Play authentic _ Unboxing an LTD Eclipse EC-256 guitar

Today .

I'm gonna be unboxing an LTD eclipse .

What's up everyone ?

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Many of you saw my last unboxing video which was a really cheap starter pack that I found on Amazon and yeah , that guitar was not so great .

The wood doesn't even feel like real wood .

It feels like compressed cardboard or something .

I mean , it was the AMP for that matter .

So I decided to return that and buy something that's been on my bucket list for a while now .

And that's a LTD eclipse .

Specifically the 256 model of LTD eclipse .

If you're not familiar with the 256 series of LTD guitars , these are guitars that are inspired by vintage guitar cars like Gibson's .

I know that I probably shouldn't be saying that out loud because it's not authentic and I might get sued by Gibson .

We want you to know that you've been warned .

But , uh , we're just gonna go for it .

I own a 2 56 Viper and I've used it on my channel quite a bit and you might have seen it here .

Let me just show you what that one looks like .

So this is the 2 56 series Viper .

And as you can see it is totally copying uh , vintage Gibson SG .

And you know , that's most of the reason that I bought this guitar , I really like LTD guitars .

I like the way they play .

I like the neck shape .

Um I , I just really enjoy the guitars and when I saw this guitar , it reminded me of Black Sabbath and I decided that I kind of had to have one of these in my life .

So when I bought this one , it actually had a Seymour Duncan Invader in the bridge and I kind of wish that I still had the original gold pickup cover for it .

I'd really prefer to have that gold pickup cover on it because I think it makes it look a little bit um classier .

But , you know , other than that , this guitar has been really awesome for me .

Uh I really enjoy playing it .

It's made in Vietnam , if that's important to you enough about this guitar .

This isn't the guitar that I'm here to talk about .

Let's unbox the new one .

Mm OK .

Always cut away .

From your face .

I think they taught me that in boy scouts .

Ok , Jesus .

You know , I kind of thought the box was really big when I got it .

But um there is a much smaller box inside who look at it , it says ESP on it .

Super fancy .

Here we go .

Oh , this thing is packed really , really ?

Well , just real quick .

I ordered this from pro audio star and they did a fantastic job packing this thing .

Hey , look , it's used it and it still came with the tools you need .

This is already so cool .

Oh oh Man .

Oh , wow .

This guitar is beautiful .

Iii I don't even know what to say right now .

You see that in my camera .

It's pretty fucking amazing .

Yeah , this thing looks amazing .

Um It's just really beautiful to finish on it .

It is fantastic and I bought this guitar used for a very used price and it's brand new .

Like I do not see any signs of use on this guitar whatsoever .

There's no scratches or dings .

So I am obviously super excited to get this thing plugged in and check it out .

So I'm gonna cut away here and tune this thing up and set up a rig so we can get this thing plugged in and check it out .

OK .

All right , guys , I'm back .

Uh I actually am so excited to play this thing that I did not set it up .

Um And I'm just playing with the strings it came with .

So I just tuned it up here .

And to be honest with you , the setup really doesn't feel that bad .

Um I don't think there's really much I would have to do to it if anything at all .

I think uh it's set up really well , just out of the box .

So , um let's turn this thing on here .

Oh , man , it feels and plays really great .

Um And this switch that's up here too .

Very , very clicky .

It does not feel cheap , like guitars that are , oh , this one's made in Indonesia , not Vietnam .

Uh but it feels very good like the knobs and this one's a bit crooked .

That one's ok .

That one's ok .

Oh , this actually has a coil tap .

What ?

Yeah , the only thing weird with the electronics is this pot is a little bit crooked and that can be , um , you know , a little bit obnoxious when you're trying to turn your knob and it's doing that like weird wavy thing .

Other than that , I'm really surprised with how good everything feels .

I would actually say that this feels better than my other LTD 2 56 .

The , um , the Viper that I showed earlier .

I love the finish on it .

I really like the flat finish on the other one because it wears a little bit more and , you know , has a little bit more character .

But man , this gloss finish just looks beautiful .

You know , the flame top uh very , very classy .

You think it might need to be into a little bit , but it's not that bad .

Ok , let's see what I have going on here .

I'm using an 808 overdrive into a USA lead Bright , which is a Mesa Mark four amplifier and uh sounds pretty awesome .

Let's try something a little bit more , less like we're here to protect our iconic legacy .

We're gonna go with a Oh let's do a Plexi .

Yeah , it sounds fucking awesome .

I cannot believe I got this guitar for the price I got it for .

And um I'm really excited .

Let's try something else here .

So that's a Plexi .

Sounds pretty sweet .

Uh Let's do something else .

OK .

So this is the Friedman HBE version two amp .

Goddamn .

There's a lot of fun .

Oh Man , this is the Shiver Clean amp .

This is based off of Bogner Shiva .

So there's definitely something going on with the coil tap here because when I tap it , sometimes the coil tap turns on and sometimes it doesn't .

And you can hear like maybe one of the pots is dirty or something like that when I actually pull the coil tap .

So like you can hear it has a ton of dynamic range , especially with that coil tap .

Man .

That coil tap is so cool .

I did not know it had that when I bought it .

I'm just blown away by the value of this guitar .

I'm gonna be playing this guitar a lot on my channel .

So hopefully you guys like single cut LP style guitars because this thing is definitely gonna be getting a lot of camera time on my channel .

I could tell that this guitar needs a little bit of time to acclimate to my room because , um , it keeps going in and out of tune just a little bit .

So probably what's going on is the wood is warming up and , yeah , anyway , this is my live patch that I use with my band .

So let's see how it sounds with that .

Ok .

So I need to get this guy into it and , uh , let it acclimate to my room here a little bit .

But , um , so far I'm blown away .

This thing is awesome .

It came set up .

Really , really ?

Well , this is that weird thing with the coil tap and the volume switch is just a little bit crooked .

But , you know , other than that , everything feels super quality .

It's got a huge dynamic range , especially with that coil tap in it .

I can't wait to create more content with this guitar .

It's going to be awesome .

All right guys , if you like this video , please hit the like button and consider subscribing and I will see you on the next one .

Bye .