ESP 6 String LTD EC-256 Electric Guitar, Black, (EC256BLK)

I am happy with this ESP . . ..I had a PRS which looked awesome but had high action. I wanted to turn a few screws . . .but thought the factory settings were where it was at. Regardless, I needed a new guitar and came around this beauty (black and gold) and realized it was a decent guitar to have. It wasn't a PRS . . .but I was able to lower the action on this guitar in a few minutes. Just a turn of a screw and there it was.The pick ups on this thing (humbuckers) are gold and sound jazzy on the rhythm setting. The high treble switch gave me decent solo room for distortion . . . and sounds great through a good amp. I don't like the fretboard inlays . . .but I'm getting use to them. I like dots on the fretboard to help locate where I am. I play a classical with only one dot on the seventh fret and I get lost, from time to time. This guitar has dots running up and down the fret board.The tuning heads are solid and stay in tune. This is not a problem . . .again . . .this ESP is not a PRS . . .but for the money . . .I made a good purchase and I'm happy with this brand.

Quite possibly my favorite guitar, out of the 10+ I've owned, great build quality, reasonably priced, beautiful looking, and it sounds great, the coil splitter is a great feature that most of my other guitars have been missing. I highly recommend this guitar for players of any skill level

I like it made it a little adjusting not much little buzz very hot pickups very sensitive pair to my other guitars harmonics are great it's a great copy

Full disclosure: I am a total amateur hack player who started playing again in October, 2020 after a 20-year hiatus. I have one other guitar, a Gretsch electric hollowbody. I wanted a decent solid body guitar and I considered models like the PRS SE Standard and Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro, but decided on the ESP LTD EC 256 after listening to all of the online sound checks and reviews. I use a Boss Katana 100 mkii amp and I can get my Gretsch to sound like a Strat, so I wasn't concerned at all about the occasional mediocre rating the LTD's in-house humbuckers received. The set-up was perfect. Out of the box, the only thing I did was swap out the D'addario .10 gauge strings which came on the EC 256 for my personal preference Ernie Ball Super Slinky .09'S. The 256's Les Paul-style cutaway has a cool m, smaller cutaway in the back of the body which lets you play even the 22nd fret easily. One last note is that I have long fingers and I find the neck shape and fret board really comfortable. The bottom line is that this guitar looks really, really great, feels solid, plays great and sounds as good as it looks. I have no hesitation in recommending the EC 256 to other players like me.

I purchased the guitar for my son as a Christmas present. I ordered black but it came in blue. My son was thrilled with the brand and this shade of blue . So if ordering I strongly recommend the blue because it was a big hit.

Dream guitar, somewhat uncomfortable to play sited but who cares.

The guitar itself feels great and sounds good from initial testing.The main issue is that, I assume during shipping, the headstock was damaged where the G string tuner's knob came snapped off (see pic).So now I've to make the decision if I should still return this, or purchase a third party universal locking tuner to replace the snapped off tuner (like Hipshot locking tuners) and eventually probably the others for peace of mind

This guitar is sick! It looks sooo good it just begs to be played. Sounds good so far. I own several acoustics but this is my first electric so I'm not super experienced on the tones of electric guitars, but all the noise I've made with it sounds very good to my acoustic guitar ears. Love it I am going to keep it for the rest of my life.