ESP LTD Arrow-1000 EverTune Electric Guitar - Black Reviews
The Arrow’s enduring design and playability features have made it a go-to for hard rock and heavy metal players alike. This model's onboard Evertune bridge system is your low-hassle solution for in-tune performance even in bad weather and rowdy stage antics. An offset V-shape body, high-visibility pearloid inlays, and an extra thin U-shaped neck give you complete access to all 24 frets with ease; plus, bold sustain is always on deck thanks to a solid all-mahogany body, a 3-piece maple neck, and a Macassar ebony fingerboard. Sweetwater guitarists have found a lot to love in the LTD Arrow-1000's handpicked active pickups, which provide multiple voicing options you can dial in via push-pull volume knob.
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Lightweight, sounds and plays amazing!
Amazing lightweight, great sounding, very in-tune, well-balanced shredding guitar may have become my new main guitar (beating some other great ones)! Have had it a couple of weeks and I love it--hard to put down, especially since my back doesn't ache as it does with heavier guitars, and I feel no guilt playing it for hours since the steel frets don't seem to wear out.
Pros: Light weight, about 7.5 pounds; well balanced (no neck dive despite the SG weight class); matte finish on back of neck for smooth fast playing; incredible access to top frets; strings go through nut nearly straight, for less likely snags than a split headstock tuning peg arrangement; Evertune bridge is great and reliable as usual; had it plekked by Sweetwater and tuning is dead on up and down the neck; stainless steel frets mean no wear/leveling/dressing so the tuning should stay great forever, as long as neck wood doesn't warp; steel frets are very smooth for vibrato and bends feeling like butter; I like the volume (pull for single coil) and selector only switches (no tone knob to forget to reset); sustain for days; beveled body edge comfortable for my arm; looks sharp if you like Darth Vader style (I do).
Context: I'm in an internationally touring skatepunk band, Ten Foot Pole, so I play rock/metal/thrash style... singing lead vocals so I love having super stable tuning, even when I grab chords a bit too hard. I gave up my previous brandname guitars when I discovered Evertune bridges and ESP quality, and I love that Sweetwater weighs guitars because backpain makes heavy guitars a dealbreaker for me. My most recent main guitars are an EII Eclipse (made in Japan, lightweight, amazing guitar, Sperzel style tuners, but only 22 nickel frets--fret reach more comfortable than a 24 length but fewer high notes available) and an LTC EC1000ET (a bit heavier, but steel frets, nice sounding JB pickup, was my main rehearsing guitar before I found this lighter awesome Arrow). I have a Viper LTD 1000ET, and love the weight, but it's not ergonomically the best fit for me, has a bit of neck dive, but I'm keeping it for it's different pickup sound and vibe, for recording, since the plek and steel frets make it another forever guitar.
