r/espguitars

Imported this beauty to the UK, honestly surprised it survived in just a soft case.

E-II Horizon HT-II in granite sparkle, I was going to go amethyst sparkle but it seemed too dark in photos. Apparently "new for 2026" but serial is 2025 and I swear I've seen them before anyway.

Hipshot bridge makes the action crazily low, reverse headstock for better tension, love the direct mounted aesthetic and the body carving being custom shop-esque, totally different from my Horizon FR in Reindeer Blue. I thought the mother of pearl binding might be OTT but in person it looks super high end. Plays like a dream with the SS frets, just need to slap some 10-54 strings on for Eb/drop C# but the Elixir strings it came with are great so I'll keep it in standard for a week or two.

Quality control is impeccable on this one, not a single thing I could fault...

BUT... According to the ESP website here there's meant to be 3 voicings on the fishman pickups. Tone knob definitely has a push pull but voice 3 is meant to be on the volume knob, yet it doesn't push/pull at all. Not sure what's going on there, anyone have any ideas?

TLDR; should have 3rd fishman voice on the volume as push/pull but there's no push/pull on the volume pot.

NGD-ish I've had the roope latvala copy for a while and it's a real stinker. my god the work that had to be done to make it playable was insane. I really wanted a set with the alexi arrowhead but the roope latvala guitars are either fuck off expensive or just totally unfindable. so I opted for fakery. I explicitly asked to keep the headstock free of logos so there's no question about it. but it's done! placing the jack plate to the upper wing was the hardest part but it's all done! I'm currently waiting on my part to patch the original input hole. who the hell puts the input jack where it stabs your thigh???

For those curious, the Sustaniac Stealth Pro fits without routing into an LTD EC-1000FR. The controls I used were bridge volume, neck volume, harmonic mode. I removed the tone knob in exchange for the harmonic mode switch. I also have it confirmed that it works with EMG 24V Mod, which is coming in next week and is plug and play.

Happy to answer questions as Sustaniac instructions are confusing to downright contradictory.

Made in Korea 🇰🇷

Condition overall is very good. A few scratches on the body (shown on the pictures).

Neck pickup is the original Duncan Designed HB-102N. The bridge pickup has been swapped to a Seymour Duncan SH6 Distortion.

Frets are in good condition.

3-piece maple neck, maple body, rosewood fingerboard, original ESP tuners, original nut, original TonePros TOM locking bridge. 25.5" scale, of course. NECK-THRU CONSTRUCTION!

Jack was replaced for a switchcraft - the original was scratchy.

I don't know if I can post this but found it on X and wanted to share.