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ESP LTD Sammy Duet SD-2 Electric Guitar - Black

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, Mahogany Neck, Ebony Fingerboard, and 1 Active Humbucking Pickup - Black
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Signature Metal Solidbody Electric Guitar Mesmerizes and Melts Faces

Sammy Duet has risen to the top of the modern metal mountain as an innovative guitarist who serves up fast, furious, and melodically tasteful riffs and rhythms. The ESP LTD Sammy Duet SD-2 is a true signature electric guitar with Duet’s meticulous input in terms of its design and sonic delivery. Featuring an all-mahogany body cut to Duet’s Random Star offset shape, this blistering axe is an absolute metal monster that captivates your audience from the stage, while you enjoy its unique balance and response in your hands and at your waist. The 3-piece mahogany neck with Macassar ebony fingerboard offers that signature sustain and response that neck-through-body designs are famous for. And a single Seymour Duncan Blackouts Metal bridge pickup thunders with thick, midrange-heavy tone that stays noise-free even when driven to the brink. Finally, a Floyd Rose 1000 SE bridge provides stellar sustain and tuning support even when you dish out bone-crushing power chords and soaring leads.

Single humbucker designed to destroy

The Seymour Duncan Blackouts Metal humbucker in the SD-2 was handpicked by Sammy Duet because of its insane output level and headroom that stays sonically consistent from 1 to 11. This workhorse pickup delivers thick, crunchy tone that can be saturated with distortion and still maintain killer string sensitivity. It’s wired for high output and comes with an easy adjustment option, letting you drop it down to a more moderate output level. Modern metal players here at Sweetwater are still picking their jaws up off the floor after putting this one-of-a-kind face melter through its paces.

Neck-through-body construction offers unique response

Modern metal players have gravitated toward neck-through-body designs for years for their “feels-as-one” response and long sustain. The 3-piece mahogany neck on the SD-2 delivers this unique feel in spades, and lightning-fast runs up and down the Macassar ebony fingerboard are a breeze, thanks to its extra thin “U” neck profile. In addition, 24 extra jumbo stainless steel frets make power chords and leads easy on the fingers, and glow-in-the-dark side markers keep you oriented when on dark stages. Even in the light, the SD-2 has a nearly all-black presentation apart from the diamond-shaped white pearloid inlays along the fingerboard and the ESP LTD classic logo on the headstock.

ESP LTD Sammy Duet SD-2 Features:

  • Signature solidbody electric guitar designed for metal tone
  • All-mahogany body cut to mesmerizing offset body design
  • 3-piece mahogany neck with Macassar ebony fingerboard
  • Neck-through-body construction
  • Extra thin “U” neck profile
  • 24 extra jumbo stainless steel frets
  • 24.75-inch scale length
  • Glow-in-the-dark side markers
  • Diamond-shaped white pearloid inlays along the fingerboard
  • ESP LTD classic logo on the headstock
  • Seymour Duncan Blackouts Metal bridge pickup
  • Floyd Rose 1000 SE bridge for stellar sustain and tuning support

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape LTD Sammy Duet
  • Body Material Mahogay
  • Body Finish Gloss
  • Color Black
  • Neck
  • Neck Material 3-Piece Mahogany
  • Neck Shape Extra Thin U
  • Neck Joint Neck-through
  • Radius 13.77"
  • Fingerboard Material Macassar Ebony
  • Fingerboard Inlay Pearloid Diamonds
  • Number of Frets 24, Extra Jumbo Stainless Steel
  • Scale Length 24.75"
  • Nut Width 1.653"
  • Nut Material Locking
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Floyd Rose 1000 Series Locking Tremolo
  • Tuners LTD
  • Electronics
  • Bridge Pickup Seymour Duncan Blackout Metal Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x volume
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings D'Addario, .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Hardshell Case
  • Manufacturer Part Number: LSD2BLK

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I did not intend to buy this guitar. Instead, I had my heart set on a B.C Rich Chuck Schuldiner Stealth for years and I had finally decided to order one but it was on back ordered a couple of months. I love Stealths, Warriors, and Stars, because they're so comfortable in the classical position but it's difficult to find a quality instrument in those body styles. Then I came across this guitar. I'm a huge fan of ESP/LTD and I think they make some of the best guitars at the higher price ranges. I thought about it for a couple of nights, and then I saw that one had just arrived in the Sweetwater warehouse. I canceled my Chuck and put in an order for this guitar and I couldn't be happier. For a similar price, I got the body style and features I liked about the Chuck, but I also received a case and this guitar has a Floyd Rose which is my preferred bridge. Everything about this guitar is flawless, the neck is fast, the frets are perfect, there wasn't a single QC mishap anywhere to be found. It sounds incredible and it is already my favorite guitar out of collection of a dozen guitars. It plays better than my Ibanez Prestige, much better than the Chuck's I've played in the past, and I think I even prefer it over the ESP M-II I had the pleasure of trying. If you want an absolutely incredible instrument then look no further. This is it.
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