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ESP LTD Signature Series Gary Holt GH-600 Electric Guitar - Black

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, Mahogany Neck, Ebony Fingerboard, Floyd Rose Tremolo, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Black
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A Guitar Suited for Slayer

Get crushing tone and lightning fast playability with the ESP LTD GH-600 Gary Holt Signature solidbody electric guitar. While Gary Holt is the newest guitar player to join Slayer, he spent over 30 years in the iconic thrash band Exodus. His signature guitar has all the aggression and smooth playability you would expect from a metal machine. You get dual EMG pickups, a Floyd Rose bridge, a thin-profile mahogany neck with an ebony fretboard, and more. If you want a guitar that will rock any stage, then you want the ESP LTD GH-600 Gary Holt Signature electric guitar.

Aggressive modern tone from dual EMG active humbucking pickups

The LTD GH-600 Gary Holt comes equipped with a red EMG 89R humbucker in the neck position, voiced for classic-thick tone. It's a great pickup for warmer tone that remains articulate and defined. The red EMG 81 at the bridge position gives you the classic EMG sound - detailed and aggressive, with rich sustain. Between these two pickups, you'll cover the sonic range from mellow to maniacal. If it's good enough for Gary Holt's gig in Slayer, then it's good enough for you!

ESP's iconic Eclipse body style is primed for rock

Nothing screams hard rock like ESP's timeless Eclipse body style. The extra mass of this single-cutaway design gives the LTD GH-600 Gary Holt guitar truly epic sustain, whereas its slightly arched top provides you with comfortable hand positioning, no matter your picking style. Add to that a super-sharp cutaway, which gives you open access to the LTD GH-600 Gary Holt guitar's upper frets, and you're totally ready to shred.

Floyd Rose bridge/tailpiece for reliable, expressive performance

For serious shredability, the LTD GH-600 Gary Holt comes equipped with a real Floyd Rose tremolo bridge - a favorite of Sweetwater's metal players. A remake of the original Floyd Rose blade tremolo, this incredible bridge lets you grab on, rock out, and never worry about pulling your tuning out of whack. You'll get both the rock-solid reliability and the tight response you need when you rock out with a LTD GH-600 Gary Holt.

ESP LTD GH-600 Gary Holt Signature Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

  • Classic-looking electric guitar with exceptional sustain and aggressive tone
  • Thin U-shaped profile makes the mahogany neck play fast and smooth
  • Dual EMG pickups give you aggressive tone, hot output, and excellent note definition
  • Floyd Rose 1000 Series tremolo lets you perform big bends with excellent tuning stability
  • Set-neck construction gives you long-lasting sustain and excellent articulation

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape Eclipse
  • Body Material Mahogany
  • Body Finish Gloss
  • Color Black
  • Neck
  • Neck Material 3-piece Mahogany
  • Neck Shape Thin U
  • Neck Joint Set-through
  • Radius 13.77"
  • Fingerboard Material Macassar Ebony
  • Fingerboard Inlay Split Blocks
  • Number of Frets 22, Extra Jumbo
  • Scale Length 24.75"
  • Nut Width 1.653"
  • Nut Material Locking
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Floyd Rose Tremolo
  • Tuners Grover
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup EMG 89R RED Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup EMG 81 RED Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x volume, (push/pull coil-split), 1 x volume
  • Switching 3-way toggle pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings D'Addario XL120, .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Hardshell Case
  • Manufacturer Part Number: LGH600BLK

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Customer Reviews

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Rated 5/5

Love

Love this guitar, tone and the way it just feels. Looks great too! I recommend this one.
Music background: Novice
Rated 5/5

ESP HAS DONE IT AGAIN !!!!!

Just got my Gary Holt ESP GH-600 today and it's EVERY BIT as good as advertised! The EMG's are amazing through my Kemper Rack 600. Sweetwater did an excellent 55 point inspection. The fretboard is silky smooth and the tremelo is awesome. The tone is the best I've had in a long time and I have a few guitars. Like they say, if it's good enough for Gary Holt it's good enough for you !! I got the black with the red pick ups and it looks as good as it plays.
Music background: Heavy Metal, Thrash and Hardcore Punk.
Rated 5/5

A muscle car of a guitar!

I've had my GH-600 since they first came out a few years ago and it is BY FAR the most badass guitar I've ever owned! It plays SO nice and sounds absolutely brutal! And it just looks so killer! And the cool thing is Gary really does play this guitar on stage, not just the ESP branded models and that says a lot right there. Definitely worth every penny!
Music background: Metal guitarist for 34 years
Rated 5/5

Amazing

You get mahogany body, mahogany set neck and ebony fretboard... It feels fast and aggressive, and i get a lot of compliments on its looks!
Music background: Metal
Rated 5/5

Killer Guitar

I recently picked up a demo model of the ESP LTD GH600EC and WOW have I been impressed. First of all, the demo status - it's basically new. A few tiny scratches by the volume knobs that you can barely see, and some slightly bigger scratches on the back tremolo plate - which, honestly, who cares. If you're really just interested in PLAYING the instrument, I recommend trying a demo.

Regardless, this guitar rips. Neck is relatively thin and fast - I also have the Skolnick LTD ESP, which has a fatter neck, and I like this one a little bit better. The tremolo is great; I've never had much luck with Floyd Rose systems before but I've been abusing this one and it *always* stays in tune. The EMG 81 bridge pickup is what it is - perfect for most styles of metal, more limited in other genres. The EMG 89R neck pickup, though, is surprisingly versatile - in regular use it's better suited to overdriven tones and just okay clean, but in single coil mode it really gives some great Strat-like clean tones too.

My Sweetwater rep Stewart set my guitar up with the Jim Dunlop "Heavier" Core strings (.50-.11), and it's tuned down to D Standard, like Gary Holt's standard setup. If you're looking for something with a lot of versatility, then this might not be your thing (which I why I also still love my Skolnick LTD), but if you're looking for a pure metal thrash machine, I don't think you can do any better than the ESP LTD GH600. It's so much fun to play.
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