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Built for Extreme Underground Metal





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Thanks to its menacing design, the ESP M-Black Metal looks as sinister as it sounds. It features an all-black finish, components, and hardware, and its Macassar ebony fingerboard boasts no inlays. In fact, the only thing preventing the M-Black Metal from disappearing into blackness is a series of glow-in-the-dark side markers. As for sound, this axe was built for extreme underground metal. A Seymour Duncan Black Winter bridge humbucker spews out grinding cacophony like nothing you've heard before, while neck-thru-body construction gives you long-lasting sustain and excellent articulation. And the M-Black Metal was made to last, sharing the same build quality as ESP's LTD Deluxe 1000 series.





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Seymour Duncan Black Winter humbucker delivers grime and grind





Seymour Duncan characterizes their Black Winter humbucker as being "extreme as the Scandinavian winter." The guitarists here at Sweetwater find that to be an apt description. Tailor-made for black metal, death metal ? basically any extreme subgenre of metal ? this pickup is jam-packed with grime and grind, yielding crushing distortion, punishing mids, and aggressive saturation. The M-Black Metal's Black Winter bridge humbucker is mounted directly to the guitar’s body to increase its presence and resonance.





Serial CI23100657


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ESP's Mirage body style delivers amazing comfort and tone





With feedback from their impressive stable of artists, ESP worked tirelessly to get their Mirage body style just right. The M Series is all about comfort, tone, and sustain. When you're rocking hard night after night, the last thing you need is an axe that hangs on you like a boat anchor. M Series guitars fit you like a glove, they're lightweight, and they're nicely balanced so you don't have to expend energy keeping your neck from diving. Try on an ESP M Series guitar for size. You won't look back.





ESP LTD ? a huge value with ESP quality





ESP LTD guitars were created to bring a more affordable version of the classic designs and quality of ESP guitars to a new market. The entire ESP LTD line of instruments features premium tonewoods, quality pickups, and solid hardware for a lifetime of use. An exacting eye for detail and quality means that every instrument is ready to rock when it leaves the factory. An impressive list of signature guitars by some of today's biggest guitar heroes shows the popularity and respect held by ESP LTD. If you're looking for the perfect rock or metal guitar, then you need to check out ESP LTD guitars.





Serial CI23100657


ESP LTD M-Black Metal Features:


Mirage body style with menacing all-black design


Alder body delivers equal doses of lows, mids, and highs


3-piece maple neck with smooth-playing Macassar ebony fingerboard


Seymour Duncan Black Winter humbucker yields crushing distortion, punishing mids, and aggressive saturation


Floyd Rose tremolo for twisting, bending, and dive-bombing


Neck-thru-body construction ensures long-lasting sustain and excellent articulation


Eye-grabbing satin finish, glow-in-the-dark side markers, and black hardware