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Friend of Leo's
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Pgh,Pa
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I've been looking for a decent one for quite some time...most seem to be "hacked" in some way. The genius that want a middle pick-up and uses a chisel, putting on a strat bridge, scalloping the frets...etc. I played a stock on once it was fine as it is. One of these days!
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one ebay-seller here in Germany:
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Friend of Leo's
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Bushey, near London, England
Age: 62
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Don't know about this model - the headstock's wrong to my eyes - but I can say that ESPs are of highest build quality and totally pro-standard instruments. I'd take my early 1980s 400-series Tele (with the proper headstock shape) over any MIA or MIJ Fender of the period that I've tried. In fact, I did!
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Tucson AZ
Age: 45
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Coincidentally I was just looking at a red one signed by Ronnie Wood hanging behing the cash wrap at Rainbow Guitars here in Tucson. It looked like a pretty sweet guitar.
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Florida
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I just picked this up from Daves Guitar shop last night:
![]() Brand new........$995. You just can't beat that with a stick! He just blew it out to make room for some new stock and I was at the right place at the right time when it was listed on his website. He said I snagged it 15 minutes after he posted it and he was getting emails all day still about it. This is the first NEW guitar I've bought in about 12 years. I always buy second hand but this price was just as good. About time I get some good luck.........(maybe I better keep my mouth shut until it arrives |
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Boston
Age: 41
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That looks pretty great to me. I'll take one of those and a side order of his signature Gibson J-200.
My favorite Ron Wood quote was a couple fo years ago after he got out of rehab: "I'm totally clean and sober nowadays, I just have a couple of Guiness each day and a glass of wine with dinner and that's it." Bless his little cotton socks. |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NYC
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Ron Wood ESP with 2 single-coils
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Is anybody familiar with this? Thanks. |
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Tele-Afflicted
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Berlin, Germany
Age: 51
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Strange that they call them Ron Wood, because the ESP's Ronnie uses are all B-bender equiped - well as far as I've seen them.
he uses a black one and a red one. ![]() Ron in London, 23 Aug 2007 Last edited by Alamo; March 4th, 2008 at 02:03 PM. |
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Pittsburgh Pa
Age: 45
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Ronnie Wood Tele
I'm biased, but I love my buddy Vic's who has an original early run signed by Ronnie directly to Vic; Not too fancy, CAR color, and plays like butter. Vic often uses this as his go-to quick grab guitar when inspired. I dont blame him....
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I remember playing a Ron Wood ESP more than a year ago and loved the feel and tone. I didn't even mind the headstock which I'm not really fond of. If I do get one, I might have a go at re-shaping the headstock.
Anyway, I've been wondering if there's an Edwards (ESP Japan)model. I'm always on the lookout. Scooby Don't - $995 is an awesome price. I doubt you can get them anymore at that price, even a used one.
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Friend of Leo's
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Bushey, near London, England
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I too had my doubts about the headstock shape when I got my 400-series Strat (see earlier post). But I've become used to it and, to me at least, it says, "Hey, look - I'm not a pretend Fender, I'm a real ESP!". Which is very definitely nothing to be ashamed of.
Edit: I was typing this while our friend Unseen was posting with a quote from me on this thread last year. Shows how my view's been amended in the meanwhile.
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Friend of Leo's
Join Date: Apr 2007
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I don't think that this is necessarily so in many cases. Rather it's a matter of aesthetics, in as much that if a standard headstock shape is so familiar and identifiable with a particular body configuration, irrespective of brand, then any variation will, at least at first sight, seem incongruous.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Pittsburgh
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I love mine
I'm a Fender man, but a big Ronnie Wood fan too, when I saw one for $800, I jumped on it and I'm glad I did. Quickly became my number one, it's a great guitar. Twangs with the bridge and screams with the bucker. Had mine since June and I can't put it down.
I can see how people don't like the headstock, but play one, I don't think you'll be disappointed. The fretwork and neck are superb. Now if Mr. Wood could only get his act together!
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Louisville, KY
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Thought I'd bump this thread up as I recently picked up an '06 Custom Shop Ronnie Wood. I've only had it for a few weeks, but I can't seem to put it down. The quality of the workmanship is second to none. It's one of the best playing guitars I own, and with the combination of the bridge tele pickup and Humbucker neck, I can get quite a few differing tones out of it. My only beefs (and they are really preferences) is that I would prefer the frets to be just a little taller and it's kind of heavy for a tele (around 8.5 lbs). But those are things I can easily look over since it's such a fine guitar.
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Tele-Holic
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Pittsburgh
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Mine's a year old now and I still love it. It's a non trad Tele, but the neck is nice and fat and there's lots of great mojo in this guitar.
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: May 2009
Location: RAIDER NATION, N. California
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Years ago, around 1980-- I was a working musician on the road. I really wanted a Strat, actually needed one.
Fender Strats were hard to find--a lot of people were buying them to put Floyd (GULP) Roses on them. Anyway--I stopped in a local shop and found a Partscaster--it had a Charvel neck and ESP body--the old Seymour Duncan pups. She was a fine sounding guitar--always got plenty of compliments on my tone. Like a lot of the unfinished Charvel necks--this one warped after a few years on the road--by then I played Teles and had a few other Strats. I put her away, slowly collected parts for her, and basically forgot about her. Eventually, around 2002, I acquired a beautiful Birdseye, maple, Warmouth, neck and went to work. I looked at the body--it was a swamp ash! I totally forgot what I had. I put her together with old Fender pups, a new bridge, and WOW! She's been my #1 gigging Strat since--maybe worth about $350?! She's road worn, sentimental, wouldn't trade her for a new CS Strat. Someday, I'll treat her to a set of Fralin's . . . I love this guitar! Goes to show--brand name doesn't always mean squat! ESP's are fine instruments--wouldn't hesitate to grab a Tele too!
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As one who really hates goofy headstock shapes and can't believe some of the headstocks used by many high end 'boutique' builders, I must say this is one of the better non-Fender designs.
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