ESP LTD EC-256FM STPSB

owner of a gibson traditional too. head to head comparison on both. gibson left back in its case .this guitar is unbelievable. the color is how i was excpecting it to be and is absolutely gorgeus. the build quality is really good for a budget guitar.the pickups with the coil split can be driven through any sound and playing style.(used with blackstar id core).nicely done neck and freatboard great for begginers slim fast and accurate. needed some adjustments on the action,pickup height,relief,and intunation (i'm a low action player on drop tunings mostly) and still no fret buzzing, no muddy sound even with the stock 009 gause strings.stays in tune no matter what and the tone and sustain goes on forever . i love everything about this guitar and i'm super excited i got this one , totally worth it and recommended by far

Firstly, I want to say that this guitar is very well built and this particular color is really fascinating. I had finished setup in about 10 minutes, and I can't believe that I had more setup issues with my Gibson Les Paul tribute 2017, than with this LTD. The tone is woody and feels nice. The tuners are little hard, but they work fine and are staying in tune.

Secondly, the only "problem" with this guitar is that the frets are little bit rough (not sharp on the end), I mean you can hear the strings scratching the frets when bending strings, but it can be easily fixed with little polishing.
I don't want to use the sentence "Guitar for that price...", because this model can easily step up in front of many more expensive ones.

I am very happy with this guitar, and would like to thank Thomann for very professional customer service and help. Cheers!

I have owned this guitar for over a year now. Overall, it's a good guitar with a color that I really like. I appreciate that it isn't heavy and has jumbo frets, which I enjoy. The sound is generally good, and the neck is well-made.

However, the nut on my guitar is of the poorest quality I've ever seen. The machine heads are also problematic, and I'm considering replacing them. When I first received the guitar, the frets were rusty. I had to spend some time removing the rust, straightening the neck, and tuning the guitar. I've been even thinking to return it.