ESP KH-2 Vintage
Overview
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- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
2001
Kirk Hammett’s first ESP was ordered from the Custom Shop in 1987, later to become known as the KH-2 and one of ESP’s early Signature Series instruments. It was Kirk’s main touring guitar for many years. Introduced in 2001,the ESP KH-2 Vintage is a precise reproduction of that first KH-2, with the finish wear and stickers accumulated during many years of touring painstakingly reproduced.
Specifications (28)
Controls
| Controls material | black controls |
| Number of control knobs | 3 control knobs |
| Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch, 5-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 2 volume controls |
Electronics
| Circuit functions | active electronics |
| Pickups brand and model | EMG 60 pickup(s), EMG 81 pickup(s) |
| Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups |
General
| Finish colors | black finish |
| Finish effects | worn or aged finish |
| Graphics | stickers |
| Made in | Japan |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
| Scale length | 25.5 inches scale-length |
Body
| Body material | alder body |
| Body shape features | double cutaway |
Hardware
| Bridge | Floyd Rose tremolo |
| Hardware color | black hardware |
| Tuners | Gotoh tuners |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | skull and crossbone fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Neck joint | neck through body |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Neck profile | thin neck profile |
| Neck width | 1.65 inches wide at nut |
| Number of frets | 24 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | reverse headstock |
| Tuner layout | six-in-a-row tuners |
