Authentic 1985 ESP Holy Grail Guitar
Professionally Relic'dWe paid a pretty penny to get this guitar into our shop. The guy that had it would not let it go for cheap. It is a players guitar yet very collectible. The guitar is a factory original ESP guitar with some modifications by the previous owner and also there was a complete restoration.If it is of interest to you, we can see the guitar had been professionally restored and brought up to NEW condition. It is evident that there were modifications and upgrades such as shielding paint, some new wiring work, an input jack some time ago, and replacement pickup rings and pickups added along with a new headstock logo which was applied over very faded logo. Many of the original ESP factory components still remain. With photographs we have demonstrated areas of the guitar. Please take a look.It is ESP manufacturing that can be accurately dated to late 1985 to 1986. The ESP inspectors markings can be seen in the photos of the inside neck pocket of the body and on the heel of the neck. These confirming that the neck and the body were manufactured by ESP to be one guitar. The neck is a perfect tight fit to the body. The ESP markings match and are visible in our photos. The neck plate is the kind that has been seen representing custom order ESP guitars or "Order Made" as the Japanese refer to it and have a 5 digit serial number as custom house ESP neck plates are known for.We can disclose that both the pickups appear changed.... The bridge pickup looks to be a vintage ESP LH-150 and the neck a new zebra humbucker. In the photos, we can see the professional wiring work which left the original ESP switches and an ESP volume pot. The frets show near-to-no fretware and are the original ESP frets. Again, factory original guitar with professional modifications. Yet, still a collectors item. The rear control cavity plate is a known early 1980s ESP shape and confirms that date period for ESP as 1985.After purchasing this we professionally relic'd this guitar. Aging it revealed a 2-piece prime ash wood guitar body that you can see in the photos. Along with the exotic wood body the neck is the famous ESP one-piece maple quartersawn neck. We added one of our boutique brass blocks and a new set of springs to the Floyd Rose tremolo.This guitar is in pristine structural condition. We have performed a set-up and inspection and use this guitar in our studio band room quite often now. This guitar absolutely ROCKS and we love it! This guitar is ready for you to play and is ready to use live onstage ... its perfect in every way. It doesn't get any better than this collectible ESP!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS to the next owner....
Professionally Relic'dWe paid a pretty penny to get this guitar into our shop. The guy that had it would not let it go for cheap. It is a players guitar yet very collectible. The guitar is a factory original ESP guitar with some modifications by the previous owner and also there was a complete restoration.If it is of interest to you, we can see the guitar had been professionally restored and brought up to NEW condition. It is evident that there were modifications and upgrades such as shielding paint, some new wiring work, an input jack some time ago, and replacement pickup rings and pickups added along with a new headstock logo which was applied over very faded logo. Many of the original ESP factory components still remain. With photographs we have demonstrated areas of the guitar. Please take a look.It is ESP manufacturing that can be accurately dated to late 1985 to 1986. The ESP inspectors markings can be seen in the photos of the inside neck pocket of the body and on the heel of the neck. These confirming that the neck and the body were manufactured by ESP to be one guitar. The neck is a perfect tight fit to the body. The ESP markings match and are visible in our photos. The neck plate is the kind that has been seen representing custom order ESP guitars or "Order Made" as the Japanese refer to it and have a 5 digit serial number as custom house ESP neck plates are known for.We can disclose that both the pickups appear changed.... The bridge pickup looks to be a vintage ESP LH-150 and the neck a new zebra humbucker. In the photos, we can see the professional wiring work which left the original ESP switches and an ESP volume pot. The frets show near-to-no fretware and are the original ESP frets. Again, factory original guitar with professional modifications. Yet, still a collectors item. The rear control cavity plate is a known early 1980s ESP shape and confirms that date period for ESP as 1985.After purchasing this we professionally relic'd this guitar. Aging it revealed a 2-piece prime ash wood guitar body that you can see in the photos. Along with the exotic wood body the neck is the famous ESP one-piece maple quartersawn neck. We added one of our boutique brass blocks and a new set of springs to the Floyd Rose tremolo.This guitar is in pristine structural condition. We have performed a set-up and inspection and use this guitar in our studio band room quite often now. This guitar absolutely ROCKS and we love it! This guitar is ready for you to play and is ready to use live onstage ... its perfect in every way. It doesn't get any better than this collectible ESP!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS to the next owner....
The Guitar has dings, dents & imperfections
New Condition ( professionally restored to new condition )
Professionally Relic'd
original frets with little-to-no fretware
some wiring and ESP volume pot intactHoly Grail ESP headstock awesome collectible ESP with great heritageperfectly strait neck and perfect truss rodNumerous Professionally Done ModificationsFloyd Rose vintage with our Boutique Sustain blockReady to play upon arrivalNO CASE INCLUDED
As guitar luthiers and players we have been enthusiastically collecting Holy Grail Banana Headstock guitars for over 3 decades. This includes Kramer and ESP branded guitars. No one has more knowledge of ESP and these guitars as us. Our custom guitars and specifically our banana necks have the sought after neck profile from the 1980s that everyone wants. If you love the famous holy grail ESP stuff you need to take a look at our >> .
BrandESPNut SizeFloyd Rose R2