Official Daemoness Guitars Thread

[narad]

For the sake of entertainment, what's SSO's stance on ESP logo on an E-II?

Seems fair to me

 

[mehegama]

Get it done with a gag logo, like STD

+1 for STD

 

[JimF]

I'm still deciding on what to do, as much as I love the H3, its carved top digs right into my forearm. Like to the point where my arm is bruised after playing for an hour.

I had a similar thing with another flat topped guitar and found I could eliminate it by raising the strap. You might get a more forearm friendly angle by raising or lowering the guitar.
My issue was numbness in my hand though, not bruising.

 

[Randy]

Interesting, I actually think the E-II logo looks a lot better than Edwards. Just looks more aggressive whereas the Edwards logo looks like a toy. I'd even consider putting an E-II logo on this Edwards. I would think that's more than fair.

Style of the logo is fine, I'm mostly referring to the aesthetic of the text itself. I like the shape of "E-II", I just don't like the combination of letters and Roman numerals as a brand name.

I also like some variations of the Edwards logo with different typeset more than others

 

[Randy]

Here's a clearly unpopular take:

I don't hate the idea of ESP on an LTD, as long as the "LTD" is somewhere obvious enough that it's not an attempted fake. One way I've considered doing it before is "ESP" on the front of the headstock and the "LTD" on the back in the circle the way "ESP custom shop" appears on custom shop models.

Reminds me of how some Squiers used to read "Fender" in the large logo and "Squier Series" out on the end.

If the real pedigree is printed somewhere permanent enough that you're not trying to trick anyone, I don't think it's dishonest.

 

[Albake21]

I had a similar thing with another flat topped guitar and found I could eliminate it by raising the strap. You might get a more forearm friendly angle by raising or lowering the guitar.
My issue was numbness in my hand though, not bruising.

Strap, as in standing? This is SSO. I'm a bedroom musician, with too much gear for my own good, who plays sitting down 99% of the time.

Jokes aside, I did try it with a strap and noticed it being a bit easier on the forearm, but man I miss my forearm contours from my Ibanez when playing it.

Here's a clearly unpopular take:

I don't hate the idea of ESP on an LTD, as long as the "LTD" is somewhere obvious enough that it's not an attempted fake. One way I've considered doing it before is "ESP" on the front of the headstock and the "LTD" on the back in the circle the way "ESP custom shop" appears on custom shop models.

Reminds me of how some Squiers used to read "Fender" in the large logo and "Squier Series" out on the end.

If the real pedigree is printed somewhere permanent enough that you're not trying to trick anyone, I don't think it's dishonest.

See that's what I said I'd do from the start, but then was roasted for it regardless.

 

[Randy]

See that's what I said I'd do from the start, but then was roasted for it regardless.

I'm not above being roasted on here either, so that's alright

I get if people have an ideological issue with it but like I said, I happen to like the aesthetic of the ESP logo unrelated to the difference in tier. I'd rather have Edwards or even Grass Roots on my headstock before LTD, despite LTD debatably being more expensive than either of those stateside.

I get that the immediate interpretation is that ESP on an LTD is some stolen valor or scammer thing but it just looks better. If ESP was the cheaper brand and LTD the more expensive one, I'd still consider ESP a better look.

EDIT: FWIW, there's a guy locally that had an LTD modded and refinished with the ESP logo on it, and it sat forever with the price dropping hilariously low. For the handful of people that would be "tricked" or enticed by seeing the ESP logo, the bulk of people don't love the idea clearly. So it's not like swapping logos (unless you're going full counterfeit) is a thing you do expecting to get the guitar to sell faster or for more.

 

[JSKrev]

Got this from Dylan a while back. ...never leaves it's case..

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I saw this one on Reverb. While not a big Pantera man, I really love this thing. It's easily the best ML style I've seen.

 

[drmosh]

I saw this one on Reverb. While not a big Pantera man, I really love this thing. It's easily the best ML style I've seen.

I'd fuck it

 

[mehegama]

any non ESP news on this?

 

[narad]

any non ESP news on this?

Hey we want some good news every now and then. If that means ESPs in the daemoness thread, so be it lol

 

[M3CHK1LLA]

any non ESP news on this?

no...
esp's are the only one between the two still being built atm...

 

[Alsvartr]

no...
esp's are the only one between the two still being built atm...

Ass to mouth???

 

[-DTP-]

any non ESP news on this?

This is now the official SSO off topic thread