ESP LTD F-2E (2008)

[Bodaggit23]

Ok, so I fell in love with the F body on site when I
first saw it, and I hated (in a way) using my F-50
as a "Donor" for my first Aluminum guitar project,
so I've had my eye out ever since for another F...

Saw one of these on eBay I was blown away! I
never knew LTD put out an F version this exquisite!
5 piece neck through with FULL ebony treatment...O.O

The bids on it were sub $200, but I guessed it would
easily go for $500-600, well out of my price range, so
I clicked "Watch" and promptly forgot about it...

To my shock, the guitar sold for $235.00! There was hope!
It took me a while to track one down, but I finally got
one at Guitar Center on the East Coast. Like $350 shipped.

They only made this guitar in 2008 and 2009 according to
ESP archived websites. The only difference was the upgrade
in 2009 to a Floyd Rose Special bridge from the ESP bridge.

Specs:
Neck-Thru-Body
25.5” Scale
Mahogany Body
Ebony Top
5 Pc Maple/Mahogany Neck
Ebony Fingerboard
Locking Nut
42mm Neck Width
Extra Thin U Neck Contour
24 XJ Frets
Black Nickel Hardware
ESP Tuners
Double-Locking Bridge
ESP LH-301 (B&N) p.u. w/ Push-Pull Coil Tap on Tone Control
Finish: NG

[heem6]

Wow - that is badass. I bet it sounds like a Les Paul that George Lynch would build! I'm intrigued by the ebony top, RavenWest makes a guitar like that, too. Just the thing to give the Mahogany some bite. Beautiful guitar. Did you say you got that one? If so, congrats!

[Bodaggit23]

Yessir, it's mine...I've seen 2 of them on ebay so far, and a couple online elsewhere.
Fairly rare.

What I don't understand, is that ESP still makes the Bass version of this guitar,
but they only made the guitar version for 2 years...what gives? lol

[heem6]

That's similar to the Squier Skull & Crossbones discount HM copy - basses are still made but guitars not made for many years now.