Sunday, April 19, 2015

LTD: Elite ST-1

After trying it a few times at the store, this came home with me. The LTD Elite ST-1, it's the passive pickup model sporting a maple fretboard. I have no issues with this guitar, to me it's a landmark model by the ESP people who decided to have this LTD series made in Japan. Does it offer an ESP-like workmanship? It's as meticulous as an Edwards construction for sure but it's missing that magical feel of an ESP. I like everything about it less the fact that it sports an ESP 12th fret marking. Despite the manufacturer's bona fide effort to alleviate this guitar's status into a preferred standing, the 'ESP' mark there was confusing.

This had to be a splendid birthday present indeed but it's not my birthday :-)