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Name: ESP LTD EC-256 FM LH Vintage Natural Electric guitar
Brand: ESP LTD
SKU: 1059770
Price: 545.00 GBP
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.95 (23 reviews)

Humbuckers have a fuller, smoother tone and suppress hum better, so they suit stronger distortion, solos and thick riffs. P90 pickups sound more open, raw and dynamic, but they can be noisier. Choose humbuckers for a safer classic rock sound and P90s for more vintage bite and attack.

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ESP LTD EC-256 FM LH Vintage Natural Electric guitar

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Brand: ESP LTD

Product code: 1059770

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ESP LTD EC-256 FM LH Vintage Natural Electric guitar

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ESP LTD EC-256 FM LH Vintage Natural Electric guitar

Guitars in the 200 Series offer excellent value and provide higher quality than nearly any other instruments in their price range. The EC-256 Vintage Natural is a set-neck design with a mahogany body and great-looking flamed maple top, along with a comfortable and easy-to-play thin U-shaped three-piece mahogany neck and roasted jatoba fingerboard. It features a set of acclaimed ESP Designed LH-150 humbucker pickups with great tone for all kinds of music from rock to pop to metal, and for even more sonic versatility, the pickups can be split into single-coil with a push-pull control. Available in Vintage Natural finish.