ESP Craft House (Shibuya) Pics (Bandwidth Warning)

[gainiac]

These pics were apparently deleted with the re-do of the site. So here goes some eye candy...

The entrance, unassuming -
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/Picture054.jpg
Wall of bass guitars-
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/WallofGuitarsNotforSalePartII.jpg
Another Wall of Guitars - "Killer" brand
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/KillerGuitars.jpg
The Navigator wall (next to the Gibson wall, on the left)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/NavigatorWall.jpg
The Schecter Wall
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/ShecterWall.jpg

[gainiac]

Now for some really interesting stuff:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/AngelGuitarTwo.jpg
And another angel (these are Alfie artist guitars)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/AngelGuitarsOne.jpg
Train
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/GuitarnamedJourney.jpg
Orient Express...
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/OrientExpress.jpg
And just freakin' coolness:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/VeryExpensiveSimpleGuitar.jpg

[gainiac]

Some more cool one-guitar shots -
This one doesn't maybe look like much but in person oozed mojo both looks and playing - some 5 k for a guitar that had been heavily customer-relic'd -
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/SpaltedMapleTopLP-600CTMPic2.jpg
Here's that top up close -
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/NavigatorSpaltedMapleUpClose.jpg
Pink -
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/Picture055.jpg
Goth - this was a big display in the middle of the store (artist guitar)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/ESPCraftShopCenterDisplayGuitar.jpg
A one off for an artist - this was a cool guitar, but three pups not for me
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/Picture057.jpg

[gainiac]

The signature wall -
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/BunchofSigs.jpg
More artist guitars (cool guitar corner)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/CoolGuitarCorner.jpg
And up close -
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/CoolFlyingVs.jpg

[gainiac]

There's this shop in the middle of the store - there are pictures of luthiers working in here, I presume after hours -
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/WorkshopSpaceInsideStoreAnotherView.jpg
During the day, they work in the custom shop up this stairway - (those are kiddie guitars on the right there)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/StairwayToHeavenESPCustomShop.jpg

[gainiac]

And the winners (mine all mine), on the field of play -
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/Picture060.jpg

[ESPManiac]

mmmmm.....

NEED TO GO TO JAPAN WITH CASE OF MONEY!

[AlexiWildchild]

Wow, thanks for the pics!

The woods in the background... :eek::|

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/VeryExpensiveSimpleGuitar.jpg

[frantic77]

mmmmm.....

NEED TO GO TO JAPAN WITH CASE OF MONEY!
+1000000000000

[darkalone]

That fucking Navigator LP just made me cum a little. :eek:

[KH Guitar Freak]

That fucking Navigator LP just made me cum a little. :eek:

As opposed to Boogie where his "tap" needs a new washer...

[kingkobra813]

its guitar heaven!

[sean106OCD]

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/BunchofSigs.jpg

Wow that is odd. The LTD truckster over there looks dead on like the ESP version here.:confused:

[D-EJ915]

MMMMM


A-III <333 I will have one eventually

[Rhymenocerous]

The picture with the wood-burned tele is fucking hot in so many ways.

:eek:

[emg32]

Wow that is odd. The LTD truckster over there looks dead on like the ESP version here.:confused:


Of course. They send all of the crap Ltd. finished ones over here.:lol

That's why I'm really starting to favor Gibsons and PRS's way more than ESP's these days. Other than my JH-3 and Kelly Hayes, all of the other ESP guitars I have owned and played seem fairly mediocre sounding compared to the Gibsons and PRS's I have owned and played.

It's almost like ESP picks out the worst wood they have to make their guitars for outside of Japan and saves the absolute best for Japan.

Cool pictures though. It's been a while since I have seen those.

[gainiac]

EMG32 - Respectfully, I do not believe this to be the case. I have 13 guitars, 5 of which are ESPs, and 2 of those are Navigators. I bought 3 of the 5 ESPs in Japan, and 2 here in the States. I have heard some of the best tone from my US-purchased ESPs, and I have also purchased an ESP in Japan that was a lemon (that I no longer have). I have found Gibsons pretty inconsistent, less consistent than Fenders, for instance. My personal feeling is that ESPs are very consistent. In fact, I would say that with ESP, it is generally true that the higher the price the better the guitar (though at the upper reaches the price leaps for an increment of quality seem to get crazy) whereas it feels that I am as likely to find an 800 dollar SG Classic that sounds great as I am a 2600 CS SG... I don't have much experience with PRS guitars. But, to each his own.

[staccato tomato]

Nice pics! Thanks for posting them. Some of those guitars are beautiful. But lets be honest, a lot of them are really ugly. To me, thats the astonishing thing about ESP, they build beautiful sounding and playing guitars, but also some of the tackiest ones on the market. I wonder if people actually buy those flamboyant, fantasy models? Weird.

[KH Guitar Freak]

Yeah, I'll have to search thru a couple of Gibsons to actually find one that plays well... :lol

Gibson outside of the US=fail...

ESP FTMFW!!!

[Sixstringhotshot]

I fucking WANT that gold schecter LP!!!!!!!

[emg32]

EMG32 - Respectfully, I do not believe this to be the case. I have 13 guitars, 5 of which are ESPs, and 2 of those are Navigators. I bought 3 of the 5 ESPs in Japan, and 2 here in the States. I have heard some of the best tone from my US-purchased ESPs, and I have also purchased an ESP in Japan that was a lemon (that I no longer have). I have found Gibsons pretty inconsistent, less consistent than Fenders, for instance. My personal feeling is that ESPs are very consistent. In fact, I would say that with ESP, it is generally true that the higher the price the better the guitar (though at the upper reaches the price leaps for an increment of quality seem to get crazy) whereas it feels that I am as likely to find an 800 dollar SG Classic that sounds great as I am a 2600 CS SG... I don't have much experience with PRS guitars. But, to each his own.

I guess it just comes down to personal preference again. I am the exact opposite of you. Almost every Gibson I have owned or played has been fabulous tonewise. The higher the model the better they get.

ESP has been a completely different story for me personally. Some have been good, a few great and a bunch that just didn't sound good no matter what I tried. Custom Shop or Standard hasn't seemed to matter either. I've had Standards that sounded and played better than CS and visa versa. ESP's have been really inconsistent for me personally.

I still love the few great ones I've kept, out of the many I've owned, but I don't know if I will buy many more ESP's in the future.

[Shreddy]

I fucking WANT that gold schecter LP!!!!!!!

+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000

[Gfunk]

Where is the Schecter LP?



I dont see it.



:(

[Shreddy]

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/ShecterWall.jpg

Far Right

[Ravens Creed]

Its true that of the 5 or 6 ESP customs I've played, only one was on a par with my MII Urban Camo. That was a violet coloured Horizon custom in '92. And my god that was a glorious sounding axe.

[JoeSerpico]

It probably isn't healthy how much pictures like this get me excited....

BUT ITS ALLOWED RIGHT? IM A GUITARIST!

Awesome pics :)

Joe

[Metfuk]

No Explorer pr0n for me? 8o

[gainiac]

No Explorer pr0n for me? 8o

Well, this wasn't from the trip, but will this do?

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/guitars/MX-2andFriendsThree.jpg

[Aeroscopic]

very hot explorer!!!
wish I had one like that :(

[Metfuk]

very hot explorer!!!
wish I had one like that :(

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[Metalmilitia306]

are guitars in japan more expensive, cheaper, or about the same then they are in the US?

[hermz]

And the winners (mine all mine), on the field of play -
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/Picture060.jpg

Nice 380LTD! I'm walking my way towards the 380CTM myself :hat

[Sixstringhotshot]

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/ShecterWall.jpg

Far Right


$2300ish. That's kinda steep, but maybe worth it.

[TheGuardian]

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/bastilleday/ESP%20Craft%20Shop/SpaltedMapleTopLP-600CTMPic2.jpg

Oooh. That's one hot top!

[Gotskilla]

Thanks for reposting those pics, Absolutely amazing!! Field trip!!!

[DixSerina]

Jeune Fille pics for the win.