ESP E-II Eclipse, Lemon Burst

Full Description

Flame Maple Topped Mahogany Body

The E-II Eclipse’s body is crafted from mahogany and features a flamed maple top, enhancing the guitar's natural brightness and creating a unique aesthetic. The mahogany tonewood delivers a soft tone, with plenty of grind and bite to keep it well-balanced and create plenty of depth. The guitar’s appealing high end and full, tight low end ensures the overall tonality remains thick and firm, offering plenty of dynamics to accommodate a variety of musical styles. The body is finished in see-through black with multiple binding and black hardware, creating a visually stunning and sleek appearance.

Mahogany Neck & Rosewood Fingerboard

Featuring a mahogany neck to deliver a warm sonic punch, the ESP Guitar’s overall sound is open and mellow, creating a beautifully appealing tone with excellent articulation. The addition of a rosewood fingerboard enhances the mahogany’s natural warmth, creating a beautifully mellow tone with the perfect amount of presence in the lower mids. The mahogany and rosewood combination provides the ESP with complex highs, thick, creamy lows, and a punchy midrange.

EMG 57/66 Humbuckers

The ESP Eclipse Guitar is equipped with a set of powerful EMG humbuckers, offering a versatile performance suitable for a variety of playing styles. The EMG 57 bridge pickup features a unique blend of alnico V magnets and steel pole pieces, delivering a beautiful PAF tonal quality which is designed for the modern guitarists. The EMG 66 neck pickup offers tones inspired by the specific needs and requirements of contemporary players, featuring a combo of alnico V magnets and ceramic pole pieces to offer smooth mids, expressive lows, and excellent clarity in the upper register. The 57 and 66’s active circuitry ensure players have plenty of headroom and punch for creating unparalleled definition and sonic presence.

High-End Hardware

The guitar is finished off with high-end hardware to ensure players receive the best playing experience possible. The Gotoh tune-o-matic bridge and tailpiece offers incredible string stability, enhancing the overall sustain and resonance while the Gotoh locking tuners improve tuning stability and reduces string slippage. The E-II Eclipse also features Schaller straplocks to protect against accidental strap release, ensuring players can deliver a powerful performance without the worry of dropping their guitar.

About ESP Guitars

ESP is a Japanese guitar manufacturer, established in 1975 under the name Electric Sound Products, primarily focused on the production of electric guitars and basses. Their product range will suit a wide variety of budgets and playing styles, with their popular Signature, Standard, Original, Graphic, Xtone, and Left-Handed series' guitars. The company has a growing number of high profile artists who have designed their own signature instruments, such as Ron Wood, Kirk Hammett, Jeff Hanneman and many more.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Top: Flamed Maple
• Body: Mahogany
• Binding: White
• Construction: Set-Through
• Bridge: Gotoh Tune-O-Matic w/Tailpiece
• Finish: Lemon Burst

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: 1-Piece Mahogany
• Profile: Thin U
• Scale Length: 24.75’’
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Radius: 12’’
• Frets: 24 Extra Jumbo
• Inlays: Pearloid Flags
• Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 42mm

Electronics & Hardware

• Bridge Pickup: EMG 57 (Alnico V/Active)
• Neck Pickup: EMG 66 (Alnico V/Active)
• Controls: 2 x Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Toggle Switch
• Tuners: Gotoh Locking
• Strap Buttons: Schaller Straplock
• Hardware: Black
• Case Included: ESP Hardshell