Did I Just Steal This ESP LTD Deluxe Phoenix 1000?

[@LonelyRocker]

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[@SonicDriveStudio]

Killer guitar, killer video! Congrats!

[@LonelyRocker]

Thanks man!

[@johndaugherty4127]

Indeed. It was my first guitar I had bought in 35 years and I was blown away by the modern machining. I mean, the last guitar I owned was an Antigua strat lol

[@stonebcb1]

Thank you for the demo and insight on this guitar! I enjoyed watching it and ultimately pulled the trigger on one of these.

[@LonelyRocker]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it! And sweeeet!!!! Enjoy your guitar!!! Congrats :)

[@52goldtop]

Thx for this demo, dig the playing and your studio is sweet too! Appreciate all the insight and dug the Tele twang you threw in on top of the heavy - agree on having that variation in your studio, this looks like a killer stick :)

[@LonelyRocker]

Thanks so much! Appreciate your feedback! I'm really enjoying this guitar....

[@Logan24855]

Great review!!🎉🎉🎉 Well done, thanks! Helps me make a decision for my next guitar

[@LonelyRocker]

Thanks for watching! Glad it helped!

[@robertwalker843]

I got one of these brand new last year with a form fitting hardshell, really difficult to get used to at first, felt like the neck was in the next room, after playing it to death for a couple of weeks it's now my main guitar, out of the 20 or so guitars I have this one is like a treasure that stands above the rest, especially that phat cat combined with the bridge split doing cleans.

[@LonelyRocker]

Glad you pushed through so you could discover what a great guitar it is. Those cleans really blew me away. Cheers!

[@Spadeads]

Thanks for such a good review! My E-II Eclipse is coming and the next thing I dream of is this Phoenix guitar in exact same color. Have no doubts after this video

[@LonelyRocker]

My pleasure! And thank you! I'm sure that E-II is killer! I'd love to try that one. For the money the Phoenix is the best guitar I have ever acquired. Hope you get one soon!

[@Spadeads]

@@LonelyRocker actually, can’t wait to plug it in and chug a bit. I have a talk with Gibson Firebird owner and he is clearly was not so happy in case you have to repair tuners, for example.. and when I was this pheonix.. omg Wondering if it is always was made in Indonesia or there some made in Korea as well🤔

[@em001868]

Thank you for a really great review LR!! I bought this exact guitar a little over a year ago for performing live. I am typically a Les Paul style player but wanted something that had flash, looked good/different and had all of the options you described in this review. I have a couple of quirks with this guitar over the past year that I should address, but don't get me wrong, I love the guitar as a whole. - First of all I found that the upper frets in the low E and B range (around the 14th fret) had a slight cut in the stainless steel that I could feel when bending the string in that area. That needs to be ironed out still. - Secondly, I found that a few parts were actually loose that should not have been and I needlessly had to tighten them. Example, a few tuning keys, the input jack, the tone knob and the toggle switch. - Thirdly, the pots and wiring inside this guitar are not quite up to par. It has mini pots and not the standard size 500k pots you would expect in a Les Paul. Although I hear no real difference in sound quality because of it. I was just stating it. - Fourthly, I had trouble with the toggle switch and it started cutting out in rehearsal and even in a live setting. I had to open it up to change the toggle and found a loose green wire just hanging there which came off of the tone pot all on it's own. - Fifthly, the wiring is so thin that it looks like what you would find in an early 80's Colleco head to head hand held football game. - Sixthly, I encountered a problem with my low E string popping out of the bridge saddle a few times in a show so I was forced to file a deeper groove in the saddle. I only use 10 - 46 so I found that a bit weird when I went out of tune that bad. All in all though, these are minor issues, but they should have been addressed in quality control. I get great comments from folks and it is fun to play once you get used to the neck length like you indicated. Here is a great example of me starting out a tune with the coil split on to get kind of a clucky strat tone and then popping it in later in the tune (1:43) when I wanted it heavier. I am going through my Marshal Bluesbreaker RI (2014) and gain it from an MXR Badass on my board (Intro is only a Maxon ST9 Super Tube for mild gain). Auto-Wah is from a TC Electronic Viscous Vibe programmed preset: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jarLgXiBjcmdsKc

[@ianlahaye9476]

No stairway!? Denied! 😂 Dan, terrific video! Jon made me a believer and I'm so glad we've both acquired one. Definitely the most versatile guitar in my collection as well. I'd say you got that guitar for a STEAL! 🤘🏻

[@LonelyRocker]

Thanks Ian! Glad to be in our little club officially :) Everything you said about it was spot on.....

[@briane.paulson]

I had one of these . Loved it!

[@LonelyRocker]

I haven't stopped playing it since I got it :)

[@guntotinguy16]

Great deal on that incredible guitar...good find for sure.

[@LonelyRocker]

Surely was a lucky day...make sure to tell my wife!! :)

[@guntotinguy16]

@LonelyRocker I also liked the clean tones..it shows a different usage on top of the crunch tones...a versatile guitar.

[@TheOtherJohnBrowne]

The intro was amazing 😂

[@LonelyRocker]

Thanks John! Was trying to explain that feeling we get to my wife 😝😝😝

[@ANGELICHUMANANGEL]

BEAUTIFUL GUITAR PLUS AWSOME MUSIC 🎉

[@LonelyRocker]

Thanks a lot!

[@thesaj1110]

Great review Is the guitar headstock heavy? Dives when you set it on your lap or standing??

[@LonelyRocker]

Thanks! I’m a studio guy so I’m generally sitting down. But it feels pretty balanced considering it is offset. The body is quite large which I think helps the balance.

[@MrCgar18]

freaking awesome at 50 percent off also!!!

[@LonelyRocker]

That was a luck find! and so many walked past it...guess it was meant to be!

[@tomix1970pl1]

Would love to have this one.

[@LonelyRocker]

Really enjoying it...great guitar!

[@superheavydeathmetal]

6:50 You call that mediocre? Dude, that was sweet!

[@LonelyRocker]

Ha! Thank you! That’s about all I’ve got but I have it what I had! Cheers!

[@wangsamps]

I had an LTD fretless 5 string bass that was incredible. I gave it to my bass player when he got married

[@LonelyRocker]

Very nice gift!!!

[@riffmania]

Where can I find one!

[@LonelyRocker]

Any guitar store that carries ESP!

[@xyema-mpa-ma-ma]

Was that the sale at Cosmo, eh?

[@LonelyRocker]

Bingo! They didn’t sponsor this so I didn’t feel a need to mention them 😂. Did you go?

[@xyema-mpa-ma-ma]

@@LonelyRocker Yup, but left empty-handed, just didn't feel like taking a mortgage to buy another Suhr or TAG as well :)

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

The more annoying guitar shop songs are GnR paradise city and that lame ass mayer song. haha Congrats on the new guitar.

[@LonelyRocker]

Ha...noted!!! Thanks so much!

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

@@LonelyRocker haha Oh yeah, that was a hilarious bit you did adding the Stairway to Heaven intro as you wandered through the store.

[@LonelyRocker]

Ha!!! Glad you enjoyed that!!! :)

[@RumpleStiltzkin-bu5he]

Stainless frets are an overpriced feature.

[@LonelyRocker]

Not going to lie, I LOVE stainless steel. No maintenance and they just last. But so far I’m not missing them on this guitar. It’s got tons of mojo as is.