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With the ESP LTD Eclipse EC-1000 Piezo solidbody electric guitar plugged into your amplifier, you're primed for anything your gig throws at you. The Eclipse's set-neck design keeps it resonating longer than bolt-on designs. And with Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups, you've got powerful, articulate tone on demand. From chiming cleans to growling high-gain tones, this guitar covers a lot of tonal territory. You can even dial in the Fishman Powerbridge to access warm and natural-sounding acoustic tones. Get your hands on the LTD Eclipse, and find out why this is one of the more anticipated guitars at Sweetwater.





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Classic looks with modern performance





Nothing screams rock 'n' roll like ESP's timeless Eclipse body style. The extra mass of this mahogany and maple, single-cutaway design gives the Eclipse EC-1000 Piezo fantastic sustain. Its slightly arched quilt maple top provides you with comfortable hand positioning and a beautiful instrument to behold. Add open access to the Eclipse EC-1000 Piezo's upper frets, thanks to a super-sharp cutaway, and you have an instrument that blends a favored vintage design with modern appointments ? perfect for today's players.





Seymour Duncan JB and '59 humbuckers





ESP loaded the EC-1000 Piezo with a popular and versatile set of Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups. First, there's the Seymour Duncan '59 neck humbucking pickup that gives you creamy PAF tone with a full voice and an articulate top end that sounds great clean or through a high-gain circuit. It's the perfect complement to the Duncan JB model humbucker at the Eclipse EC-1000 Piezo's bridge position, whose much hotter output lets you slam the front end of any amp or stompbox for tight and punchy sounds that cut. The EC-1000 Piezo includes a 3-way pickup selector and push-pull for coil-split tones.





Acoustic and electric tones





To gain maximum versatility from the LTD EC-1000 Piezo, ESP outfitted it with the industry-leading Fishman Powerbridge. This TOM-style bridge is embedded with piezo pickups, so you can access rich and natural-sounding acoustic tones as well as the aggressive sounds offered by the magnetic humbuckers. You can use a single output and switch between the two or blend each sound with the onboard mini toggle. Alternatively, you can utilize the dual outputs for sending the magnetic and piezo signals to their own amplification simultaneously.





ESP LTD Eclipse EC-1000 Piezo Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:


Classic-looking electric guitar with piezo and magnetic pickup tones


Fishman Powerbridge allows you to choose magnetic, piezo acoustic, or a blend of both


Thin "U" profile makes the mahogany neck play fast and smooth


Mahogany body topped with quilted maple gives you rich, powerful tone with excellent snap and definition


Dual Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups give you flexible tone and aggressive output


3-way pickup selector and push-pull for coil-split tones


Tonepros locking TOM bridge/tailpiece gives you dependable tuning stability and intonation


Set-neck construction gives you long-lasting sustain and excellent articulation