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ESP Introduces New Guitars for 2005

LTD DV-200 (Click for a close-up)

LTD F-2005 (Click for a close-up)

X-Tone PA-1 (Click for a close-up)

ESP Guitars is introducing a total of 14 new guitar and bass models at the 2005 Winter NAMM Show, according to company president Matt Masciandaro. The new models range from new signature models from top artists to special models commemorating the company's 30th anniversary.

Five new Signature Series models top ESP's new offerings. In addition to the two Truckster and two Axxion (pronounced "Action") covered separately, Dave Mustaine has also lent his name to another new guitar for LTD, the affordable DV-200. Based on the popular DV-8 model introduced last year, the DV-200 offers a similar V body style in a bolt-on maple neck and basswood body design.

ESP's 30th anniversary is being commemorated with four special models, only to be produced during the 2005 calendar year. The EC-2005, F-2005, and Viper-2005 guitars, and B-2005 bass, are all high-end representations of ESP's popular models that feature custom inlays and graphics derived from the company's distinctive conjoined winged serpents 30th anniversary logo.

ESP also premiered a new addition to their X-Tone Series semi-acoustic guitars. The PA-1 Thinline Acoustic Electric offers a mahogany body with maple top; a 3-piece mahogany neck; a rosewood fingerboard; pearl block inlays; a B-Band Transducer pickup system with active preamp controls; volume, treble & bass controls; chrome hardware; Grover tuners; a rosewood acoustic bridge; and triple layer creme binding on the body, neck and headstock.

Four more new LTD models were premiered at NAMM. The AX Series has been expanded with three new guitars: the AX-400, AX-250 and AX-50. While each model offers the highly stylized AX body shape, the AX-400 and AX-250 also include a tribal fingerboard inlay pattern. The AX-400 also features a set-through neck construction and EMG 81 pickups. Finally, the Viper-407 takes the company's hugely-popular double-cutaway model and makes it available in a 7-string version. The mahogany-bodied guitar offers an Earvana compensated nut as standard equipment, as well as white binding on the black satin neck and headstock.

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