UNBIASED GEAR REVIEW - ESP/LTD SH-7ET Head Signature 7-string Guitar
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- Опубліковано 4 січ 2018
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ESP LTD SH-7ET "Sir Headley" Head Signature Model 7-string
- Basswood Body wings with Flamed Maple top
- Maple Neck
- Ebony Fretboard
- 24 frets
- 25.5" Scale
- Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers
- Evertune bridge
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please do Solar guitar
hotrock513 I would love to see him do a Solar, but it’s almost impossible to get your hands on one, at least until March. The first batch sold out instantly. Once March comes around though, I’ll be waiting for that video
Collin Putney you can still buy them they have a few different models still up on the website
I am trying to, but I have been having problems the last two days trying to order one.
Thank you for this, been looking for a proper review on this guitar since it was announced.
Really nice job, love your reviews. Very complete with details that actually help when considering buying a guitar. Certainly not a fluff review like you are likely to find on UA-cam. Thanks for all your hard work.
I have this guitar and I had the noisy evertune problem on 1 string until I looked in the mecanism inside the guitar and founded a a loose spring. I've reconnected it and it work noiselessly now...:-D
Huge fan of what you do here. So smart, so thorough. Respect.
That intro song was by far my favorite out of all your videos awesome job bro!!
No one says "that being said" quite like you Arnold. That being said, you come up with some of the most lethal, venomous riffs I've ever heard. Thanks!
Diggin that COC riff. I love that band, started listening to them when i was 12 or 13... 35 now and still love them!
Getting for myself as a birthday present sooooo excited to play it. Hugeeee korn fan!!!
That axe sounds savage! Super Brutal! Those Fishman Fluence pickups sound huge. I must say Arnold I really like the way you mix your audio, I can definitely hear the difference between guitars you demo, more so than other channels. \m/
Very nice! I thought about picking this one up but I went with the LTD MH-1007ET Deluxe model. Love it!
Happy new year Arnold :) I probably click on your videos faster than any other channel, you've become my favourite guitar guy on the internets so I wish you a productive 2018! NOW LETS HAVE A MAYO REVIEW BRAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
I own one of these and I absolutely love it for Drop G tuning
Not seen you before but great vid and look forward to more, nice work man!
Thanks for the great review!
I used to live about 20 minutes from the Hoppin Frog brewery. Love their xmas ale.
Hey, Arnold, was that Clean My Wounds by COC when you were talking about spring noise? Also, awesome job as per usual, sir. I always praise your reviews for adding a touch of class that I didn’t know I wanted in a metal guitar review. Keep it up , man!
that"s definitely what it was. my ears perked at that for sure. just subbed Arnold and i'm diggin the channel so far. love the beer reviews too.
It definitely was haha
Or if you're a punk you know it as Helena...
@@joshbouman1654 It’s Clean my wounds 100%
New subscriber here after watching several of you videos. I appreciate the detail that you put into each guitar that you review, which helped me decide on getting the Seymour Duncan Alpha/Omega set for my 7 string.
On another note, the beer samplings near the end are awesome. I'm a fan of delicious craft beers myself and living in Northern Colorado provides me the opportunity to try out so many awesome brews! Fantastic comment about pumpkin ale haters too, as that goes for so many styles of beer as well.
+1 sub. Rhythm playing was solid on this video. Thanks for discussing the EverTune bridge details as well.
OK, so how the heck do us normal scrubs get into NAMM?
Sick review! I'm glad you posted this. I think I may order one of these.
Colton Hunt message me through Facebook. I’m selling this one.
I've had one now for about six months zero complaints once you learn how to work the Evertune system it's killer
Will you do any more Bass Guitar reviews? Enjoy your videos bro.
I have now fallen in love with this guitar! My next purchase for sure!!
Dude! I love how aggressively you pick! I feels like I’m the only one who picks so hard. Some people I see in covers and stuff on UA-cam barely even move their wrist and just movie their fingers back and forth
Love also your Chuck Schuldiner Guitar on the wall!! Cool Bro! I'm actually looking for buying this SH-7, thank you for your review!!
I WANT that Dutch orange Aristides behind you!! Great mix and review!!
Tom Murphy message me.
First a guitar review and now a beer review? What will you think of next. Awesome video! Keep up the good work!
Happy New Year Arnold! Your videos are fucking awesome by the way lol
i like how your room looks bro,its pretty awesome
Awesome review man! So jealous as that looks like my perfect guitar, buuuut a bit too expensive for me, for now :) Also, love the mini drink review at the end hehe. Keep it up dude!
Superb riffing at the start Arnold - top job.
I pulled the back cover off my solar guitar with evertune. It looks to be greased up pretty good. I don't notice any noise from it at all. Check yours out and see if its greased up good.
That intro jam melts my face every time, damn
New viewer and subscriber here. Great video. Did I hear A COC riff @ 9:30? Beautiful guitar. As A fellow meathead and brewer, I dig the fact that you try A different beer every episode. Keep up the great content! Cheers from Northern California. 🤘🎸🤘
excellent as always. thank you sir for all your workl
Got one of these a few months ago, so good. Spring noise is not an issue for me.
I'd love to hear an ep with more songs like this
I can't wait to pick mine up
I never thought about the Evertune ringing. I'm a floyd guy and the thought of not being able to dampen that ringing scares me off. Thanks for helping me make up my mind.
Very nice and as always honest review.
And it's funny that I found this channel because I was searching a purple guitar and saw this esp on evertune website and then that Reiver kompact 6 video here. By the way I really want to know what's your opinion about Reiver kompact now that you had it for about a year.
Sick demo riff as always!
Great to finally see a proper review of this guitar. I don’t know if it’s worth the divorce it would cause me...
zanmato86 sorry man...but no woman is worth getting in the way of a guitar haha.
You talk a lot of sense!
zanmato86 only from experience my man. Haha
I always say to my wife ... "ok if you dont want to buy a guitar I could one more tattoo and save some money ... It works every time!
manoskf hehe...see, uve figured out to keep the beast that is wife/girlfriend at bay.....
It's interesting that you point out the metallic noise from the bridge. Pretty much every other review I've seen of an Evertune equipped guitar says that they're dead silent.
Could be the reverse headstock.
I had one of the VGS soulmaster 7's with an evertune......the bridge does make noise due to the springs inside, i fucking hated the evertune personally.
Floyd roses have the same problem. The evertune guitar i played did the same thing. Not too annoying.
sam, I promise if you have that ringing you didnt have it setup right.
Metal Head Productions Had it set up by an official evertune endorsee and salesman, rung like hell, i got rid if it cos my main axe at the time never went out of tune and that had a tune'o'matic bridge haha. Wasnt my thing, i can see its uses but id never get a guitar with one again. Im a simple hardtail guy haha
Hey man, appreciate the reviews, really helps out. Your opinion on the PRS SE Holcomb was spot on, I absolutely love it, but tuning stability is horrendous.
Anyway....I'm in the market for a 7 string, I really love the 20in radius the Holcomb has. Is there a guitar you'd recommend that is similar specs to that one? (at least in terms of sound and what not) If they made a 7 string version I would buy it immediately. I mostly play metal, particularly progressive metal. Love a guitar that does clean tones well too.
I've never been much of an Ibanez fan, I do really like Schecters. I wouldn't mind trying out Jakes Ibanez JBM27 if I can find one locally.
If you have any suggestions it'd be much appreciated. I'm trying to stick around $1500 or less.
Thanks!
They remove about the same amount of wood as they remove for a floyd rose, sustain pickup, and switches, or all the above.
Good to hear something about the evertune . thanks Arnold
Awesome review, Arnold
Great review dude! Would you get the ESP E-II Horizon FR-7 model over this one if you want a Floyd Rose system for a death metal guitar? BTW love your commentary on brews as well. It pairs well with the guitar. I have an ESP Eclipse but want a 7 string guitar for black/death metal stuff and lot of it uses 7 strings.
beautiful guitar, still kinda disappointed that he left ibanez after so many years and so many sick guitars!
Hey Arnold! That tone is amazing, is it your own kemper impulse?
Great review. I just got an LTD EC-1000 ET on boxing day sale and I am really blown away by the guitar. The neck and fretwork really shocked me. The fretwork is ridiculously well done for the price point. If you want to just slam the shit out of your strings and play the most brutal breakdowns the ET bridge is perfection haha.
Hey Arnold! I'm wondering, did you get rid of this guitar too as you said you do after the video you make about the new guitars you get? Or, you still have it?
Have to agree w review. I have got KS7 and same applies to these 2. My evertune does not make noise.
Little bit of "clean my wounds". I enjoyed that. Haha
If it wasn't for the pick ups rings and evertune bridge, I would love to have one of these!
hey man, great review! I have 4 evertune guitars at the moment and I swear by them. You are right about the noise, though - it can be a pain. I've noticed it's far worse in one than it is in the others...kinda weird. I get similar noise from my Lo-pro Edge bridges, but its considerably easier to deal with. At the end of the day, the tuning stability is amazing and its def. worth having at least one evertune in your arsenal. Cheers!
Herbert from EverTune here. The rining on this guitar most likely comes from the strings behind the nut resonating due to not being muted, as we have experienced with most of our customers. The solution in this case is to use a piece of foam or a fretwrap to mute the strings behind the nut and it should be 100% silent. The EverTune has it's own damper and buffer system built-in so that no vibrations can bleed into the springs. Stuffing foam into the bridge risks wiping away the custom dampening grease we use that mutes all the mechanical noises on the bridge. If muting the strings doesn't help please be sure to me or our contact our customer support "herbert@evertune.com" and we'll be happy to troubleshoot the issue.
i was thinking of getting the production model the esp sh 207 whats your thoughts on the 25.5 inch scale?? I would think the signature model wouldn't matter because it has an ever tune but the production model doesnt so i was thinking of getting the ibanez ms7 instead what are your thoughts aboutit?
Can you review the Suhr Modern Satin 7 string guitar? I love my Suhr Modern Satin 6 string and looking at the 7 string model as possible next guitar.
Ha! You reviewed BOTH ltd’s im lookin at 🤘🏻😝
Can anyone tell me. With a guitar like that, that has pickup rings can you put in direct mounts or will it always be pickup rings. I'm just asking cause I love this guitar I just find pick up rings unsightly
I also picked up an Ibanez RGDIX7MPB and man, what an inspiring thing to play. I’d like to hear your thoughts on them.
Do you think Drop F is the lowest tuning for rhythm guitar/chord progression? I am going to buy custom gauge guitar strings for my 28 inch baritone and I was wondering if Drop E would be too low for chords. It seems Meshuggah and Josh Travis focus on single string riffs at Drop E. Thanks and greetings from Kennesaw GA (home of Mastodon).
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I ordered the ESP LTD KS-M-7 , new Ken Susi model and its basically the same setup except different wood. I was wondering what tuning yours came in and what string gauge and is drop tuning it difficult?
Fucking awesome guitar! I recently purchased the LTD AW 7B which is in the similar price range to the Head sig. The AW sig has the same/similar ‘brutal’ tone the Head sig has, however doesnt have the evertune. Slightly different specs however I recon you would like it! Great video keep it up👍🏻
Arnold....i know you know quite a lot of stuff......could you just tell me if there is any good version of a 7 string multiscale tremolo system and bridge?
ALso, am i right in assuming that Evertunes don't have a tremolo bar?
I have a 99 MH 300 that still plays great. Nice review.
For how low it’s tuned right now, did the guitar hold intonation pretty good? I know that Drop G is tricky to get intonated on that low G.
I really wanted an honest review of this one. Yesssss!!!
Can you review the strandberg you played in previous video?
You should do review of kemper and profile packs (i know you did ERGLabs) That would be awesome!
wow, sounds pretty effing awesome!
I am thinking of buying this or the ibanez premium green dot universe. Which would you recommend?
I love this channel!
What Tounian do you have that guitar in. What gauge strings do you use for it? I have the same H 1007 it’s just not the artist series
Hope you'll do a baritone guitar in the future.
you should check out the esp horizon e2 nt2 i would love to see what you think of that one.
HEY ARNOLD DO THE SHUFFLE TRUFFLE
Yo do an Ibanez apex200 review!! There’s nothing but unboxing and promo videos and I need something more than that to decide if I should invest in it or not!
you can drop the tunning as much as you wanna and it will hold in tunning?
Dude! I got that same shirt! Got it at the band's London, Ontario show back in November. Fucking amazing show.
Also guitar was pretty sweet. Wondering, for the Evertune noise, if it's possible to just use some foam between the cavity cover and the springs like I do with my trem systems. My 7-string Jackson's got a Floyd and the springs in that thing rattle like a bitch. I don't know if the springs for the Evertune system work the same way, but might be worth a shot.
What is your opinion on the Ibanez Gio 7 string? Thanks
but i cant help but wonder why did Head go with "LTD" which is the "Epiphone" of ESP? ...dont get me wrong, im in love and i will own one eventually
yes...others also rave about that guitar.
It's actually not that expensive considering the quality your getting here.....!
The Evertune is a massive bonus that surely no player would turn down?
The guitar is an all out winner. Top of it's class.
I love your reviews dude! Don't take this the wrong way, but you may need to work on your pinch harmonics and right hand muting a little, that would just be the icing on the cake for these videos! Keep it up!
Is it possible to put a little foam pad to reduce some of the spring rattling like you would in a floyd rose? Or would it mess with the tension and setup?
Herbert from EverTune here. The rining on this guitar most likely comes from the strings behind the nut resonating due to not being muted, as we have experienced with most of our customers. The solution in this case is to use a piece of foam or a fretwrap to mute the strings behind the nut and it should be 100% silent. The EverTune has it's own damper and buffer system built-in so that no vibrations can bleed into the springs. Stuffing foam into the bridge risks wiping away the custom dampening grease we use that mutes all the mechanical noises on the bridge.
That demo was fucking nasty! Damn
Dude Nice Shredding skills. Iam a big fan of Esp guitars I have also the Stephen Carpenter's 8 String. Quick question do they make a Evertune for my esp 8
You can send it to evertune and they can legit do all of the routing for you. It may cost you a pretty penny, but it's well worth it
@@farynthehusky thanks man
Anybody have any idea how this guitar compares with Munky's APEX30 Ibanez signature?
Would this be a good guitar for brutal metal riffage?
weird that your ET bridge is noisy. I don't seem to have that problem with my MH-1007ET (basically the non-signature sister of this guitar). Also it's worth noting that, unlike things like the floyd rose, you can easily change your guitar's tuning temporarily while the Evertune is present without having to mess with stuff. Setting up intonation and action can be a little involved due to the saddles shifting position (and thus tuning frequency) as you work it, but they make it pretty easy to adjust everything so it's not too bad. once you get it set up, changing tunings later is cake since you don't have to go through some crazy process and each string won't affect its neighbors.
Great review Arnold. What days you hitting NAMM? I’ll be strolling the aisles Friday and Sunday
unexplainedbacon I’ll be there all days. I’m a guest of Guitarmory, but I’ll be pretty much all over Hall D and also occasionally visiting the other halls if they have a destination booth for me.
ArnoldPlaysGuitar I’ll lookout for you over there to stop and say hi. No exciting beers in that building unfortunately though
Hey Arnold, What string gauge did you use on the sh-7? CHeers
Just bought one of these guitars. It's fucking insane!. There is no noise from the bridge whatsoever. Maybe you got it setup wrong bro? But you're right about one thing.. it sounds pissed!!!! Awesome guitar!
"Sir Headly" hahaha Sir Headly, are you ready to take your interview yet? lol
Please do a review on Tosin Abasi Ibanez signature model.
ArnoldPlaysGuitar I love your unbiased reviews and you have open my eyes to companies like Kiesel and Legator. I think I would still choose Legator over Kiesel but I'm gonna give them a few years to show me that they can make great guitars at an affordable price.
Omegametalchase92 I would EASILY take a Kiesel over a Legator. EASILY! 100 times more likely to get a damn good instrument, let alone an incredible one.
ArnoldPlaysGuitar I'll have to agree with you on that one.
Where do you go to buy one?? I want one now lol
What’s the Kemper profile you used for this video?
Have you ever tried the LTD SCT-607B? Opinion on that?
great review! You could make unbiased beer reviews, althouh they are a great conclusion to each episode! Especially liked this one and you are right, people that do not like pumpkin beer just did not had a good one!
Do I detect a hint of Jeff Loomis influence in your playing? Very nice
How much is it price in €?
Something about this model just doesn't sit with my right. Maybe it's a combination of the (too) dark purple finish + the neck binding + hardwear + dark nickel Fishmans that just really puts me off.
Lovely neck joint though.
ETA on the 6 string Fluence shoutout?