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With its sinister body shape and powerful voice, the ESP LTD F-1001 electric guitar is a bona fide metal machine from head to heel. It all starts with a warm and resonant mahogany body, laying a fantastic tonal foundation for a single EMG 81TW humbucker. Its sturdy and comfortable set-thru 3-piece maple neck sports a sleek ebony fingerboard, the ideal tonewood cocktail for effortless 6-string sweeps and furious tapping. A highly expressive Floyd Rose locking trem rounds out this monstrous machine ? everything needed for sonic decimation is on tap with the ESP LTD F-1001!





EMG 81TW delivers raging humbucker and squeaky-clean single-coil tones





Everyone loves the iconic EMG 81 humbucker, but what if it could do even more? That's precisely the thought that went into designing the 81TW, taking the coveted crunch and sharp attack of the 81 and throwing in an additional single-coil for some welcome spank and twang. EMG 81 diehards need not worry about tonal differences, as the 81TW dishes out waves of the same highly detailed distortion that solidified the original as a hallmark of modern metal tone. A push-pull master volume knob engages the single-coil mode, with EMG's noise cancellation technology cutting out that dreaded 60Hz hum with incredible results.





Squeal all day and dive all night with Floyd Rose





If you're familiar with those squeals and flutters littering countless metal tracks over the years, odds are, those sounds were accomplished with a heavy-duty Floyd Rose locking tremolo. The LTD F-1001 comes stock with a Floyd Rose, giving you instant access to subtle warbles, deep-sea dives, and practically any texture you can imagine. Sweetwater guitarists constantly turn to Floyd Rose for their tremolo duties thanks to their seemingly unlimited expressivity, rock-solid tuning stability, and significant sustain boost.





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ESP LTD F-1001 Electric Guitar Features:


Iconic F-shaped guitar makes its return to ESP's affordable LTD line


Mahogany body lays a warm and resonant tonal foundation


3-piece extra-thin "U" maple neck capped with smooth ebony makes shredding a breeze


EMG 81TW active humbucker delivers brutal humbucking tones as well as chimey single-coil sounds in a single pickup


Floyd Rose locking tremolo adds great sustain and whammy stylings to enhance your leads