pickup of SOME guitars. Anybody run into that before?

Oh man, probably some mechanical resonance of the harmonic variety going on with your cab.

Do you have it directly on the floor? If so you may need to elevate it off the floor to defeat any
coupling going on.

I have had that happen with Combos before and it drove me nutso until I sourced what was going on.

Usually a certain frequency will trigger it, and that's why some notes seem to generate that and others
don't.

If decoupling it from the floor doesn't do it pull the back/front and check all of the potential sources of it
--- maybe a less than tight screw or bolt. Or, worst case scenario one of the speakers is the source.

 

[Warmart]

Man I love this it’s similar t o my GT and that’s a custom color.

Regardless, it’s basically an ESP and they all kick ass.

HNGD MAN!

Thank you, I'm stoked like a mofo!

Very nice! I bet it plays great \m/

Thank you, it plays as well as I can manage, lmao!

Best Golden Shower I have seen all day! You love her long time Navy Davey!! Congrats and enjoy ;~))

Umm, dare I ask how many you have seen today? Thank you!

Congrats!!! That looks great!!!

Every time I see a goldtop now my desire for one increases considerably.

Thank you! Yeah, they are like a drug, but I feel a lot less guilty now that it's here.

I hereby christen thee SS Goldy Lox!!

May your new vessel take you to exciting and inspiring places, Dave!

Heh! I was thinking Goldie Hawn, but that would be weird. Thank you!

Oh man, probably some mechanical resonance of the harmonic variety going on with your cab.

Do you have it directly on the floor? If so you may need to elevate it off the floor to defeat any
coupling going on.

I have had that happen with Combos before and it drove me nutso until I sourced what was going on.

Usually a certain frequency will trigger it, and that's why some notes seem to generate that and others
don't.

If decoupling it from the floor doesn't do it pull the back/front and check all of the potential sources of it
--- maybe a less than tight screw or bolt. Or, worst case scenario one of the speakers is the source.

I'm afraid that's what I was thinking, as well. Nothing else really made sense.

Very odd, but at least I can stop tweaking pickup height, truss rod, changing strings and examining bridge saddles. Not sure if that's an exhaustive list of shit I tried before I had the epiphany! Has to be the weirdest guitar related thing I can remember running into. Just glad I realized it wasn't the guitar, that would be sad.

Problem is, that 2x12 is rammed in there (like swimwear) to fit under the desk (crooked as my ass, but it's "in there"). That's probably as likely the problem as anything. Wife already said I need a new table/desk, since the Laney hogs most of the space! Hopefully that'll fix it.

Really appreciate the thoughts @la szum, cabs are pretty much new territory for me. Had some combos in the distant past, and a Kemper Kab for a while - that never sounded good.

 

[dbagchee]

Looks great! That 50th anniversary badging is pretty cool too!

<--- Signed, the guy that has one of them gawdy AF see through black cherry ec1000's with the abalone binding

 

[ᛗᛜᛜᚺDᛜᎶ Ꮤᛨᚳᚴ]

Umm, dare I ask how many you have seen today? Thank you!

You can ask, but a Gentleman does not piss and tell!

 

[Warmart]

Looks great! That 50th anniversary badging is pretty cool too!

<--- Signed, the guy that has one of them gawdy AF see through black cherry ec1000's with the abalone binding

Thank you! I kicked myself the next day, and most days since. I still loved it. Was kind of sick of EMG's (at the time), ahhh, well it's a long story. Stupid I was, bottom line, no way around it.

You can ask, but a Gentleman does not piss and tell!

Yeah, but you should be able to tell, no?

 

[ᛗᛜᛜᚺDᛜᎶ Ꮤᛨᚳᚴ]

Yeah, but you should be able to tell, no?

I was waiting for that retort questioning my societal status! Although I may not be a Gentleman, I am a gentle man (and unlike many I still open the door for my girl and anyone else who needs to walk through - and I get pissed when people put their hand out as if I am going to let the door shut on them)!! Still not gonna answer though how many GS I have seen today in the name of protecting the innocents involved (the last thing I need is for a Steel report to be published on my proclivities)!!!

 

[Warmart]

I was waiting for that retort questioning my societal status! Although I may not be a Gentleman, I am a gentle man (and unlike many I still open the door for my girl and anyone else who needs to walk through - and I get pissed when people put their hand out as if I am going to let the door shut on them)!! Still not gonna answer though how many GS I have seen today in the name of protecting the innocents involved (the last thing I need is for a Steel report to be published on my proclivities)!!!

You give a lab rat a set of stimuli, you know what's gonna happen.

And isn't it weird, I get the same thing! It's really really odd, I know there's plenty of others holding doors, but when they about jump out of their skin, it's just creepy.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Congrats! Dig the color.
Love it long time!