Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- electric guitars
Series name:
Variant of:
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 |