@@godfreyandguitars damn dude.. ratio'd tf outta you on your own channel's comment section! It's not even _close_ with your 7 ups to the ppl's +/- 20s! The ppl have spoken and it doesn't look good for you (in this situation) but hey, I guess as long as you have ppl willing to let you demo -priceless- $40,000 guitars on your channel you're doing something right, apparently.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But clearly the ratios belong to the ppl, therefore you're *objectively wrong* for your choice of omitting any OG Metallica riffs like *Harvester of Sorrow* or *The Thing That Should Not Be* or maybe even *Escape* from Ride the Lightning... Each of those examples are extremely easy to play & yet difficult af to perform _aesthetically_ with sh¡tty muddy tone, so you might've chosen wisely after all.. Anyway, that's my unsolicited $0.02 ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♫ ♪ ♩ \m/{>_
Little confused here. The EMG logos are wrong, which makes me think they're fake EMG's, and to add on to that, the switch tip color is black when it's supposed to be about the same color as the guitar. I don't know I could be wrong, but I researched this guitar for about a year now cause I've had a crazy obsession with it, and that's just what I noticed.
I hate to nit-pick but weren't the original fret markers all the same size up till the 12th, not 2 big 2 slightly smaller, like the 350$ Chinese knock offs?
That is true only for James's MX220 prototype. His MX220 is totally different from the production series... Hetfiled's MX220 was made as "prototype" in 1987 and the production model was in 1989/91
James had 2 Gibson Explorers (EX-84). He used it live from '84-'87. The first one was the "So What" and the second one (backup) was the "More Beer". He switched the pickups to EMGs at around '87 I believe. Then he got endorsed by ESP ever since Justice came out. The MX-220. He had two of 'em. One was the iconic "EET FUK", & the second was a black one with "FUK EM UP" that had regular dot inlays. The MX-220 was quite similar to the EX-84 but had slight body angle changes. The MX-220 also only had two knobs rather than the three knobs of the Gibson. (Quite hypocritical of Gibson cause they sued ESP for the MX-series, but ended up copying the hardware and control layout of the MX) After the Justice Tour, James retired the MX-220s from touring, cause it was beaten up pretty bad. He then used MX-250s which the bodies was quite longer than the MX-220. One iconic MX-250 he had was the "Of Wolf & Man". MX-220 resembles '58 Explorer. MX-250 resembles '76 Explorer.
Fuck what all the other comments are saying. That is a beautiful a guitar and you should be glad you own such a rare piece of art. As for your playing… ITS YOUR GUITAR!!!! Play whatever the hell you want on it! 🤘
Dude you should see if trogly wants to make a review and demo video about this guitar. It would be great exposure for it and he could find out all sorts of stuff we don’t know directly from esp. I’m sure he’d love to do it.
That’s how he makes money. We live about 50 miles from each other. I have a couple rare guitars and contacted him to see if he would like to review them for content. That’s when he said sure..... but he would charge me. 😂😂😂😉
Didn't he pretty much just do his own review right here? And with this review nobody has to listen to that stupid annoying Trogley cackle that he always does at the end of every sentence. And him charging to review a guitar for a video he gets paid from is the definition of creator narcissism.
nice video, but dude... how comes u didn't play some thrashy metallica riffs with a shit ton of downpicks on that thing... its like driving a Ferrari but only going 20mph...
The short answer to that is simply that I don’t play that style, it’s just not my thing, I’m also not a shred bot either 🤷🏻♂️. The MX220 is great for the style you mentioned but also great for a lot of other styles as well, it’s def not a one trick pony. 🤘🏼
Hey man, cool video. Do you by chance know the weight of your MX220? I've always wondered if those were on the heavier side or not (Heavier side meaning 9.5+ lbs.) - *cheers*
Lol it would be really cool to see a white 84 Gibson explorer, just to follow with the Metallica collection. Really rare but really cool. Great vid as well!
@@willtsam171 They are hard to find, I was going to past a picture of it on here but it won’t let you past or anything. It’s identical to James’s 84 in which he used all through the Master of Puppets days and it became the Moore Beer guitar on the Justice tour. It cost me a pretty penny, the guitar was completely re done and EMG’s installed, repainted in that creamy off white, all frets replaces and new tuners as well by a very respectable Luther. I’ve owned that guitar since 2010 and it’s a go to guitar, I didn’t play it out much but it saw around 10 shows, it’s just to nice to mess it up live. Perfect tuning and intonation, and it growls with long sustaining notes. Let me know if you know of a way to send a picture of it and I will.
Just checked the differences between the real one and one of Tayfun's 220's, you weren't kidding, you can tell by the middle finger inlays, tough luck for this dude, hope he didn't spend 20k on it
The James Hetfield MX220 is totally different from the production series... His 220 was made as "prototype" in 1987 and the production model was in 1989/91
probably one of the most badass explorers ever. Cool that you did a talking video about it instead of just a straight demo. But fuck man the production is chaotic, almost gave me stroke, not that it's bad, just a bit overproduced maybe. But i can tell you put alot of time and thought into it, just trying to give some feedback. Keep it up!
I’ll try to post something about it, but it’s all “in the box” amp plugins, OD pedal plugins etc. I still prefer real amps and analog pedals but for convenience it’s hard to beat plugins :/
@@godfreyandguitars I did compare it to James's original one, and a few things are different from it, don't know why ESP didn't make it an exact copy but it all point's to James not wanting his guitar copied, thus why there are quite few of these made, but yeah after doing some digging indeed that is an actual MX 220, congrats on the purchase dude!
@@Orhaninho1901 @Godfrey & Guitars Nope and nope James still has his original MX 220 and it is at the Metallica HQ you can see it in many video from the hardwired to self destruct making of
The story goes that back in ‘91 ESP had planned to make about 125 of them but James Hetfield asked them not to so only 25 were made and then never made again.
Gibson sued ESP over using their exact body style, so ESP had to slightly alter explorers made after the lawsuit, thus the extreme price tag of originals and the current design.
Hey you! Is that the guitar you used on Sugar Puss? Or was that just soundtracking for the detail view of the guitar? Inquiring minds wanna know...🤓 Can’t wait for more new stuff!
@@all0utmetal735 Yay I win. seriously I can't have an opinion if I think the guitar is a nice looking guitar or not? I think there are much worse comments out there and you won't have to go far to find them. But hey I guess your entitled to your opinion as well. Have a great rest of your day.
Has an actual JH ESP guitar and proceeds to play crappy computer music. Great job
🤣
That guitar should belong to a museum not to some pop star wannabe
that's what i thought. And instead of playing Metallica riffs he plays these pop nu metal riffs.
I suggest you both work on your playing, tones and videos before critiquing anyone else’s.
I agree, if you are doing a demo on a Hetfield guitar at least play a decent fucking riff with some distortion, not that mud shit that was coming out.
@@godfreyandguitars was bro mad?
@@godfreyandguitars damn dude.. ratio'd tf outta you on your own channel's comment section! It's not even _close_ with your 7 ups to the ppl's +/- 20s!
The ppl have spoken and it doesn't look good for you (in this situation) but hey, I guess as long as you have ppl willing to let you demo -priceless- $40,000 guitars on your channel you're doing something right, apparently..
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But clearly the ratios belong to the ppl, therefore you're *objectively wrong* for your choice of omitting any OG Metallica riffs like *Harvester of Sorrow* or *The Thing That Should Not Be* or maybe even *Escape* from Ride the Lightning...
Each of those examples are extremely easy to play & yet difficult af to perform _aesthetically_ with sh¡tty muddy tone, so you might've chosen wisely after all..
Anyway, that's my unsolicited $0.02
♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♫ ♪ ♩ \m/{>_
Little confused here. The EMG logos are wrong, which makes me think they're fake EMG's, and to add on to that, the switch tip color is black when it's supposed to be about the same color as the guitar. I don't know I could be wrong, but I researched this guitar for about a year now cause I've had a crazy obsession with it, and that's just what I noticed.
Do you know you can change the switch tip?
And by the way that's the old emg logo
its a fake lol
You should buy a Hard Case for that with locks and keep it somewhere safe. 👍 Beautiful guitar my friend.
Indeed, like Bitcoin it’s value is appreciating 🙌🏼
The horrible things I would do for that axe. Literally my mental conception of metal in a single guitar
good vid but if u play a metallica guitar you should play metallica songs but you dont WHY
Because he sucks ass at guitar…
bro didnt even play any thrash metal
I hate to nit-pick but weren't the original fret markers all the same size up till the 12th, not 2 big 2 slightly smaller, like the 350$ Chinese knock offs?
That is true only for James's MX220 prototype.
His MX220 is totally different from the production series...
Hetfiled's MX220 was made as "prototype" in 1987 and the production model was in 1989/91
You released this video three years ago and still haven't made the Hamer Standard(s) video? (From a Hamer Standard owner)
I've been trying to figure out what does "EET FUK" means?? I saw an old james pic where he had a tape that said "BEER" on it.
James had 2 Gibson Explorers (EX-84). He used it live from '84-'87. The first one was the "So What" and the second one (backup) was the "More Beer". He switched the pickups to EMGs at around '87 I believe.
Then he got endorsed by ESP ever since Justice came out. The MX-220. He had two of 'em. One was the iconic "EET FUK", & the second was a black one with "FUK EM UP" that had regular dot inlays. The MX-220 was quite similar to the EX-84 but had slight body angle changes. The MX-220 also only had two knobs rather than the three knobs of the Gibson.
(Quite hypocritical of Gibson cause they sued ESP for the MX-series, but ended up copying the hardware and control layout of the MX)
After the Justice Tour, James retired the MX-220s from touring, cause it was beaten up pretty bad. He then used MX-250s which the bodies was quite longer than the MX-220. One iconic MX-250 he had was the "Of Wolf & Man".
MX-220 resembles '58 Explorer.
MX-250 resembles '76 Explorer.
Supposedly, it used to say "EET FUK SLEEP" but the part with sleep was getting in the way of his arm, so he cut it down.
It was the two (three) things he liked to do the most. Eat, fuck, and sleep. Hence, EET FUK
New sub here! Keep it up!
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Which guitar said
Kill Bon Jovi ?
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is this pauly shore
Yep.
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Fuck what all the other comments are saying. That is a beautiful a guitar and you should be glad you own such a rare piece of art. As for your playing… ITS YOUR GUITAR!!!! Play whatever the hell you want on it! 🤘
How dare you put anime music in a video about a heavy metal guitar.
THANK YOU!!!!!
Who cares dude.
I hear you, but I can't listen to you 🤣
So, you have an ultra rare hetfield guitar… and don’t play Metallica?
Fully hating here. How the fuck you buy this guitar, and not play any Metallica riffs on it.
I KNOW
Dude, awesome video! But if you show one of Metallica's iconic guitars, you should play one song of them at least. Just saying 😅
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I didn’t finish watching the video because of the stupid jokes and anime music :/
who cares, cry me a river tough guy.
@@godfreyandguitars XDDDDD
what’s this anime bs wheres the distortion
Hell nah man guitar like this doesn't deserve these tortures. Play something decent plz
Dude you should see if trogly wants to make a review and demo video about this guitar. It would be great exposure for it and he could find out all sorts of stuff we don’t know directly from esp. I’m sure he’d love to do it.
Ye trogly loves those stuff
Trog will review it.... but he charges you.
@@beauvanbibberbvgration3770 why the fuck would he do that? He’s getting money from the video
That’s how he makes money. We live about 50 miles from each other. I have a couple rare guitars and contacted him to see if he would like to review them for content. That’s when he said sure..... but he would charge me. 😂😂😂😉
Didn't he pretty much just do his own review right here? And with this review nobody has to listen to that stupid annoying Trogley cackle that he always does at the end of every sentence. And him charging to review a guitar for a video he gets paid from is the definition of creator narcissism.
one of my favorite versions of the explorer shape
Yknow no hate or anything, but it’s weird that I’ve seen two guitar youtubers with JH guitars, and they don’t play metallica riffs in their video
you shouldve played some metallica 😭
Nice video man, but why you dont play a metallica song?
nice video, but dude... how comes u didn't play some thrashy metallica riffs with a shit ton of downpicks on that thing...
its like driving a Ferrari but only going 20mph...
The short answer to that is simply that I don’t play that style, it’s just not my thing, I’m also not a shred bot either 🤷🏻♂️. The MX220 is great for the style you mentioned but also great for a lot of other styles as well, it’s def not a one trick pony. 🤘🏼
@@godfreyandguitars yeah yeah just sell the fucking thing if you cant play it
@@godfreyandguitarsIts not your thing yet you bought an EET FUK guitar? 🤔🤨
it was supposed to be EET FUK SLEP but there was not enough room on the body on the guitar so it was just left to EET FUK
Don’t ever fucking play anime music with James guitar, EVER
Haha Love it! No worries, he gave me special permission just this once :)
His guitar=his music choice. Stay mad bud
Should at least played some metallica licks in honor of hetfield.
I agree 😞
This was bad. Really really really bad.
Hey man, cool video. Do you by chance know the weight of your MX220? I've always wondered if those were on the heavier side or not (Heavier side meaning 9.5+ lbs.) - *cheers*
It's honestly insane you managed to get your hands on one of them!
Yes indeed!
I found one of these at a pawn shop today for 400$ and it's in AMAZING condition
it's a replica
The real one goes for tens thousands of dollars so you must have seen a replica
5:48 you better lose yourself in the music,the moment.....
how do you have so little subs? great quality vids!
Thank you, i just started this channel, let's see how it goes 🙌🏼
Lol it would be really cool to see a white 84 Gibson explorer, just to follow with the Metallica collection. Really rare but really cool. Great vid as well!
Indeed! Thank you.
I have the 84 explorer just never posted a video of it or anything. But it’s a true 84 Gibson not a knock off or a re issue either.
@@dereksmith1869 was it hard to find cas thats sick lol
@@willtsam171
They are hard to find, I was going to past a picture of it on here but it won’t let you past or anything. It’s identical to James’s 84 in which he used all through the Master of Puppets days and it became the Moore Beer guitar on the Justice tour. It cost me a pretty penny, the guitar was completely re done and EMG’s installed, repainted in that creamy off white, all frets replaces and new tuners as well by a very respectable Luther. I’ve owned that guitar since 2010 and it’s a go to guitar, I didn’t play it out much but it saw around 10 shows, it’s just to nice to mess it up live. Perfect tuning and intonation, and it growls with long sustaining notes. Let me know if you know of a way to send a picture of it and I will.
@@dereksmith1869 that would be sick, thats nice to know!
Did not expect to get anime with one of the most iconic brutal guitars in metal history!
That is so cool man. You know all about the stuff and it's history
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This all stinks of Tayfun and his fake MX220 that he head refinished to look new.
Just checked the differences between the real one and one of Tayfun's 220's, you weren't kidding, you can tell by the middle finger inlays, tough luck for this dude, hope he didn't spend 20k on it
naturally the guitar was authenticated before purchase 👌🏼
The James Hetfield MX220 is totally different from the production series...
His 220 was made as "prototype" in 1987 and the production model was in 1989/91
Was never a major fan of this one. However, the JH1 V is one I would love to get my hands on.
awesome mate, like
Wait... 394??? When I clicked on this video I thought you had 394k since you're reviewing this highly highly rare guitar lol
You need subs your video os great quality
Thank you!
probably one of the most badass explorers ever. Cool that you did a talking video about it instead of just a straight demo. But fuck man the production is chaotic, almost gave me stroke, not that it's bad, just a bit overproduced maybe. But i can tell you put alot of time and thought into it, just trying to give some feedback. Keep it up!
Thanks for the input. I made it fast pace for the ADD world we live in. I’m probably a bit ADD as well 😎🙃✌🏼
how do u get that tone help
I’ll try to post something about it, but it’s all “in the box” amp plugins, OD pedal plugins etc. I still prefer real amps and analog pedals but for convenience it’s hard to beat plugins :/
日本語でごめんなさい。 私もそのギター持っています。 質問ですがトーンはついていますか？ 付いていたとしたら何がついていますか？ 私のはついていません。 そして売りたいいくらで売ればいいと思う？
Sorry to say dude but I think you got ripped off, the middle finger inlays aren't supposed to change size up until the 12th fret...
the guitar was authenticated prior to purchase, no worries 👍🏼
@@godfreyandguitars I did compare it to James's original one, and a few things are different from it, don't know why ESP didn't make it an exact copy but it all point's to James not wanting his guitar copied, thus why there are quite few of these made, but yeah after doing some digging indeed that is an actual MX 220, congrats on the purchase dude!
@@lionwolf2797 do you know if there are any identifiers between originals and replicas? I really wanna know if the one near me is original or not
@@lionwolf2797his was the prototype, and was changed before it would be publicly sold
Does Hetfield have one of those 17 guitars?
I think I read somewhere that his original mx220 is in a museum somewhere.
@@godfreyandguitars And I think that one MX220 burnt in 1992 Montreal Show, and one MX250 he has in studio.
@@Orhaninho1901 @Godfrey & Guitars
Nope and nope James still has his original MX 220 and it is at the Metallica HQ you can see it in many video from the hardwired to self destruct making of
@@metfx81 but which one was burnt?
@@Orhaninho1901 an MX 250 during the show in Montreal in 1992
Damn !!! That’s legendary creation right there.
Will you ever review that red guitar you play with SOV? Looks very unique and has an incredible sound, never really seen the aesthetic anywhere else
Yea I think I will!
Awesome
Sick tone! Awsome guitar! Would you be able to review ESP Red Elk Skull?
Thanks! Let me take a look...
@@godfreyandguitars I don't know how many they made of those... James gave his back to ESP as part of their museum ;)
Awesome video, great guitar too
Does ESP make new ones?
Unfortunately no
The story goes that back in ‘91 ESP had planned to make about 125 of them but James Hetfield asked them not to so only 25 were made and then never made again.
@@godfreyandguitars dang I really want one
Gibson sued ESP over using their exact body style, so ESP had to slightly alter explorers made after the lawsuit, thus the extreme price tag of originals and the current design.
Hey you! Is that the guitar you used on Sugar Puss? Or was that just soundtracking for the detail view of the guitar? Inquiring minds wanna know...🤓
Can’t wait for more new stuff!
Yes I used it on that track!
By the way, don’t think I told you how much I dig that track. It’s a scorcher!
Thank you!
tayfun abii
did you snag this off the recent ebay acution?
Hi, no bought last year ✌🏼
ik man they’re on ebay but i’m a little nervous to buy it, i want it to be real
damn what was the riff starting at 5:33 ish mark
Wrote it while goofing around on camera. Could evolve into more perhaps.
Yo yo
where did you get?
guitarcollector.com 👈🏻
I don’t get the hate for what the guy is playing, I’m just pissed that he didn’t let me play it for a bit 😭
Great content! The butthurts in the comments are the cherry on top!
Man this shoulda had more views, hope you're doing well brother
How did you get your hands on one?
Nice job
the only issue I have with this guitar is that its hideous IMHO
Worst UA-cam comment ever. You win.
@@all0utmetal735 Yay I win. seriously I can't have an opinion if I think the guitar is a nice looking guitar or not? I think there are much worse comments out there and you won't have to go far to find them. But hey I guess your entitled to your opinion as well. Have a great rest of your day.
I will… I’m going to see Metallica right now at MetLife. Congrats on the win loser 😂🤣
@@all0utmetal735 Metallica concert hu. Well I am sure you will go far in life and when you do I hope you stay there.
@@all0utmetal735 The people who tolerate you on a daily basis are the real heroes.
Dude 😝