ESP electric acoustics

[21ar]

Sod it, ordered the quilted ash body version ESP LTD XTONE EW-QA NG (Natural Gloss, Quilted Ash)

Think it looks a bit pukey but ash is my favourite sounding wood.

[John Eppstein]

Originally Posted by 21ar

Sod it, ordered the quilted ash body version ESP LTD XTONE EW-QA NG (Natural Gloss, Quilted Ash)

Think it looks a bit pukey but ash is my favourite sounding wood.

That looks an awful lot like my Ibanez AES10EAM1201. Could have been made in the same factory. I liked it quite a bit when I first got it but now, compared to other guitars with more conventional tonewoods in the top (spruce or mahogany) it sounds a bit plasticky.

Ash is a good tonewood for solid body electrics, not so much for acoustics. It is a hardwood, and hence does not resonate as well as a softwood like spruce, which is the wood most frequently used in quality steel string acoustic guitars, with mahogany being common is less expensive models.

[21ar]

Hm. I find the harder woods can make the sound too dark but it also depends a lot on the age of the wood. Also it's about the attack for me, darker woods have a very linear attack and aren't very percussive. Maple is sometimes too percussive which can result in a boomy type effect. Ash is a bit harder and has more warmth than maple but it still has that percussive attack and open sounding top end. Anyhow, will let you know what I think of it.

[21ar]

Guitar arrived in mint condition, plays and sounds great. These ESP guitars get my thumbs up.