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Title: Izzy's SCOM Guitar Post by: Johnny Rattlesnake on March 02, 2007, 02:04:38 PM Does anyone know of the model or name of the white ESP telecaster type guitar Izzy
plays in the video? I can't find anything on it. The only thing close is an ESP Throbber but is very different. Here is a picture of a blue one just for reference. (http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i222/Rezrover/ESPcatalog.jpg) Title: Re: Izzy's SCOM Guitar Post by: IzzyDutch on March 02, 2007, 02:45:53 PM There was a topic about this question a long time ago here or on the Izzy forum, I've searched the ESP site for it a while ago but never found it..
But that blue guitar comes pretty close I'd say! Title: Re: Izzy's SCOM Guitar Post by: Johnny Rattlesnake on March 02, 2007, 08:37:20 PM This is the closest I can find:
(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i222/Rezrover/VernonReidGuitar002.jpg) Title: Re: Izzy's SCOM Guitar Post by: Aero on March 03, 2007, 12:06:25 PM Isn't there any customer service mail to ask for that guitar? Title: Re: Izzy's SCOM Guitar Post by: Mr.Twister on March 06, 2007, 01:11:47 AM I thought it was Fender?
Title: Re: Izzy's SCOM Guitar Post by: Johnny Rattlesnake on March 06, 2007, 08:32:34 AM Nope, check the video.
Title: Re: Izzy's SCOM Guitar Post by: Mr.Twister on March 12, 2007, 10:52:58 PM ah yeah now i see
Title: Re: Izzy's SCOM Guitar Post by: Johnny Rattlesnake on December 11, 2007, 03:57:21 PM Basically, it's an ESP Mirage with the pre-lawsuit headstock. Pre-lawsuit means that ESP was copying headstocks of other manufacturers(Fender, Jackson, Gibson, etc...) to exact specs. After the lawsuit, ESP started making thier own headstock designs.
Title: Re: Izzy's SCOM Guitar Post by: Aero on December 12, 2007, 12:00:28 PM thank you for reopening this thread and giving this info to us, I really wanted to know :peace:
Title: Re: Izzy's SCOM Guitar Post by: JimBobTTD on December 12, 2007, 12:33:26 PM The "lawsuit era" is the late 70s & very early 80s, when Japanese companies were making pure copies of classic guitars. If I remember correctly, only Ibanez was actually sued. After that, the company changed around a bit and started to focus more upon its own styles.
I'm fairly sure that ESP wasn't sued in that era. In fact, I don't think it started to make a ripple on the market until the mid-80s. I think - think - that it had some legal wranglings with the big boys, hence it changed its headstocks on export-only guitars. ESP's daughter companies Navigator and Edwards still use the exact Gibson headstock on their Gibsonesque range, and their line of Fendery instruments has that headstock too. Navigator and Edwards are Japan-only lines. Anyway...going by what I see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-AYAv0IoWI at 00:10 and at 00:33, it has twin humbuckers and a Floyd Rose, so I'd say it's the same guitar as in the photo in post number 1. Fret markers are on the edge, not in the middle. |