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Handcrafted ESP with Stunning Textured Finish





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Handcrafted in Japan by ESP master luthiers, the Arrow was built for brutality. Its eye-grabbing textured finish certainly looks the part, while a set of scorching active Seymour Duncan humbuckers delivers the sonic goods. This heavy-hitting axe’s ergonomic Thin U-shaped neck removes all speed impediments from your path, enabling you to unleash the full fury of your technical prowess on the Arrow’s smooth-playing 24-fret ebony fingerboard. This solidbody electric guitar resonates and sustains like a beast, thanks to neck-thru-body construction, and its Floyd Rose Original tremolo system facilitates twisting, bending, and dive-bombing with absolute impunity. Aggressive-looking black hardware rounds out the Arrow’s impressive feature set. The ESP Arrow includes a rugged hardshell case.





Top-shelf tonewoods deliver superior sound





ESP wasn't fooling around when they built the Arrow. They started with a body built from alder. The balanced-sounding resonance of alder is at the center of some of the most legendary rock guitar tones of all time. But ESP didn't stop there. They topped the alder with an eye-grabbing textured finish that looks like oxidized metal, as if the guitar was an ancient relic that was sculpted in a different era. The Arrow’s super-stable 3-piece maple neck is topped with an ebony fingerboard, which results in a smooth-playing guitar with plenty of snap.





Active Seymour Duncans inject screaming life into your playing





The ESP Arrow comes outfitted with Seymour Duncan Blackout pickups ? the perfect choice for metal. These active humbuckers give you the output you need to push your rig to the brink, while retaining an organic feel and sound. They exhibit a slightly scooped midrange that lends itself to high-octane crunch tones. Their sensitivity and extended frequency response are tailor-made for two-handed fretboard pyrotechnics and thick, rapid-fire rhythm playing. And if you’re a pinch harmonic connoisseur, these active humbucking pickups deliver the goods wildly. Blackouts also have a very low-noise design, which means you won't be wrestling with unwanted hums and buzzes between notes and chords. Many guitarists here at Sweetwater ? at least the ones with heavier tastes ? swear by Seymour Duncan Blackouts.





High-end hardware unleashes maximum performance





For superior stability, the Arrow comes equipped with a double-locking Floyd Rose Original tremolo system and Gotoh locking tuners. With this tremolo, you can twist, bend, and dive-bomb all you want, and never worry about pulling your tuning out of whack. And these tuners eliminate string slippage while making string changes a snap. You can expect both rock-solid reliability and tight response when you play the Arrow.





ESP Arrow Features:


Stunning textured finish creates an eye-grabbing look


Carefully selected tonewoods produce balanced resonance, sustain, and the perfect amount of bite


Active Seymour Duncan Blackout humbuckers supply saturated high-octane metal tones


Ebony-capped 3-piece maple neck is stable and infinitely playable


Neck-thru-body construction ensures maximum sustain


Floyd Rose Original tremolo system for twisting, bending, and dive-bombing


Aggressive-looking black hardware


Handcrafted in Japan by ESP master luthiers


Includes a rugged hardshell case