stev0griffin
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So I came across this in a trade not terribly long ago, and I wanted to know what y'all thought about it.
This is an early '90s (or late '80s) USA ESP M-I Custom. It has the pre-lawsuit Jackson-style headstock, a full strat-style body, and the ultra-rare Sinclair tremolo.
The back of the headstock is stamped with 'Made in Japan', but from what I know about these USA models, they were told to label them as products of Japan, even though they were crafted and assembled in the US. The neck plate has the ESP logo and their New York address (48th Street Customs)
Anyways, I was just wondering what you guys thought this would be worth, if it's actually as rare as a local certified ESP luthier had told me it was, or even if it's just at least interesting.
Here are some pictures, and for bandwith's sake, it's linked to my Photobucket account instead of using the forum's bandwith.
http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user/Xer0ESP/library/ESP M-I
Thanks!
This is an early '90s (or late '80s) USA ESP M-I Custom. It has the pre-lawsuit Jackson-style headstock, a full strat-style body, and the ultra-rare Sinclair tremolo.
The back of the headstock is stamped with 'Made in Japan', but from what I know about these USA models, they were told to label them as products of Japan, even though they were crafted and assembled in the US. The neck plate has the ESP logo and their New York address (48th Street Customs)
Anyways, I was just wondering what you guys thought this would be worth, if it's actually as rare as a local certified ESP luthier had told me it was, or even if it's just at least interesting.
Here are some pictures, and for bandwith's sake, it's linked to my Photobucket account instead of using the forum's bandwith.
http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user/Xer0ESP/library/ESP M-I
Thanks!
