While ESP first got started in 1975 as a small repair shop in Tokyo, it was really toward the mid ‘80s when our guitars and basses grabbed the attention of players around the world. The LTD ’87 Series are faithful recreations of this set of instruments from ESP’s 1987 catalog.
Based on the original ESP Mirage body shape, the LTD Mirage Deluxe ’87 is a bolt-on shred machine with an alder body and three-piece extra thin U-shaped maple neck. These guitars feature a Floyd Rose 1000 bridge and a pickup set that includes a Seymour Duncan Distortion TB-6 (with original style bobbins and a push-pull control to split the coils) in the bridge and a Seymour Duncan Hot Rail single coil in the neck position.
Specs
Type |
Solid Body |
Colour |
Snow White |
Orientation |
Right Handed |
Number of Strings |
6 |
Body Shape |
Mirage Deluxe ’87 |
Body Material |
Alder |
Neck Material |
3-Piece Maple |
Neck Shape |
Extra Thin U |
Fretboard Material |
Macassar Ebony |
Number of Frets |
22 |
Fretboard Inlays |
Offset Thumbnail Blocks |
Fret Size |
Extra Jumbo |
Fretboard Radius |
350mm |
Nut Material |
Locking |
Nut Width |
43mm |
Neck Pickups |
Seymour Duncan Hot Rail *(Pull Tone for Split) |
Bridge Pickups |
Seymour Duncan Distortion *(Pull Tone for Split) |
Controls |
1 X Volume, 1 X Tone (Push/Pull), 3-Position Pickup Selector |
Bridge |
Floyd Rose 1000 (Gold) |
Tuners |
LTD |
Strings |
D’Addario XL120 (.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042) |