This guitar has the sound that I was looking for, primarily based on Metallica and other metal bands. The only problem I have experienced is that the sound has a little bit of a higher-pitched twang, mostly when palm-muting. That is the only reason why it is not at a 10.

The main problem that I found with this guitar is that the whammy bar will only allow you to dive-bomb (slam it down), and not get the pitch screaming up high. This is probably one of the main reasons why it isn't a $250 guitar.Everything else works great. The pickups are really nice as well.

I would, without a doubt, play this guitar at any show because I know that nothing is going to go wrong with this guitar. I have had it for about 3 months now and it is still in the same quality as when I had recieved it! The finish it good looking, althought it will show very easily andy pick scratches, sweat marks, or fingerprints, due to the satin finish, just a little more than any other black guitar I have played.

This is the best guitar that I have played at this price, even compared to some other guitars that cost more!

I wouldn't know, I have had no problems with the item.....yet.....So I was nice and gave it a 10.

The reason why I looked at this guitar is because of the look, then the value! As far as the sex appeal of this bad boy here, I absolutely love the look. The only thing that (in my opinion) beats this look, would either be the LTD F-200 and other guitars with that style, but for the most part, I love the looks of this axe!

EVERYTHING - specialize in rock.

This was first guitar, i bought it 1 year ago, and i still own it. The sound quality is medium, but it can be improved, by chaning pickups (totally worth it!), i have changed mine to EMG HZ and now it sounds much better! This guitar is perfect for all kinds of types of music, from bluesy stuff to metal and beyond

It came with a perfect set action, as i have ordered it from Germany. The only thing i didnt like about it is the chrome hardware, because the nowadays M50 Model has Black, and black hardware goes much better with the black satin finish. It also features a vintage tremolo, a bolt on neck, rosewood fingerboard, esp non locking tuners..but i have also changed them to Grover, and it stays much longer in tune now.

Like every guitar, its easy to use and it is very versatile

This guitar is very durable

This guitar definetly worths being bought for the price, and you put 150$ in the new pickups and grover tuners, and you get a very nice guitar

As I previous said, the guitar is good looking, but i dislike the chrome hardware, i think i might install black, or change the colour of the current one to black, but otherwise, a very sexy guitar.

Active Musician

Rock n Roll and Metal

This guitar has without a doubt the best sound out of all my guitars. First time I plugged it in it just blew me away.

Has everything I need and want in a guitar plus a little extra. Came with a whammy bar and the store threw in a case as well.

Easy to use and easy to get used to. Thought it would take a while to get a feel for it but it was the proper weight and hung just right to fit my playing style.

The quality is great. I would deffinately use it for a show. One thing that I didn't like was all the fingerprints that were left behind after just five minutes of play.

This guitar, in my opinion plays better then some other name brand guitars that are priced higher than it. My friend just bought a Fender Stratocaster and when we jam in his basement you can deffinately tell the difference between my guitar and his (mine being the better sounding guitar).

I realy haven't had a problem with it since I had it.

I've been told by many people that my guitar looks alot like Kirk Hammet's guitar and been asked if it is. I tell them no but it sounds jus as good. People really seem to like it.

Active Musician

Metal, Hard Rock, Rock, Classic Rock, Punk, Heaavy Metal

the sound is great for a guitar this price. with distortion it's pretty cool. of course you would need a pretty descent amp do make this guitar sound good.

a good thing is that it has a wammy bar. it also has a volume + tone knobs(whopee). what i dont like is that it has a 3 way switch instead of a 5 way. the neck has easy acces.

the guitar is great. stays in tune, doesn't break. real easy to work with.

with this price you can't go wrong. very good for beginners or professinal.

ESP...what to say...good support i hace 2 other guitars of theirs. goood customer support.

it's a basic body. the only thing cool is that the head tilts up instead of down like other brands.

active musician

metal,rock,alternative

The sound is ok, the pickups could be better.

The Whammy Bar that came with it bent the first time i tried to use it, and the tuners move alot so im always tuning.

Pretty easy to use. Great Action!

The Paint cracked when i set it down on my stand. The paint is suppoded to be satin black, but it looks more like a satin greenish gray.

There are too many problems with mine, so i wouldn't buy it for the $180 they sell it for here.

Didnt call them, got the guitar for $100, guess you get what you pay for.

The color is too greenish gray, but i love the REVERSE HEADSTOCK!

Metalhead

Death Metal, Comedy Metal, Hard Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Metal, Grindcore, Hardcore

Great sound, the stock pickups are great but im still gonna upgrade to EMG's yeahhhhhh!!!! Overall the sound was great i got a lot of control from the tone knob.

it came with a whammy bar, a few allen wrenches, and an extra spring for the tremolo bridge.

This guitar is as sturdy as a solid piece of diamond.The finish is great, it doesnt take scratches on the finish like other guitars, and it doesnt leave smudges as easy, even on the black.

you know, i would have paid the original 250 bucks for this guitar, its great my best guitar ever, and i own quite a few.

never dealt wit um. oh well, yay for me.

sweet!!!!

active musician

metal

I LOVE MY M-50!!! This guitar has a really good value for the money it's got a really slim neck which really makes it good for metal and the neck is glossed which makes it alot easier to play, I also love that it has a contoured heel for easy acsses to the upper frets. as I said... love it!

Only thing i would change would be the bridge mainley because tremolo bridges usually go out of tune when you use them.

Really good with the versatillity, can be used for anything.

In my oppinion it is made really well.

really good value

never had to use it

as i have said when you play it you realize how good it is thats how i got mine

4-5 years of playing

Blues, Death Metal

gets a great sound out of those humbuckers. very nice, clean cut sound.

not many features, but still a good, solid guitar.

it is incredibly easy to use, and the fretboard is nice and smooth.

very very very very very very very very very well made. love the blue satin finish.

definetly worth much more than the price... (i have a very strong opinion on this guitar, as you can see...)

i havent had any problems...

uh...it looks great, but...that's a strange way to put it.

hobbyist.

Everything!

the sound is good for metal and hardcore rock

doesnt have much features one i like was the whammy bar made it nice

great for beginners

made good solid frame

got mine at zzounds for 130.00

nevered had to use it

nice flat paint

Well I have two guitars and one sounds like a pieace of wood with strings on it and the other is ok. But this guitar dude I tried it out on a Line 6 spider III amp and man its totally awsome!

Some of the best things that I notice about the ESP M-50 is the neck its easy to slide and the bridge and the pick-ups they may not be EMG but damn thier awsome

Well the ESP M-50 is pretty easy to get the sound and it will blow you away.

The quality of the guitar is great and it looks like it is road worthy by some standars and yeah the parts seem easy to replace

Its a great value for a great guitar at a store its sells for 187 bucks buts great.

No, I haven't contacted ESP to tell them how great thier guitars are.

The sex appeal on this guitar is great it feels better some of the other guitars I tried. ESP did one hell of job on thier guitars

It's cool for it's price, but if you want something better, just buy new pickups, and it'll sound good... But the pickups are not bad at all...

IT has a sound knob, a tone knob and a 3 way picup selector... The Tremolo is a bit too stiff, also the materials are not very good except for the arm and fingerboard,those are cool...

IT's very very easy to get sounds from it, it's very intuitive, and you'll simply adapt yourself to this guitar with ease... It's very cool indeed...

It's cheap so it will never be very good, but for the price you pay, it's great, also it is very reliable and the guitar (except for the tremolo, which is configurable depending on who uses it) is very well fitted, there are no loose parts, and i never had problems with the knobs...

You could resell it with ease...

Active musician

Metal/Rock

body art

every thing we added to the guitar worked really well with no loss of anything

sweet Metallica would use it

reverse head, pickup adaptabilty, and easy to play,

ESP quality, well made

yes, affordable doesn't mean poor quality

looks like a KH-2