{"id":23366,"date":"2025-01-05T21:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T21:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/?p=23366"},"modified":"2025-01-05T21:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T21:37:20","slug":"id-bet-most-rock-guitarists-use-only-the-bridge-pickup-with-the-tone-control-wide-open-90-of-the-time-so-why-bother-with-a-neck-pickup-and-tone-controls-esp-ltd-de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/2025\/01\/05\/id-bet-most-rock-guitarists-use-only-the-bridge-pickup-with-the-tone-control-wide-open-90-of-the-time-so-why-bother-with-a-neck-pickup-and-tone-controls-esp-ltd-de\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019d bet most rock guitarists use only the bridge pickup with the tone control wide open 90% of the time\u2026 so why bother with a neck pickup and tone controls?\u201d ESP LTD Deluxe EC-01FT review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you prefer to keep your tone\u00a0as big, pure and uninhibited as\u00a0possible, this guitar certainly meets those goals without any feelings of compromise or missing\u00a0out.<\/p>\n

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Pros<\/h4>\n
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    Exclusive Seymour Duncan Custom 14 humbucker delivers\u00a0bold, aggressive humbucking tone.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Push\/pull master volume knob provides access to outstanding single\u2011coil\u00a0tone.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Recessed bridge enhances playing comfort luxurious craftsmanship, attention to detail and tone woods.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

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    Cons<\/h4>\n
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      Lack of a neck pickup limits tonal options, but that\u2019s really the point of its design.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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      You can trust Guitar World <\/span>Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing guitar products so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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      What is it?<\/span><\/h3>\n

      I\u2019m a big believer in simplicity when it comes to the electric guitar<\/a>, especially when the priority is the boldest, most dynamic tone.<\/p>\n

      I often find that the best approach is to strip things down to the barest of essentials and that any and every addition to the signal path is more likely to take away than add to the equation.<\/p>\n

      Hey, this theory worked for everything from Eddie Van Halen\u2019s Frankenstein to Leslie West\u2019s Gibson Les Paul<\/a> Junior, and who could argue with that?<\/p>\n

      Playability and sounds<\/span><\/h3>\n

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      (Image credit: ESP Guitars)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

      The LTD EC-01FT may be stripped down, but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s austere. The mahogany body and three-piece mahogany neck are seamlessly joined as if they were crafted from a single slab of wood, and body routing is kept to a minimum to ensure maximum resonance.<\/p>\n

      The control cavity is a little larger than usual, but it provides ample space for a battery should you choose to later install an active pickup.<\/p>\n

      The neck\u2019s Thin U profile combined with the deep cutaway facilitates fast, unimpeded playing across the entire silky smooth Macassar Ebony fretboard. The recessed bridge keeps the strings close to the body, making it easy to comfortably palm mute<\/a> the strings.<\/p>\n

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      (Image credit: ESP Guitars)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

      Verdict<\/span><\/h3>\n

      The ESP LTD Deluxe EC-01FT may be stripped down to the essentials when it comes to its single humbucking pickup and solitary master volume control, but its upscale materials, design refinements, quality hardware and impeccable craftsmanship result in a luxurious ax that\u2019s much more than a bare-bones Junior model.<\/p>\n

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      Chris is the co-author of Eruption – Conversations with Eddie Van Halen. <\/em>He is a 40-year music industry veteran who started at Boardwalk Entertainment (Joan Jett, Night Ranger) and Roland US before becoming a guitar journalist in 1991. He has interviewed more than 600 artists, written more than 1,400 product reviews and contributed to Jeff Beck\u2019s Beck 01: Hot Rods and Rock & Roll <\/em>and Eric Clapton\u2019s Six String Stories.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      If you prefer to keep your tone\u00a0as big, pure and uninhibited as\u00a0possible, this guitar certainly meets those goals without any feelings of compromise or missing\u00a0out. Pros + Exclusive Seymour Duncan Custom 14 humbucker delivers\u00a0bold, aggressive humbucking tone. + Push\/pull master volume knob provides access to outstanding single\u2011coil\u00a0tone. + Recessed bridge enhances playing comfort luxurious craftsmanship, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23370,"href":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23366\/revisions\/23370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}