ESP LTD EX-201 Electric Guitar - Black Satin Reviews
For a rock-ready guitar at a great value, get your hands on the ESP LTD EX-201 solidbody electric guitar. Boasting one of ESP's most menacing body styles, the EX-201 is loaded with a formidable LH-150 humbucking pickup — with a bridge pickup this savage, it's all you need for crushing high-gain riffs. And when you need some sonic contrast, pull up on the volume control for split-coil mode to tap into single-coil-style pickup tone. Complete with a Thin "U" neck profile and 24 extra-jumbo frets for fast, precise playability, Sweetwater guitarists are sure the ESP LTD EX-201 will exceed your expectations.
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Highest Rated Reviews
This is a nice guitar!
This is a very cool relatively inexpensive guitar of this type. I myself purchased this guitar from another retailer and I find it to be a great guitar with great sound and feel. This is a good looking x-plorer design and it is fully functional and has a tone control. The ex201 is equally cool and stripped down. This can be a very cool guitar, for sure. Keep an eye on the points to avoid chipping.
An absolute riff machine!
I always wanted an explorer or similarly shaped guitar, but for some reason never bought one until now. This guitar definitely surpassed my expectations, I really wasn't expecting the pickup it comes with to sound so good. It sounds incredible no matter how much gain is used, but really sounds fantastic with a high gain amplifier. I currently use a Peavey Invective MH boosted with a Boss SD-1 through an Orange 4x12 cab and man does it sound great. I don't typically go for guitars with only one pickup, but I'm glad I went for this one. Another thing to mention is that it stays in tune exceptionally well, especially for not having locking tuners. When I just want to riff out, this is the guitar I grab first now, absolutely love it.
It’s definitely a metal guitar
I bought mine off reverb but since there aren't many reviews I thought I would write one for once.
It's a fantastic guitar but I will say for the price it feels like there was a slight lack of quality control but that could just be mine.
Pros: The stock pickup is killer and its design is sleek. The neck feels incredibly comfortable and very easy to access higher frets especially for an explorer shape. The push-pull knob to split the coil is a nice feature but I don't use it much. The frets came in great condition and aren't sharp while also being easy to fret with how large they are.
Cons: the tuners are a little cheap and I had to tighten them myself after it arrived. Again, could have just been mine but still would have expected a little better for a guitar that's priced at $599 retail. Additionally, the body is incredibly light. While some might find this to be good my personal preference, and perhaps others too, might find that to be a little underwhelming.
It's smaller than a traditional epiphone or Gibson explorer, which is to be expected, but I just wish it had a little more density. Not a huge deal to me but I wanted to mention it.
Ultimately a great guitar if you can find one at a decent price.
