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ESP USA Eclipse Guitar, Ebony Fretboard, Saturday Night Specials, Cranberry Burst

$4,999.00
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ESP USA Eclipse Guitar, Ebony Fretboard, Saturday Night Specials, Cranberry Burst

$4,999.00
FREE 2-Day Shipping

Player's Perspective

It's always a treat to get a beautiful USA-made ESP into the shop. Built in ESP's USA factory right here in California, these instruments are top-of-the-line instruments on par with their renowned, artisan-made Japanese Custom Shop guitars. This stunning Eclipse in a gorgeous Cranberry Burst has quickly become a shop favorite - this isn't the first time we've had one of these exact guitars in, and for good reason!

You can experience how simply incredible this axe is before you even plug it in. Just like your favorite vintage 24.75" singlecut guitar, the neck and body resonate and sustain for days. The neck profile is very comfortable and just thick enough in all the right places, blending the best of vintage specification with ESP's contemporary design mentality. If you're a big bender, you're going to love the way this guitar plays. All kinds of legato can be pulled off with minimal effort and expressive vibrato is always at your fingertips.

This guitar features Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special pickups. These pickups are intended to capture that 70s/80s rock tone - think somewhat in the ballpark of Van Halen - and do so amazingly. They're not necessarily super hot, but just a little more overwound than vintage PAFs - just enough to scream and hold up awesomely under higher gain settings for hard rock and metal whilst retaining clarity to play classic rock, blues, and jazz with lower gain. The versatility is even further increased with the coil-split on the tone pot.

Combine top of the line construction with some of the highest quality electronics out there and this is what you get!

Manufacturer's Description

Crafted at our ESP USA facility in Southern California, the USA Eclipse is the classic single-cutaway shape that’s been at the heart of many of music’s greatest moments. The USA Eclipse offers a full thickness (60mm / 2 3/8”), beautiful mahogany body. This guitar offers a smooth set-thru construction at a classic 24.75” scale, with a three-piece thin U-shaped mahogany neck and an ebony fingerboard with 22 extra-jumbo Jescar stainless steel frets and mother-of-pearl split-flag inlays.

We chose the very best components available for the USA Eclipse, including Sperzel Trim-Lok tuners, TonePros locking TOM bridge and tailpiece, Schaller strap locks, and a bone nut. Pickups for this USA Eclipse include a set of world-class Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special humbuckers, with a push-pull coil-split control on the tone knob. The USA Eclipse includes a high-quality ESP USA form-fitting hardshell case.

Features

  • Graphite Neck Reinforcement Bars: Get maximum strength and stability from your guitar’s neck, with higher long-term reliability. All ESP USA models are made with two high-strength bars of carbon fiber.
  • Weight Relief Chambering: The ESP USA Eclipse offers a traditional full-thickness body but is strategically chambered so the weight of the guitar remains comfortable and noticeably lighter than most classic single-cut body style guitars.
  • Full Thickness Carved Top w/ Natural Masked Binding: Over a half-inch of beautifully figured open-grain mahogany is carved to our ESP USA Eclipse contours, allowing for the natural masked binding to highlight the exquisite top.

The Pickups

Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special: Meet the Saturday Night Special humbucker set. These pickups are made with Alnico 4 magnets to give a balanced, vintage tonality. Think late 70s arena rock tones with full-bodied cleans and bold, vocal-like overdriven leads.

 Unlike traditional humbuckers, the Saturday Night Special humbuckers are voiced to be a little hotter and fatter in the bridge position, and a little clearer and less “wooly” in the neck. They’re more aggressive than 50s-style models, but without the compression of most high gain pickups. The cleans are warm and musical while the overdriven tones cut through without being harsh in the highs or cloudy in the lows. These bridge the output level gap between vintage 50s and modern humbuckers, making this pickup set perfect for replicating those legendary late-70s arena rock tones.

 The Saturday Night Special Set is made in Santa Barbara, California.

Specifications

Body

  • Model: USA Eclipse
  • Color: Cranberry Burst
  • Finish: Gloss
  • Top Wood: Flame Maple
  • Back Wood: Chambered Mahogany

Neck

  • Construction: Set Neck
  • Fretboard: Ebony
  • Binding: Creme
  • Radius: 12" (305mm)
  • Scale: 24.75"
  • Frets: 22 JESCAR FW57110 XJ Stainless Steel
  • Inlays: Mother of Pearl Split Flags
  • Neck Wood: 3-Piece Mahogany
  • Profile: Thin U
  • Nut: 1.65" (42mm) Bone
  • Thickness @ 1st Fret: 20mm
  • Thickness @ 12th Fret: 22mm
  • Headstock: Matching

Electronics

  • Pickups: Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special Set
  • Controls: 2x Volume, 1x Tone (push/pull for coil split)
  • Pickup Selector: 3-Way Toggle Switch

Hardware

  • Bridge: TonePros T3BT Locking TOM w/T1Z Locking Tailpiece
  • Tuners: Sperzel Trim-Lok
  • Strap Buttons: Dunlop Locking
  • Hardware Finish: Nickel

Misc.

  • Case: ESP USA Eclipse Form Fit Hardshell
  • Strings: D’Addario NYXL REG LITE (.010 - .046)
  • Made In North Hollywood, CA
  • Instrument Weight: 8.5 lbs
  • Serial #: US23125

Overall Condition

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for ESP Guitars. This USA Eclipse is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty. Photos are of the exact guitar you'll receive.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.

Along with our in-stock inventory, we can custom order any USA or Custom Shop ESP guitar you'd like. Please don't hesitate to reach out and we'll help get your dream guitar into your hands.