ESP Review: F-100

History:

Purchase: I bought this guitar on musicians friend for $200 with a 60% discount from retail.

What I Like About This ESP F-100: I love my guitar sooo much. its a good break away from fender which is necessary and a great value. My friends dad has a LP and my rosewood fretboard plays almost exactly the same. Alot of small things were plastic like the strap hooks which accounts for some of the low cost. these can be upgraded to make your guitar even better. i put my chrome ones from my old peavey the day i got my new guitar. Dual Duncan humbuckers give it great gain for awesome punk/hard core music and jumbo frets give it good action on the neck. The sparkle finish is exellent and the headstock painting is impeccable.

What I Do NOT Like About The ESP F-100: well my strap slipped one day and its got a crack in the back but that's my own doing. theres no pickguard but the strings are set high so it's not much of a problem. i don't mind but i figure one of you might. besides it'd look crappy with a pickguard anyway. if you buy this guitar and want one try a LP pickguard that would look pretty good.

ESP F-100 Quality Rating: i have had 0 problems so far with my guitar construction wise. i've only had it for six months though so...i haven't had to make any truss rod adjustments and some day when i'm bored i may screw around with pickup hight but i haven't yet. the nut on the input comes loose every now and then so thats probably the only problem that i've found.

Review Summary: ESP discontinued the guitar put if you can pick it up used it's an amazing guitar for the price. check out the F-200 and 300 they've got different pickups available and cool arrowhead inlays.

Rating of this ESP product: 5

This ESP F-100 Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Ed Kish

Review Date: 2003-07-31