Handcrafted Precision from ESP’s California Custom Facility
Crafted at the ESP USA facility in North Hollywood, California, the ESP USA Horizon II Custom in Cranberry Sunburst represents the highest echelon of American instrument design and lutherie. Featuring a hand-selected quilted maple top over a rich mahogany body, this guitar combines striking aesthetic beauty with uncompromised tonal versatility and effortless playability.
The ESP USA Advantage: Set-Thru Construction & World-Class Tonewoods
Unlike standard bolt-on or traditional neck-through designs, the Horizon II utilizes ESP’s premier Set-Thru Neck Joint construction. This seamlessly blends the deep, resonant warmth and sustain of a set neck with the smooth, unobstructed heel access of a neck-thru design, allowing your hand to reach the 24th fret effortlessly.
Boutique Specs & Premium Components:
- Seymour Duncan Pickup Set: Loaded with an Alnico Pro II humbucker in the neck for and a Custom 14 in the bridge with uncovered black bobbins.
- Quilted Maple over Mahogany: The solid mahogany body provides a deep, warm low-end response, while the hand-selected quilt maple top adds snap, high-end bite, and a vivid 3D visual finish under the Cranberry Sunburst gloss.
- Ebony Fingerboard & Stainless Steel Frets: 24 extra-jumbo Jescar stainless steel frets set into an ebony fingerboard offer smooth string bending, crisp note attack, and lifetime durability.
- Pro-Grade Hardware: Anchored by a TonePros Locking Tune-O-Matic bridge with string-thru-body construction for maximum resonance transfer, paired with Sperzel Trim-Lok locking tuners and a Schaller locking strap button system.
Technical Specifications:
- Construction: Set-Thru Neck
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Body Wood: Mahogany with Hand-Selected Quilted Maple Top
- Neck Wood: 3-Piece Maple with Thin-U Profile
- Fingerboard: Ebony (305mm / 12" Radius)
- Nut Width: 42mm Bone Nut
- Frets: 24 Extra Jumbo Jescar Stainless Steel
- Hardware Color: Black
- Bridge: TonePros Locking Tune-O-Matic w/ String-Thru
- Tuners: Sperzel Trim-Lok
- Pickups: Seymour Duncan Jazz (Neck) / Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special (Bridge)
- Electronics Layout: Master Volume, Master Tone (Push/Pull Coil Split), 3-Way Toggle Switch
- Case Included: ESP USA Form-Fit Hardshell Case with Certificate of Authenticity
Photos are of the actual guitar for sale, SN US26001.
BODY
CONSTRUCTION: Set-Thru
WOOD TYPE: Mahogany
THICKNESS: 48mm
TOP WOODS: Quilted Maple
AVAILABLE COLORS: Cranberry Sunburst
NECK
WOOD TYPE: 3Pc Maple
FINGERBOARD: Ebony
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5”
NUT WIDTH: 42mm
NUT TYPE: Graphite
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 305mm
NECK CONTOUR: Thin U
THICKNESS @ 1ST FRET: 20mm
THICKNESS @ 12TH FRET: 22mm
FRETS: 24 JESCAR FW57110 XJ Stainless
NECK FINISH: Matching
HEAD CAP: Matching Top
TRUSS ROD: 2 Way Adjustable w/ Graphite Reinforcements
HARDWARE
BRIDGE: TonePros T3BT Locking TOM w/ String Thru Body
TUNERS: Gotoh Magnum Lock
STRAP BUTTONS: Dunlop Straplock
HARDWARE COLOR: Chrome
ELECTRONICS
PICKUPS: Seymour Duncan Custom 14/Alnico Pro II - Open Black
CONTROLS: Volume/Tone/3-Way Toggle
PLAYABILITY & SETUP
STRINGS: D’Addario NYXL REG LITE (.010 - .046)
CASE: ESP USA Form Fit
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