Description
The LTD EC-1000 Piezo See Thru Black is part of the LTD EC-1000 series. As one of the most innovative and versatile guitars in the LTD Deluxe Series. The LTD EC-1000 Piezo See Thru Black is our first model to include both standard magnetic pickups as well as a completely separate piezo pickup system. Piezo pickups create a very different sound from typical magnetic pickups, offering excellent articulate, acoustic-like tones. With the LTD EC-1000 Piezo See Thru Black, you can use the mini toggle switch to select between the excellent Seymour Duncan ’59 and JB and a Fishman Powerbridge and Tailpiece, or even combine them both. This level of sonic flexibility continues to the guitar’s dual output jacks, allowing you to route the pickups to different combinations of amplifiers or interfaces onstage for live performances or in the studio for recording sessions. The LTD EC-1000 Piezo See Thru Black offers a great-looking quilted maple top on its mahogany body, and in a See Thru Black finishes.
FISHMAN POWERBRIDGE TOM (Piezo)
The Fishman Powerbridge pickups offer the electric guitarist a palette of incredible acoustic and hybrid acoustic/electric sounds.
SEYMOUR DUNCAN ’59
The ’59 Model neck pickup is one of their 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 they 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 JB
The JB Model humbucker is their most popular pickup of all time. Blues, country, fusion, punk, hard rock, grunge, thrash; the JB has always sounded just right, even as new genres emerged around it. The low end is full and powerful, the highs are crisp and detailed and there’s an upper-midrange bump that adds crunch and chunk to heavy chords but translates to a singing, vocal-like quality when you play single notes or solos. Meanwhile the hot output pushes your amp just that little bit harder for more sustain and harmonics.
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