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Looks, Tone, and Response ? This LTD Has It All





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The ESP LTD EC-1000T CTM blends the look and feel of a traditional chambered single cut with the versatile active electronics to handle modern and classic styles of music. The EC-1000T CTM's weight-relieved mahogany body comes crowned with a gloss-finished maple top for comfort and presence onstage. On the playability side, its 3-piece mahogany neck and 13.8-inch-radius Macassar ebony fingerboard provide the room and reach to take your rhythms and leads to bold new heights. Best of all, whether you're playing smooth jazz or technical metal, you can coax endless textures out of the EC-1000T CTM's tri-voiced Fishman Fluence active pickups. Set-through neck construction gives this guitar long-lasting sustain and excellent articulation, while a TonePros locking Tune-o-matic bridge and tailpiece deliver dependable tuning stability and intonation. Complete with an eye-grabbing finish and premium gold hardware, the EC-1000T CTM from Sweetwater is one guitar that has it all.





Fluence Open Core Classic pickups give you endless tonal options





With the EC-1000T CTM's Fishman Fluence active pickups, you're able to harness several decades of the most sought-after rock and metal tones ever mined. Yours with the tug of a pot are three distinctly different voicings for each pickup:





Neck V1: a vintage-sounding PAF humbucker


Neck V2: an airy chime with plenty of sweetness


Neck V3: a quacky, spanky classic single-coil


Bridge V1: a bridge-position PAF with extra output


Bridge V2: a muscular, hot-rodded humbucker


Bridge V3: an overwound single-coil for Texas blues to screaming leads





And unlike other wire-wound pickups, Fluence Open Core Classics are able to deliver these classic voicings without noise or inductance issues. Discover for yourself why many guitarists at Sweetwater have trusted our axes to the Fluence system ? check out the LTD EC-1000T CTM.





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Classic look meets modern performance





Nothing screams hard rock like ESP's EC-series single-cut body style. The chambered body of this single-cutaway design gives the EC-1000T CTM epic sustain at a reduced weight, whereas its slightly arched top provides you with comfortable hand positioning no matter your picking style. Add to that a super-sharp cutaway, which gives you open access to the EC-1000T CTM's highest frets, and this guitar is equipped for everything from growling rhythms to singing leads.





The LTD series: ESP style and substance at a modest price





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 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.





ESP LTD EC-1000T CTM Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:


Classically inspired electric guitar with exceptional sustain and tone


Gloss-finished maple top on a weight-relieved chambered mahogany body


Thin "U" profile mahogany neck plays fast and smooth


Modern 13.8-inch-radius ebony fingerboard


Fishman Fluence Open Core Classic active pickups unearth decades of sought-after blues, rock, and metal voicings


TonePros locking Tune-o-matic bridge/tailpiece gives you dependable tuning stability and intonation


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


22 extra-jumbo stainless steel frets deliver long-lasting great playability


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