ESP 48th St SEC Custom HSS Quilted Maple Body See Thru Orange Early 90s s w/OHSC

Vintage ESP 48th St SEC HSS Custom in See Thru Orange finish made in Early 90s with Original Hard Shell Case. This guitar features a solid 2-piece quilted maple body, maple neck and ebony fingerboard. Equipped with two ESP Single Coils in the neck and middle positions and a Seymour Duncan SH-12 George Lynch Screamin' Demon in the bridge position. Controlled by 1 volume pot, 1 tone pot and a 5-way blade switch. The 25.5" scale length neck has pearloid dot inlays and white side markers with 22 extra jumbo frets on a 305mm radius with a thin U profile. The hardware is comprised of black ESP Sealed Die-Cast tuning machines with cloche heads, a Floyd Rose locking nut, a Floyd Rose Original Double Locking Tremolo System bridge and black knurled dome knobs.

This guitar has few oddball things about it like the lawsuit headstock which would have ended in around 1988, the pickups being original, the Screamin' Demon was not available until around 1990-1991. The neck plate falls into esp's undated years between 1990 and 1991 as well. The neck pocket has the commonly found "NY" written in the pocket indicating it was a 48th street custom build with the neck having the "Electronics Sound products" ink Stamp on the neck Heel. This would line up with it being a one off build. This guitar is near identical to a couple others we have seen from the 48th street custom shop from the late 80s / early 90s builds. owner confirmed it was purchased in New York City around that time.

This guitar is in overall excellent condition. It has some light surface marks in various places on the body. One of the screw holes was doweled to fit a new trem cavity cover back plate; it was slightly misaligned when the original holes were drilled and the bottom left hole was drilled through the side of the cavity. The tuners/trem bar show some light wear. (See Pics)

Guitar is freshly setup and restrung with 9-42 strings. Includes Original Hard Shell Case.

Specs

• Brand: ESP
• Model: 48th St SEC HSS Custom
• Year: Early 90s
• Finish: See Thru Orange
• Country: The USA
• Serial: 59781
• Condition: Excellent
• Weight: 8lbs 10oz
• Body Type: Solid
• Body Wood: 2-Piece Quilted Maple
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Neck Joint: Bolt On
• Neck Wood: Maple
• Neck Finish: Satin Natural
• Finger Board: Ebony
• Neck Radius: 305mm
• Neck Profile: Thin U
• Neck Thickness@ 1st Fret: .792"
• Neck Thickness@ 12th Fret: .852"
• Inlays: Pearloid Dot
• Side Markers: White
• Nut: Floyd Rose Locking
• Nut Width: 42mm
• Frets: 22 Extra Jumbo
• Pickup Config: HSS
• Neck Pickup: ESP Single Coil (DCR: 5.83k)
• Middle Pickup: ESP Single Coil (DCR: 5.83k)
• Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan SH-12 George Lynch Screamin' Demon (DCR: 9.41k)
• Switch Arrangement: 5-Way Blade Switch
• Pot Arrangement: 1 Volume, 1 Tone
• Hardware: Black
• Tuning Machines: ESP Sealed Die-Cast with Cloche heads
• Strap Buttons: Standard
• Bridge: Floyd Rose Original Double Locking Tremolo
• Knobs: Black Knurled Dome
• String Gauge: 9-42
• Case: Original Hard Shell Case
  

Condition
Overall Condition: ★★★★✯
Body Front: ★★★★✯
Body Back: ★★★★ ·
Body Sides: ★★★★✯
Fret Board: ★★★★✯
Frets: ★★★★✯
Neck Back: ★★★★✯
Neck Pocket: ★★★★★
Headstock Front: ★★★★★
Headstock Back: ★★★★★
Headstock Sides: ★★★★★
Hardware: ★★★★✯
Pickups: ★★★★✯
Bridge: ★★★★✯
Knobs: ★★★★★