ESP LTD EC-256 Electric Guitar, Black

I am happy with this ESP . . ..I had a PRS which looked awesome but had high action. I wanted to turn a few screws . . .but thought the factory settings were where it was at. Regardless, I needed a new guitar and came around this beauty (black and gold) and realized it was a decent guitar to have. It wasn't a PRS . . .but I was able to lower the action on this guitar in a few minutes. Just a turn of a screw and there it was. The pick ups on this thing (humbuckers) are gold and sound jazzy on the rhythm setting. The high treble switch gave me decent solo room for distortion . . . and sounds great through a good amp. I don't like the fretboard inlays . . .but I'm getting use to them. I like dots on the fretboard to help locate where I am. I play a classical with only one dot on the seventh fret and I get lost, from time to time. This guitar has dots running up and down the fret board. The tuning heads are solid and stay in tune. This is not a problem . . .again . . .this ESP is not a PRS . . .but for the money . . .I made a good purchase and I'm happy with this brand.

Quite possibly my favorite guitar, out of the 10+ I've owned, great build quality, reasonably priced, beautiful looking, and it sounds great, the coil splitter is a great feature that most of my other guitars have been missing. I highly recommend this guitar for players of any skill level

The guitar is great, plays nice and sound great too. Maybe some higher end humbuckers pickups will add the high quality in sound. Also, some locking tuners will definitely help to keep the tuning longer even though it stays in tune. The guitar looks and feels great.

Guitar arrived in about 4 days and was brought to my door by the mailman, not UPS/FedEx. Would have given it 5 stars, but there were/are some minor flaws. For one, when the box arrived there was a 3 inch gash through the cardboard, luckily this was on the side of the box where the back of the guitar lay, no damage from that. Next, the fret board has a few scratches in the wood on some of the frets, and there are some other minor cosmetic flaws, so this might be a b-stock guitar even though the description doesn't say so. Despite these flaws, the guitar still looks great, no problems with the way it plays! Honestly, i bought the guitar for about $70.00 cheaper from GearTree, so i can deal with a couple insignificant scratches. I would recommend considering a safer method of shipment when ordering musical equipment, such as UPS or FedEx, just to try to minimize problems.

Full disclosure: I am a total amateur hack player who started playing again in October, 2020 after a 20-year hiatus. I have one other guitar, a Gretsch electric hollowbody. I wanted a decent solid body guitar and I considered models like the PRS SE Standard and Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro, but decided on the ESP LTD EC 256 after listening to all of the online sound checks and reviews. I use a Boss Katana 100 mkii amp and I can get my Gretsch to sound like a Strat, so I wasn't concerned at all about the occasional mediocre rating the LTD's in-house humbuckers received. The set-up was perfect. Out of the box, the only thing I did was swap out the D'addario .10 gauge strings which came on the EC 256 for my personal preference Ernie Ball Super Slinky .09'S. The 256's Les Paul-style cutaway has a cool m, smaller cutaway in the back of the body which lets you play even the 22nd fret easily. One last note is that I have long fingers and I find the neck shape and fret board really comfortable. The bottom line is that this guitar looks really, really great, feels solid, plays great and sounds as good as it looks. I have no hesitation in recommending the EC 256 to other players like me.

Packaging was so good and came ready to play

Broken tuner not due to shipping damage, but due to packing damage. Third ESP I've bought online. This will be my last. All 3 have had some defect. I'll only buy in person.

I like it made it a little adjusting not much little buzz very hot pickups very sensitive pair to my other guitars harmonics are great it's a great copy

Super guitare. C 'est ma première Les Paul et je la trouve magnifique avec son liseré blanc. Le son me convient parfaitement.

This is, without a doubt, one of the best “cheaper” guitars available. If you are looking to find an exceptional “beginner” guitar for someone - this is the one you want. Love this thing!

Playability is excellent. It came intonation tuned, so I didn't have to give it for a setup. Love the handling. Less weight. Played it right out of the box. Only one brawback is that I cannot fix a scratch guard (Les Paul style guard) on it due to the control knobs being placed right below the bridge pickup. So I just have to be careful while strumming, as to avoid putting scratches on the body. Overall it's an excellent instrument. Couldn't ask for more for now.

Received this item ahead of schedule. I unpacked the item at 7 pm gave it a quick tune and was playing away happily by 7.30 pm. Huge range of tones and styles thanks to the coil split, quality and finish are good but there is a slight scuff on the cut away near the binding on my guitar which I am not worried about. The neck and fret board are very nice. The neck profile is pretty thin, almost as thin and similar in style to my Ibanez SA360. By LP standards the body is slim and comparatively light but you will find this guitar a little heavier if you are used to most Strat style guitars. All in all the LTD 256 BLK; looks good, plays well, is well made, has lots of variation and sounds good...what's not to like! Note! My guitar states made in Indonesia on the head stock not Vietnam!

Ho rimandato indietro questa chitarra appena ho visto che era cinese.personalmente non acquisterò mai più nulla online.volevo dire ad Amazon che la chitarra in foto non è quella che arriva a casa.ripeto MAI PIÙ.Ordini una cosa è ti arriva in altra cosa...finiture scadenti,crepature varie vicino al capotasto un disastro completo