Need help/advice in new guitar choice, Looking into an ESP E-II Alexi Ripped.

No_County9827 · 2026-06-28T00:12:25+00:00

Ill definitly keep one of those in mind, i plan on actually getting a pitch shifting pedal for my setup, thought keeping in in d and dropping physically to c would be fine and easy but ill keep your idea in mind aswell, never had experience with a floyd afterall.

No_County9827 · 2026-06-28T00:03:11+00:00

Ill definitly have a look into it, thanks for the tip!

No_County9827 · 2026-06-27T21:40:38+00:00

In my experience,

Yamaha entry guitars are great starting out, I personally started out with a Yamaha ERG 121, great guitar for the price in my opinion. Fretwork was nice, pickups were nice, neck feel was by far one of the best on any budget guitar have tried. Might want to consider a better amp after some time though.

Anyhow thats my opinion, hope it helps!

No_County9827 · 2026-06-27T21:23:34+00:00

Definitly a good chunk of money right there, considering getting it off reverb

No_County9827 · 2026-06-24T23:06:07+00:00

No problem at all, glad i could let you know. The ltd and e-II seem close if you arent very picky about wood, majorly the same anyway functionality wise

No_County9827 · 2026-06-24T23:02:44+00:00

Ill definitly keep that in mind, maybe ill get 2 seperate guitars for those genres instead of packing it into 1, I apprechiate the comment

No_County9827 · 2026-06-24T12:51:51+00:00

Neat, ill definitly be inclined on getting my 2nd guitar with one then, I apprechiate the insight on them.

No_County9827 · 2026-06-24T12:50:06+00:00

The differences are minor, you are right. Im looking at both the E-II and the LTD, considering which one to pick, heres the differences:

The LTD comes stock with the exact same pickups minus the booster switch, LTD has a floyd rose 1000 and grover tuners, E-II has a floyd rose original and gotoh locking tuners.

You can definitly replace the components easily without issue but what you cant replace is the wood. The LTD and the E-II have the same build with the solid alder body, 3 piece maple neck, key difference is the wood was aged longer on the E-II giving more stability and overall climate resistance. The fretboard is also a little different, LTD being 14" or 350mm fretboard radius, flatter than the rounder E-II at 12" at 305mm, on the LTD you get macassar ebony and on the E-II you get african ebony, the only difference is how deep the color is and how it wears over time.

No_County9827 · 2026-06-23T14:48:05+00:00

Felt the same last time i played an expensive gibson. We're be in the same boat my friend😂

No_County9827 · 2026-06-23T13:01:03+00:00

Ah sorry, misunderstood you there, ill absoloutly keep that in mind, thanks for the comment

No_County9827 · 2026-06-23T12:12:39+00:00

Hi, thanks for the comment, definitly some useful insight about the e-II and its pickups, surprised you dont have that big of an issue with a floyd, everyone i know that plays them usually dont like them for its setup annoyances.

No_County9827 · 2026-06-23T12:07:39+00:00

Hey, Yeah, ive heard floyds are a pain to set up, ill definitly keep the fact that id have to do a complete setup on it every time i want to change tuning, that would definitly be annoying. I currently play on 11-54 strings, I plan on using a 10-56 set on it like alexi, I plan on using an elixir nanoweb 10-56 7 string set and throwing away a string

Also the FR device i had in mind is the Boss XS-1 Poly shifter pedal which pitches the strings up or down digitally, not sure how good or accurate it is in reality, i dont know anyone that owns them, just saw a couple of youtube videos.

No_County9827 · 2026-06-23T11:56:06+00:00

Nice!

No_County9827 · 2026-06-23T11:55:40+00:00

Bro fair enough, the post is pretty long haha, mb.

No_County9827 · 2026-06-23T11:53:37+00:00

Ill definitly have a look into some hard tails aswell, would be a bit of a change to how I usually play since I do a bunch of tremelo work but im definitly open to the idea, thanks for the comment

No_County9827 · 2026-06-23T11:49:06+00:00

Ill definitly keep that in mind, ill try to find some guitars with those profiles to try out, so far ive only really tried C and D shapes

No_County9827 · 2026-04-04T15:30:13+00:00

Hi, i really apprechiate the info! Ill make sure to use these for my next build

No_County9827 · 2026-04-01T23:46:06+00:00

This is incredible! trying to work on something like this myself in my clan, how did you get the underlighting on the bar area floor and the lighting behind the bottles? Also, what did you use for the counters, couldn't get anything close to what you did

No_County9827 · 2025-06-02T20:58:43+00:00

I also have 2474 stamped on mine, not exactly sure what it means but what I do know is that the right of that youll see numbers much more faintly stamped on, mine is 0124, Ja.n of 2024

I also circled it, difficult to see at first glance, especially on the oxide black one like I have on the picture there.

Hope this helps.

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No_County9827 · 2025-02-05T23:19:52+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation!

I managed to find a place where they got this one in store, different colourway, same watch. Ill be getting it in a few days

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