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But back in 1990, to me ESP and Jackson were pretty much equal. This was before all of the LTD junk.
Anyway, (sorry, can't do pics until next week), last night at GC I picked up an ESP Horizon.
Not a smurf head, not an ESP headstock, but a Jackson headstock.
Not stupid "inlay blocks on the fretboard edge" inlays, just solid black bound ebony. Weird "long oval" side markers - not dots. At first I though someone drew them on with a sharpie.
Not a bolt on, a neck thru.
Archtop body.
Hum and single pickup config. Pickups are a Screamin' Demon and an ESP? single. The single is very stratty sounding, so it might be a Fender?
Ferrari Solid Red. A bit loud looking.
Not a POS ESP trem, but a real chome OFR (probably not original to the guitar).
The hardware is chrome. So picture in your head red, black and bright chrome.
The controls are three bright chrome knobs (the first control by the pickup is unwired, then volume and tone).
The pickup selector switch is a micro toggle switch with a chrome bat handle. If this was a stick shift in a car, I'd call it a short throw shifter.
It came with an ESP case.
Inside the case was what I thought was the original ESP humbucker, but it turned out to be a Bare Knuckle Pickup's warpig I guess. It doesn't have a cover, but it has dual rows of allen heads. I don't know BKP's at all, so I'm going by the pictures on the website to tell me which pickup it is. My DMM is in Cinci. (edit - maybe not a warpig - the website says they only come with cover)
Also includes Trem Bar.
This guitar looks and sounds great. Whoever owned it really loved it, because they spared no expense with upgrades and setup.
It had come into GC the day before and was priced at $799. I talked them down to $749. Then when they wouldn't give me a price break on a Vox VT15 amp, they took another $20 off the guitar, so I got it for $729 + 9% TN tax.
Also, since I hadn't used my GC CC, it was cancelled. By signing up for a new credit account, I got 12 months no payments or interest.
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