drewman68
Member
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone had experience w/ ESP Vintage Plus Strats? I'm not sure if they're made in Japan, but they sell new for $1400, so I'd hope they are MIJ.
You can see specs at http://www.espguitars.com/guitars_vintage.html
The funny thing about these guitars is that you can buy them from dealers in the US like Sam Ash.
I'm wondering how these guitars compare to the other MIJ Strat style guitars, like the Edwards, Bacchus strats? For $1400 new, they seem to be in the price range of the high end MIJ Strats. But probably not quite in the same price range as the ultra high end MIJ Strats like Van Zandt or Combat, Navigator.
Since ESP owns Edwards, Navigator, Seymour Duncan, I'm guessing that the quality goes like: Navigator / Seymour Duncan > Vintage Plus > Edwards. What do you think?
On ebay, these guitars seem to go for maybe $1200 new or mint. Sometimes Guitar Center may have these used so it seems like if these guitars are on par with Bacchus, or the other high end Strats, it'd be easier to just get one of these guitars and maybe try it out in a store too.
Thanks,
Drew
I was wondering if anyone had experience w/ ESP Vintage Plus Strats? I'm not sure if they're made in Japan, but they sell new for $1400, so I'd hope they are MIJ.
You can see specs at http://www.espguitars.com/guitars_vintage.html
The funny thing about these guitars is that you can buy them from dealers in the US like Sam Ash.
I'm wondering how these guitars compare to the other MIJ Strat style guitars, like the Edwards, Bacchus strats? For $1400 new, they seem to be in the price range of the high end MIJ Strats. But probably not quite in the same price range as the ultra high end MIJ Strats like Van Zandt or Combat, Navigator.
Since ESP owns Edwards, Navigator, Seymour Duncan, I'm guessing that the quality goes like: Navigator / Seymour Duncan > Vintage Plus > Edwards. What do you think?
On ebay, these guitars seem to go for maybe $1200 new or mint. Sometimes Guitar Center may have these used so it seems like if these guitars are on par with Bacchus, or the other high end Strats, it'd be easier to just get one of these guitars and maybe try it out in a store too.
Thanks,
Drew
