KH-2 VINTAGE ESP
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Construction: Neck-thru-body
Scale: 25.5”
Body: Alder
Neck/Fretboard: Maple/rosewood
Inlays: Skull & bones
Pickups: EMG-81 active set
Electronics: 2 volume, tone, 3-way slotted toggle
Hardware: Black
Bridge: Original Floyd Rose
Binding: None
Frets: 24 XJ
Colors: Distressed BLK w/graphics |
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KH-2 ESP
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Construction: Bolt-on
Scale: 25.5”
Body: Alder
Neck/Fretboard: Maple/rosewood
Inlays: Skull & bones
Pickups: EMG-81 active set
Electronics: 2 volume, tone, 3-way slotted toggle
Hardware: Black
Bridge: Original Floyd Rose
Binding: None
Frets: 24 XJ
Colors: BLK |
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KH-3 ESP
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Construction: Bolt-on
Scale: 24.75”
Body: Alder
Neck/Fretboard: Maple/rosewood
Inlays: Spiders, skull & bones
Pickups: EMG-81 active set
Electronics: 2 volume, tone, 3-way slotted toggle
Hardware: Black
Bridge: Original Floyd Rose
Binding: None
Frets: 24 XJ
Colors: BLK w/custom graphics |
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KH-602 LTD
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Construction: Neck-thru-body
Scale: 25.5”
Body: Maple
Neck/Fretboard: Maple/rosewood
Inlays: Skull & bones, model at 24th fret
Pickups: EMG-81 active set
Electronics: 2 volume, tone, 3-way slotted toggle
Hardware: Black
Bridge: Original Floyd Rose
Binding: None
Frets: 24 XJ
Colors: BLK |
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KH-603 LTD
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Construction: Neck-thru-body
Scale: 24.75 ”
Body: Maple
Neck/Fretboard: Maple/rosewood
Inlays: Spiders, skull & bones, model at 24th fret
Pickups: EMG-81 active set
Electronics: 2 volume, tone, 3-way slotted toggle
Hardware: Black
Bridge: Original Floyd Rose
Binding: None
Frets: 24 XJ
Colors: BLK |
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KH-202 LTD
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Construction: Bolt-on
Scale: 25.5”
Body: Basswood
Neck/Fretboard: Maple/rosewood
Inlays: Skull & bones, model at 24th fret
Pickups: EMG-HZ H-4 set
Electronics: 2 volume, tone, 3-way slotted toggle
Hardware: Black
Bridge: Floyd Rose licensed
Binding: None
Frets: 24 XJ
Colors: BLK |
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KH-203 LTD
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Construction: Bolt-on
Scale: 24.75”
Body: Basswood
Neck/Fretboard: Maple/rosewood
Inlays: Spiders, skull & bones, model at 24th fret
Pickups: EMG-HZ H-4 set
Electronics: 2 volume, tone, 3-way slotted toggle
Hardware: Black
Bridge: Floyd Rose licensed
Binding: None
Frets: 24 XJ
Colors: BLK |
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ESP WaveCaster
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This odd electric guitar has a hollow and transparent plexi-glass body which is filled with blue wave machine fluid. It has a rosewood fretboard, a standard ESP neck and a natural headstock. Its body design is an ESP Telecaster model.
As you can see at the picture on the right side the blue fluid seperates into a blue and a clear one at the bottom when the guitar is not being moved.
- Model: ESP WaveCaster
- Basis model: ESP Telecaster
- Color (body): Blue fluid in a hollow plexiglass body
- Color (neck/headstock): Natural wooden
- Inlays: Dot
- Pickups: EMG-81 humbucker
- Hardware: 1 volume control
- Can be seen: "Cunning Stunts" ("Am I Evil") Only used live: "Cunning Stunts"
The custom ESP guitar (the picture on the right side):
Instead of the standard neck with the simple dot inlays of Kirk's guitar, that one has devil inlays like the ESP signature KH-1 model. The headstock is black instead of the natural colored headstock of Kirk's guitar. At the top of the custom guitar's headstock is another devil like the inlay devils and it has different tuners on it. |
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KH-4 M-II 'Fuck You'
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This electric-guitar is a black signature model which is based upon the ESP M-II serie. It consists of an alder neck-through body, a maple neck, a rosewood fingerboard and a Floyd Rose bridge. It has a white mother of pearl pickguard and at the 12th fret is written "Fuck You". At the top of its headstock is a signature of Kirk.
- Model: ESP KH-4
- Basis Model: ESP M-II
- Color: black with white pearl pickguard
- Inlays: dots (at 12th fret: "Fuck You")
- Pickups: EMG-81, EMG-89 pickups
- Hardware: 2 volume and 1 tone knob
- Can be seen: It is the order form in the
"Live Shit" booklet |
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Kirk uses this guitar with his Roland VG-8 midi processor for recording.
Why Kirk does not use this guitar on stage: Kirk probably don't use the KH-4 on stage because it is very much heavier than his other guitars.
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ESP KH-2 M-II 'The Mummy'
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This electric guitar is a ESP signature model which is based upon the ESP M-II serie. Its body consist of alder, the fingerborad (with 24XJ frets) of rosewood and the neck which is bolt on the body of maple. The bridge is an original Floyd Rose bridge.
The body shows the original graphic of the movie "The Mummy" which is staring the actor Boris Karloff as the mummy. On the guitar's left horn there's written in a sort of hand writing font: "It comes to life!"
That is Kirk's favorite guitar. It can not be ordered at ESP, because Kirk owns the rights of the drawing. |
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ESP KH-1 Flying V 'Devil Inlays'
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This electric-guitar is a black/white ESP KH-1 signature model. The Flying V body consists of mahogany and the fretboard with the 22 extra jumbo frets of rosewood. The KH-1 was Kirk's first ESP signature guitar. It has only one pickup and only one volume control.
- Model: ESP KH-1 Flying V
- Basis model: ESP Flying V
- Color: black/white with black headstock
- Inlays: Dancing Devil
- Pickups: EMG-81 pickup
- Hardware: 1 volume control
- Can be seen: Live Shit: San Diego ("Last Caress") First time used live: "Black Album" gigs Still used live
This guitar is mainly used to be played D-tuned Similar model available ESP KH-1 |
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ESP KH-2 M-II 'Ouija' ________________________________________________________________________________
This ESP signature model is based upon the ESP M-II serie. Its body consist of alder, the fingerboard (with 24XJ frets) of rosewood and the neck which is bolt on the body of maple. The bridge is an original Floyd Rose bridge.
The Ouija board graphics between the pickups show a moon and a sun as well as on the graphics at edges of the guitar.
Its inlays show on the one hand a star within a half moon and on the other hand a singled star.
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What's written around the pickups: As you can see in the picture of the graphic: Above the pickups there is written "YES" "OUIJA" "NO"
Between the pickups there is the alphabet from "A" to "Z". Below the pickups there are the numbers from "1" to "10" and below that the word "GOOD BYE"
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The signature ESP KH-2 "Ouija" serie:
The ESP KH-2 Ouija with the "Skull & Crossbones" inlays are the older constructions and the ones with the "Half Moon & Star" inlays are the later constructions which were made of this serie. |
ESP M-II 'Frankenstein'
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The red graphic on the guitar's body shows Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster. The eyes of Frankenstein's monster are two brightly glowing red lights.
As its inlays there is written "THE MONSTER IS ALIVE!". The inlays' message begins at the bridge. The inlays glow green in the dark.
- Model: ESP M-II
- Color: black
- Inlays: THE MONSTER IS ALIVE!
- Graphic: Frankenstein's monster
- Pickups: 2x EMG-81 humbucker
- Hardware: 2 volume and 1 tone control
- Special: 2 red lights as the graphic's eyes
First time used live: "Summer Sanitarium (2000)" tour. |
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ESP Semi-Acoustic Eclipse
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This red steel-stringed semi-acoustic guitar consists of a semi-hollow mahogany body with a bound maple top and a 22 extra-jumbo frets long rosewood fingerboard. It has a piezo electric pickup with an active EQ system.
Kirk uses this guitar for the acoustic parts of the live show
- Model: ESP Semi-Acoustic Eclipse
- Colour: Red
- Inlays: Dot
- Pickups: Piezo pickup with active EQ
- Hardware: 1 volume knob
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