ESP Review: M-252

History:

Purchase: I got this from Music123.com for $250. I bought this guitar because I heard a lot of good things about it, and also Richard of Rammstein uses the M-202 (Im a huge Rammstein fan), but they didnt have the M-202 in the color I wanted at the time, so I ordered the M-252 instead since they had it in black. The only difference between the M-252 and 202 is the extra single coil pickup.

What I Like About This ESP M-252: This guitar is amazing. The pickups are very good for being the stock pickups. The floyd rose bridge really keeps in tune, and fine tuning is so easy.

What I Do NOT Like About The ESP M-252: I think that the stock strings they put on the guitar are total shit.I used the guitar for 4 days, and already 2 of the strings snapped right in half.(and it wasnt my fault I dont over abuse the strings, I abuse them, just not over abuse, lol) Restringing with the floyd rose is also quite a pain in the ass to deal with. On the input jack, there was a piece that was very loose and kept comming loose after i finger tightened it, but it can easily be fixed with a socket wrench. The white neck binding had some scratches on it, and it also looked dirty, the headstock binding looked dirty as well.

ESP M-252 Quality Rating: The guitar is very well crafted and built. The paintjob is great, even with the dirty look and scratches the bindings still really accent the color of the headstock and neck.

Review Summary: Im really glad I bought this guitar, its an amazing guitar, once I picked it up i played it for hours and hours on end. Id definitely suggest this guitar to anyone serious about playing the guitar, and to one who wants a well made, high quiality guitar, at a pretty good price.

Rating of this ESP product: 5

This ESP M-252 Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Der Meister

Review Date: 2003-04-21