Modern Metal Meets Classic Offset Style
Fusing a classic offset body with distinctive aesthetic accents and modern player-centric features, the ESP LTD Deluxe XJ-2 HT offers adventurous players a truly unique playing experience. Built on a swamp ash foundation, this solidbody electric guitar boasts body-hugging contours, while premium bolt-on construction ensures a pronounced high-end attack and a snappy response tailor-made for fast-paced playing. Additionally, the 3-piece roasted maple neck yields unrivaled strength and stability, matched by the sleek playability of the 22-fret, flat-radius Macassar ebony fingerboard. Sonically speaking, the XJ-2 HT packs an impressive tonal arsenal, wielding the multi-voice might of Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers. You also get a well-stocked arsenal of high-quality hardware, which includes LTD locking tuning machines and a Hipshot string-thru bridge. From roaring riffage to scintillating leads, the LTD Deluxe XJ-2 HT delivers a no-compromise performance that’s guaranteed to elevate your craft.
Every riff’s dream machine
While there’s no denying the timeless appeal of the LTD Deluxe XJ-2 HT’s classic offset silhouette, make no mistake: this axe is more than ready for the most extreme of modern metal, able to tackle your most brutal riffs and your most scorching leads with equal aplomb. To start, its swamp ash body boasts an incredibly ergonomic feel, reinforced by bolt-on construction for a super-unobtrusive heel shape and lightning-fast response that are perfect for fast, fluid playing. The guitar’s 3-piece roasted maple neck features ESP’s vaunted Thin U profile, ensuring comfortable playability and steadfast reliability. Finally, the XJ-2 HT’s fast-playing, flat-radius Macassar ebony fingerboard is crowned by 22 stainless steel, extra-jumbo frets, giving you extended-range playability that will last a lifetime.
Full range of fiery tones courtesy of Fishman
Thanks to the ESP LTD Deluxe XJ-2 HT’s Fishman Fluence Modern pickups, you’ll be able to harness multiple eras of sought-after humbucker tones. Unlike most wire-wound models, Fluence pickups serve up this massive tone arsenal without noise or inductance issues. Additionally, Fishman Fluence Modern humbucker pickups provide you with a choice of three distinctly different voices for each pickup, which you can change via the push-pull on the Volume controls. The XJ-2 HT pushes sonic boundaries with its tonal versatility — a fact not lost on the guitarists at Sweetwater, and one soon to be discovered by you.
Precision stage armor for relentless players
Augmenting the LTD Deluxe XJ-2 HT’s rock-solid roasted maple neck is a premium complement of stage-ready hardware, starting with a Hipshot bridge, bolstered by a superior string-thru-body design. LTD locking tuning machines work in tandem with a bone nut to ensure steadfast tuning stability. To put it plainly, whether you use or abuse it, you’ll have trouble knocking the XJ-2 HT out of tune.
ESP LTD Deluxe XJ-2 HT Features:
- A solidbody electric guitar fusing a classic offset body with distinctive aesthetic accents and modern player-centric features
- Swamp ash body boasts comfortable body-hugging contours
- 3-piece roasted maple neck yields unrivaled strength and stability
- Fast-playing, flat-radius Macassar ebony fingerboard with 22 stainless steel, extra-jumbo frets
- Bolt-on construction provides a super-unobtrusive heel shape and lightning-fast response
- Multi-voice Fishman Fluence Modern Humbuckers yield aggressive yet articulate high-gain tones
- Hipshot string-thru bridge and bone nut ensure an authentic playing field with ample room for movement
- LTD locking tuning machines ensure steadfast tuning stability
- Aggressive-looking black hardware and a head-turning gloss finish
