James Hetfield ESP LTD Snakebyte Purple Baritone Limited Edition announced
Great news for those loving deeper tones, ESP have once again collaborated with Metallica to create a gorgeous limited edition guitar. Following on from Kirk Hammett’s awesome KH-OUIJA Natural, which we managed to get hold of in limited supplies, this time it’s James Hetfield’s turn for a new signature model – and what a stunner they’ve created! If you’ve been following the Worldwired Metallica tour, you’ll know that James switches to baritone guitars for some lower tuned tracks. Recently he’s been playing a quilted maple ESP Snakebyte in See Thru Purple Sunburst for ‘Dream No More.’
ESP have now lovingly recreated that instrument as a limited edition LTD, restricted to 500 pieces worldwide, only 15 of which are heading to the UK. With one of the UK’s biggest in-store selection of ESP’s E-II and Ltd models, you can be sure Live Louder will have this brutal baritone as soon as they hit these shores! We’re expecting them in late January, but demand is sure to be high, so if this is one you simply must have, head over to our preorder page and stake your claim!
How does this differ from a standard LTD Snakebyte?
Well, the key ingredients are the same: that distinctive mahogany body, the EMG Het Set pickups, a thin U neck, macassar ebony fretboard, locking tuners and a TonePros locking TOM bridge and tailpiece. However, this one has a longer 27″ neck and a quilted maple top, both of which will add extra clarity to a lower tuning. Also included is a hardshell ESP case and a Certificate of Authenticity.
What does it sound like?
Huge! Check out Metallica playing Dream No More (September 8, 2018 – Grand Forks, ND)
