ESP E.X.P.
Overview
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- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1996 to 2000
The ESP E.X.P. (EXPLORER) was made between 1995 and 2000. The ESP E.X.P. was a close copy of the Gibson Explorer, except with 2 EMG-81 humbuckers, and came in black or white finish only. It had a mahogany body, bolt-on quartersawn maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 22 extra jumbo frets and black hardware. Possibly for legal reasons the ESP EXP was soon discontinued and replaced by the ESP EX series. The ESP EX had a sufficiently different design with more pointed edges and headstock shape, to avoid any legal problems.
Specifications (21)
Controls
| Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
| Pickups brand and model | EMG 60 pickup(s), EMG 81 pickup(s) |
| Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups |
General
| Finish colors | black finish, white finish |
| Made in | Japan |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Body
| Body material | mahogany body |
| Body style | Explorer-style body |
Hardware
| Bridge | tune-o-matic bridge |
| Hardware color | black hardware |
| Tailpiece | stop tailpiece |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Neck joint | bolt on neck |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Number of frets | 22 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | drooping headstock |
| Tuner layout | six-in-a-row tuners |
