Description
Product Information
PLAYER’S PERSPECTIVE
It’s always a treat to get a beautiful USA-made ESP into the shop. Built in ESP’s USA factory right here in California, these instruments are top-of-the-line instruments on par with their renowned, artisan-made Japanese Custom Shop guitars. This M-7 in See Thru Black Sunburst is a powerhouse in both its looks and its tone. This baritone model sports an extended 27″ scale length so you can drop-tune to your heart’s content while still having firm tension on the strings and a snappy response to the feel.
The build quality is excellent. The neck is thin and fast, and even if you’re new to extended range guitars, it shouldn’t take long to get used to. It’s definitely designed, from top to bottom, to be a hard-rockin’ shredder’s axe. The action right out of the box is low and the playability is super easy with these. The 81-X bridge pickup has a searing tone and can handle any amount of gain or saturation that you can throw at it, while the neck 85-X is has some nice warmth in its aggressiveness for beautiful melodic solos.
The guitars ESP is cranking out in their North Hollywood factory are nothing short of thoroughly impressive, and this one is no exception.
Details
Crafted at our ESP USA facility in Southern California, the USA M-7 Hardtail Baritone offers a very high-quality solution for players who want the extended range of a seven-string 27 baritone scale guitar thats built by master luthiers and personalized with your choices of finishes, woods, and components. This guitar employs an extra thin U-shaped three-piece maple neck with natural satin finish for the smoothest and fastest playing experience. Optional premier-quality figured-wood tops are available on the USA M-7 Hardtail including flamed maple, quilted maple, lacewood, zebrawood, and koa, with a variety of amazing translucent gloss and satin finishes to choose from, as well as an ebony fingerboard with offset abalone dot inlays, and a killer reverse headstock with matching body finish.
The USA M-7 Hardtail Baritone offers the very best in parts and components, and include 24 extra-jumbo Jescar stainless steel frets, a Hipshot fixed hardtail bridge, a bone nut, Sperzel Trimlok tuners, Dunlop Straploks, and your choice of Seymour Duncan Custom/Jazz or EMG 81-7XH/85-7XH pickup sets, with a push-pull coil split control on the tone knob for passive pickup models. The USA M-7 Hardtail Baritone includes a high-quality ESP USA form-fitting hard shell case.
Specifications
Body
- Model: USA M-7 Baritone HT
- Color: See Thru Black Sunburst
- Top: Quilt Maple
- Body: Mahogany
Neck
- Construction: Bolt-On
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Neck Wood: Maple
- Scale Length: 27″
- Fretboard Radius: 12″
- Nut Width: 48mm
- Neck Depth at 1st Fret: 19mm
- Neck Depth at 12th Fret: 21mm
- Contour: Ultra Thin U
- Frets: 24 Extra Jumbo Stainless Steel
- Headstock: Matches Body
Electronics
- Pickups: EMG 81-7XH and 85-7XH
- Controls: Volume, Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
Hardware
- Bridge: Hipshot Hardtail
- Tuners: Sperzel Trim-Lok
- Strap Locks: Dunlop Dual Design
- Hardware Finish: Black
Misc.
- Case: ESP USA Form-Fit Hardshell
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