Description

Extreme, aggressive guitar shapes have been part of ESP’s history for decades. Taking this idea to the highest degree of design and build quality, the ESP Original FRX has the bold curves that will stand out from the crowd in any musical setting. Hand crafted by our ESP Custom Shop luthiers, the ESP Original FRX is unlike any other guitar shape, with a multi-beveled body and a set-thru neck that’s designed for smooth-as-silk access to the top of its 24-fret fingerboard. Available in a number of exciting finish options, these guitars offer top-of-the-line components including Seymour Duncan pickups, original Floyd Rose bridges, Gotoh locking tuners, and more to give you the very best performance feel and sound. If you’re a serious player who wants a guitar that’s every bit as powerful as your music, the ESP Original FRX is your answer.

SEYMOUR DUNCAN ’59 (SH-1N)
The ’59 Model neck pickup is one of our most popular pickups because it’s so versatile. It’s designed in the spirit of the original P.A.F. humbuckers of the 1950s, with sweet sustain, full-sounding chords, clear and bright attack, but we’ve made a few refinements to slightly modernize the design and make it more adaptable to different styles.

The ’59 has a full low end which is great for adding character to your clean sounds and sustain to your leads. The high end is slightly boosted for improved pick-attack clarity and the mids are a little scooped for an open, smooth sound that’s great for preserving the clarity of the individual notes in a chord. Play softly and the mids and highs seem to fade back, but pick hard and the note will be confident and clear. There isn’t a genre that the ’59 can’t work within.

SEYMOUR DUNCAN DISTORTION
The Duncan Distortion is our original high-output passive humbucker pickup. It incorporates a massive ceramic magnet and hot coil windings to deliver powerful but balanced rock and metal tones with rich upper-midrange harmonic content. Lows strings are tight and mean while the high strings scream with harmonics, making it a go-to pickup for hard-hitting crunch rhythms and blazing lead tones.

ABOUT ESP:
ESP Company, Limited is a Japanese guitar manufacturer, primarily focused on the production of electric guitars and basses. They are based in both Tokyo, Japan and Los Angeles, California, United States, with two distinct product lines for each respective market. ESP Company manufactures instruments under several names, including “ESP Standard”, “ESP Custom Shop”, “LTD Guitars and Basses”, “Navigator”, “Edwards Guitar and Basses”, and “Grassroots”. www.espguitars.com