ESP M-III (2014)
Overview
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Dates of manufacture:
2014
The ESP USA M-III was introduced in 2014 and is made at ESP's new North Hollywood facility. The USA M-III has several new premium features compared with older M-IIIs : ebony fingerboard, a non-pointy non-reverse headstock, 24 frets, Seymour Duncan pickups (including two stacked STK-S4 humbuckers), flamed maple top, transparent copper, blue or black finishes and an ESP-USA inlay at the 12th fret.
Specifications (27)
Body
| Body material | alder body |
| Body shape features | double cutaway |
| Body style | super strat style body |
| Body top material | flamed maple body top |
Hardware
| Bridge | Floyd Rose tremolo |
| Hardware color | black hardware |
| Tuners | Sperzel tuners |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard material | ebony fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
| Inlay at 12th fret | block logo inlay at 12th fret |
General
| Finish colors | black finish, blue finish, copper finish |
| Finish effects | transparent finish |
| Made in | USA |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
| Scale length | 25.5 inches scale-length |
Neck
| Neck joint | bolt on neck |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Neck profile | thin neck profile |
| Neck width | 1.69 inches wide at nut |
| Number of frets | 24 fret |
| Tuner layout | six-in-a-row tuners |
Controls
| Pickup selector controls | 5-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
| Pickups brand and model | Seymour Duncan Custom shop 78 pickup(s), Seymour Duncan STK-S4 pickup(s) |
| Pickups configuration | 2 stacked coil/1 humbucker pickups |