Det er nok helt sikkert en ekte ESP. Men er det en 48th Street?
48th Street henviser til en customshop i NY (samme gate som ESP hadde ved sitt headquarter i NY).
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It's one of a kind '89 48th Street New York City Custom Shop guitar, some name it ESP, because it was done with ESP top parts and by ESP Custom Shop top luthiers. There's a little info about these guitars exept that the bridge is called Sinclair Bridge and is supposed to be better than OFR and that Robert Fripp had few guitars build there and was very pleased.
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Around 1985 or so I worshipped Akira Takasaki from the Japanese band Loudness. My moniker comes from his answer to Eruption. He used to play custom ESPs. I used to go to 48th St. Custom Guitars when they first opened and just drool over their selection. They had a very close relationship with ESP. As well as ESP they carried Schecter (Tom Anderson was still there), Charvel/Jackson and Robin guitars. Some of the guys that worked there at the time didn't even speak English. I think Andy (can't remember his last name.)was the only non-Japanese in the shop. They were extremely cool and would let me play with all the high end equipment. This was after they realized I respected the equipment as much as they did. Yoshi was thier #1 luthier. He worked on all my ESP's. He was only about 20 years old. I was told he had studied and graduated from a luthiery school in Japan. His work was pretty amazing. John Suhr worked across the street at Rudy's. John did the best work on the street with Yoshi not too far behind. On the second floor there was a huge selection of necks and bodies. There were all types of necks hangin on pegs. Charvel/Jackson headstocks with or without binding, strat headstocks, all types of fingerboard combinations, the selection was pretty incredible. There was blank wood ready for cutting as well as custom built bodies. I have two of thier Jackson/Charvel necks and they are impeccable, quartersawn maple, 3 piece neck, with the middle piece in the opposite direction of the other two.
I think the shop changed owners sometime in the early 90's. Of course, the vibe changed too. It became more of a vintage type of store with older Fender and Gibsons and less emphasis on shredder guitars. It's not around anymore. Sam Ash ate it up. If you see any any 48 St. Custom guitars up for sale pick them up ASAP. They were made with premium ESP parts and assembled on the 2nd floor by Yoshi.
Har litt vanskelig for å tro at en gitar bygd/satt sammen her ville ha "Made in Japan" bak på headstocken - men hvem vet - halsen var nok laget i Japan.