Hace algo menos de un año señalaba la presentación de la guitarra «Alexi Laiho ‘Sawtooth’ RV-398AL». Ahora, el guitarrista finlandés conocido fundamentalmente por su trabajo en Children Of Bodom [wiki], saca un nuevo modelo con su nombre, disponible tanto en la serie ESP como LTD de ESP Guitars:
NEW ALEXI LAIHO SIGNATURE MODEL INTRODUCED BY ESP GUITARS AT WINTER NAMM 2006
Alexi Laiho, the highly acclaimed guitarist and frontman for Finnish metal
band Children of Bodom, has put his name on his first Signature Series guitars for ESP. The models, in two different finish combinations, are being released under the company?s ESP and LTD brands.?Alexi has risen through the ranks to be considered one of today?s top guitarists,? says Allen Steelgrave, ESP Director of Marketing and Artist Relations. ?His model was originally designed with the ESP Custom Shop in Japan, but we were always besieged with requests from customers who wanted a model made to his spec. Now, they can get Alexi?s custom axe, down to the most minute detail.?
The new ESP Alexi offers a striking V-shaped alder body available in two finishes: black w/yellow stripe and white w/black stripe. The guitar has a neck-thru 25.5? design, using a 3-pc maple neck with a 24-fret ebony fingerboard and saw-tooth inlays. The ESP Alexi includes white binding on neck and head, and comes with professional-quality components including a Floyd Rose original tremolo, Gotoh tuners, and a single EMG HZ H-4 pickup.
The LTD version of the guitar, called the AL-600, offers the same spec with the substitution of Grover tuners as the only variance from the ESP version.
Both the LTD Alexi-600 and the ESP Alexi will be available from authorized LTD and ESP dealers early in 2006.
Si queréis hacer como yo, y llorar amargamente por la falta de recursos para permitirme esta clase de lujos, podéis ver los 16 modelos presentados para el NAMM 2006, entre los que se encuentra el adelantado aquí mismo hace unos días: la ESP Ninja (con su modelo LTD pertinente).