UNBIASED GEAR REVIEW - LTD Arrow-1000 Guitar
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ESP / LTD Arrow-100-
- Mahogany body wings
- 3-piece Maple neck-thru-body
- Macassar Ebony Fretboard
- 24 Stainless Steel Frets
- 25.5" scale
- Floyd Rose 1000 SE or 1500 trem bridge
- EMG 81 (B) and 85 (N) pickups
- Grover tuners
- Master Volume, 3-way toggle switch
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I have 6 ltd 1000's. Five deluxe models and the sixth is the arrow 1000 snow white. They make such an amazing guitar for about a 1000 bucks. I absolutely love each one and will have them forever.
the recording and you sound freaking amazing!!! Great job man
Legit just got one of these about a month ago! Love it! Killer review Arnold as always!!!
Arnold you look amazing brother. Glad to see you much healthier but still pumping awesome metal out with these reviews.
Full disclosure, I did run into some QC issues when I received the Arrow. The lock nut had a metal slag ball right in the V-slot where the string rests. This caused the string to sit much higher than all the other strings. I cannot believe the QC guy that signed the guitar missed it. I actually had to use a dremel with cutting disk to carefully clean out of the channel so the string would sit flat. The string was damaged so I tossed them and installed new strings. Other than that, no further issues found.
Good review my friend..... I love that u do not pull no punches ..... if there is a F-ing issue u let us no.... I respect that 💯 % ......I am going to be honest with u my friend...... I am a beginner guitar player I no like just a few basic pieces of just a few songs..I am 38yrs old so back when I was 17 n was tinkering around with guitar I couldn't afford effects pedals & all the basic gear I needed to keep me interested enough to stick with learning the guitar.... now with all the effects & cab modelers pedals out now that I can get some cheap basic things to play into my daw in my computer I want to learn how to play now since I can get effect pedals to learn on for relatively cheap.... I am looking at either the Boss ME-70 ($105 used on reverb ) or the Boss ME-80 ( $199 used on reverb ) I no they have newer pedals now but these are a little older & looking at them they look rather well made & were probably rather good when they 1st came out. They are made from steel construction ( mostly) with a built in expression pedal . I think these would be a good place to start learning guitar with. As far as guitars go I have a 2010 Ibanez RG2EX2 white (looks nice) fixed bridge . I payed $150bucks for it. I did some research and decided since I'm a complete newbie I do not need to have a guitar with a floyd rose tremolo since it would just complicate the learning process for me at this stage in the game. I wanted to ask u do u think I am making a wise choice for a basic set up to learn guitar on . Boss makes great pedals ( as far as I no lol ) so I figured I'd get some good tones out of it & not over complicate things from the guitar to pedal to the computer and DAW also the boss pedals both have a looper &a metronome I believe. What do u think bro.... do u have any suggestions on the gear choices that I am considering going with? If u would change anything what ? Also what are some good strings I can run. As for music taste I like heavy brutal metal and the thrash metal leads from the 80s 90s all the way to the brutal metal of today all the good stuff for the last 40yrs thanks for ur time man sorry for the long message but I had to get ur opinion on this step I am planning on going with soon. I have the cash I am just waiting to hear what u think 1st so I don't buy something wrong u no.... thanks bro Also I am getting a audio interface to run my guitar to my computer . I'm thinking about getting the Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd generation USB Audio interface its rated 5 stars & is $119 bucks on Sweetwater. I hear they are good for 1 guitar & 1 microphone & sound good in the DAW but what do u think ? Thanks man
Love the Channel, Arnold. Keep up the good work 🤘🏻
Such a killer looking guitar! Sick riffing too dude 🤘
This review was awesome! There was a lot of information in this one but I really enjoyed watching it!
Great vid, It's nice seeing people give the Arrow love. I have the 1000 in Andromeda finish and it is beautiful and nasty.
With this guitar and your weight loss you’ve got that Alexi Laiho vibe going on. Great video man!
Don't forget the pants
Holy crap I was thinking the same thing! Also the arrow is fucken amazing! I love Jackson but the arrow is really powerful and just easy to play
Rip alexi 🖤🖤🖤
I looked to see if anyone mentioned the same thing inwas thinking lol. He's totally looking like Alexi. No disrespect whatsoever.
now I can't unsee it dam it lol
Man I've been wanting a solid V lately and I think this just sold me. Would be a great compliment to my e-ii nt7b
I love this video series!! 👍🏼🤘🏼
Intro was killer!
My man with the Opeth shirt. Lookin' good buddy keep droppin that content!
*THANK YOU SO MUCH* for this video!
100% agree with you!
really good review and i agree with most everything. Only thing as metal pup wise are discontinued seymour original live wires. I dont think the original live wire pre amps are made any more, even through the custom shop are a no go.
Been so tempted with the E-II Silverburst version
sounds good man... love my new E-II M-II NT Black...ESP makes gr8 guitars... the Arrow looks & sounds gr8
I would LOVE that guitar in that Beautiful color. The EMGs would be gone immediately after I bought it!! I like passive pickups in guitars and active pickups on bass guitars. I would switch the two controls around as well.
Awesome. I need that guitar beats
Killer guitar I like it!!! Great video APG! 🤘
ordered one today,now that i seen this video i CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great Review and badass riffs!
I got mine today. I love it!
Reviewing guitars and beer in the same video, gotta subscribe to this channel
I managed to get one of the first ones that came out...as like yours but mine is a little more darker red.Did a good once over on it no blemishes or anything but a few weeks after I got it home played it a lot had to have the plug jack repaired...but otherwise a fantastic guitar.
I hate it when the volume knob is placed so close to the bridge. I always end up lowering the volume by accident when I pick the high strings and I pick with all my fingers tucked in. Can't imagine how in the way the knob must be for people who pick with their fingers extended.
I have that problem too. I could never play a fender strat it would be turned down this first pic stroke
It's for volume swells
I took the kill switch out of my Black Metal and put it there. Remember these are potentially "Stunt Guitars" So, if you want to do elephant, whale and dolphin tricks, the volume knob needs to be close enough to pick and roll at same time
Yep, alot of guitars would be great if they put the volume knob out of the way.
It's takes a little getting used to but like the other guy here said it is nice for swells. I don't have any problems now but when I first got it it was a little annoying. You can fold a small peice of paper and stick it under the knob between the guitar to stiffin up the know so it won't turn down if you brush against it.
What’s up brother? Love the guitar however the arch in the middle where the body splits is a concern for comfortability since it looks like the arch would hurt your leg while resting on your leg.
This is my absolute favorite guitar I have ever owned. Great review.
I really dig your present look man. I gotta get my act in gear.
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@@metaldreams3595 Thanks Steven. I have actually fasted from time to time. Longest being 8 days. do intermettent fasting even now. lost 20 kilos so far.
I just bought this guitar, can’t wait to try it out.
Sounds killer! Fantastic demo! Is that an Orthos 2? Thanks
These new gen SS frets LTD aren't still available in Canada, they're still on "pre order" status, which kinda suck considering they have been announced for a while now, Im dying to get an EC 1000 Fishman...maybe they will be finally available in 2023
Kirk Hammett was holding up two guitars recently that we similar to those. They didn't have the notches and the inlays were a bit different.
Gotta love that *Opeth* shirt!
Arrows' are overall good bang for the buck.
Bought an E-II 2018 - been with me ever since.
amazing colour
Damn that KSR sounds sick
That intro tune was a banger!
Bad ass bro!!
What noise gate are you running
Hej, thanks for you video, tell me please is big difference between this guitar and ltd 401. Except price
Very sad that there isn't a red Arrow in the E-II line. Any reason not to get this Ltd instead?
Absolutely love how LTD has slowly developed a reputation of building solid quality guitars at a good price point over the years. Great review, man.
Kinda bummed out that the E-II line doesn't have stainless frets standard like the 1000 series tho. Fingers crossed!
Dude the lack of stainless frets on the E-II guitars is both disappointing and head scratching. Like...why? Is there a contingent of nickel fret loyalists I'm unaware of? Those E-II guitars are super nice but I'm definitely hoping they switch to stainless.
I can say that I enjoy my Ltd 401 Arrow better than an E2 I had
@@infinidominion what put you off and was there much difference from the ltd?
@@grimblegromblethegnome from what i understand Japanese luthiers tend to favor high quality nickel
@@dankdude92 Oh dang interesting! Maybe I need to open my mind to nickel and give it a try.
I really miss the ESP E-ii SV models...they just looked different and better to my eyes.
Can this floyd rose take a beatdown and still stay in tune? How about the intonation?
ESP custom shop guitars nut width sometimes don’t match up with the Floyd Nuts... it all has to do with the neck width specs... ESP doesn’t make the nuts and Floyd Rose only make the 4 different sized nuts....My George Lynch custom shop neck is way to wide for the supplied nut but George wants wide flat fretboards like Spanish classical guitars.
Dude, does it has neck dive? I bought one recently the 401 and it has. Just to know if its my model or all models have this issue:(
I've thought that i buy this guitar and im pretty sure im going to it's pretty sick!
Great video dude! How much does it weigh?
Love the review, and that LTD, but I need some help lol. What is that hanging on the wall upper left?
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@@ArnoldPlaysGuitar Thank you sir!
LOVE that demo song! It's got kind of a late 90s Hypocrisy sound to it (think The Final Chapter or the Self Titled record)
Killer song dude!
dude ik sure he canb ding it for one or two things but I have a comparable LTD Arrow (black metal) and it is freaking killer. I have more expensive guitars but kan when I pick it up its like damn...the others pale
I got this guitar earlier this year and it kicks ass! But does anyone know a good gig bag that fits this guitar? The official esp one looks kind of cheap and I've read reviews that the zipper breaks easily. Thanks.
IMO I would get an esp hardcase for that beauty
I'm actually thinking about adding a kill switch to mine where the volume knobs is and relocated.
My Black Metal Arrow came with one and I can think of a more gimmicky thing to have on my guitar. Why not get some kind of boost switch instead
@@metaldreams3595 gets a knob out of the way. Im adding an LED switch to my jackson after i swap the volume and tone knob. I only ever use a volume knob anyway so itll be there just to look cool. Its better than having a hole in the guitar
@@Duckeggmike Yeah tone knob is useless. And yeah getting knobs out of the way is great but might as well put something there that is worthwhile and useful.
@@metaldreams3595 if i wrote music I might want to delve into other options for types of pots but i mostly just like learning songs. Definitely prefer one knob anyway - thats what i like about my km7. Its way out of the way. Same with my holcomb prs
@@Duckeggmike I also like one knob...I removed tone pots and just stick a piece of black tape on the hole. These are my two mod imports that I have tweaked.
And I do write songs, well I try..it should be the goal of everyone after becoming a little proficient at guitar. you dont even have to be all that good technically.
Kurt Cobain wrote worldwide hits with 3 chords.
How about the balance of the Guitar, just curious
I will preface this by saying i do really like mine (identical red model) BUT: setup was a nightmare from factory - needed several frets filed down bends on hi E 15th fret would mute out, had to file down fretwork along the edges of neck in several spots, the pickup switch went out 2 months after i got it and wouldnt switch to bridge PU, took it in and the guy had to clean it all out. I am very suprised at the quality control here from ESP. I have several other LTD1000s and the quality is phenomenal. it is a cool guitar and it is totally fine after the fixes but damn thats something i would expect on a 200 series, not on a Korean made 1200$ instrument from the reputable WMI factory
Most WMI guitars are fantastic. Some are duds. My first EC1000 was fantastic, I stupidly sold it and later go the exact same model and it has terrible fretwork. My indo M Black Metal is better. I'm selling it to get the EC1000FR
@@the_hippykiller22 lol ive lways wanted to try a les paul wit a floyd
If you get one and have any cosmetic issues or binding flaws just return it and have a new one shipped in. The flawed ones are very few.
Today’s beer is Michelob ultra tomorrow Miller 64 these days Arn ?
you can fix that shitty high end spikiness on those shitty emgs by lowering them flush with the pickup rings. Or switch the 85 to the bridge and the 81 to the rhythm. I wish esp would abandon their love for active pickups personally
My Mh-1000et w/stainless frets has surpassed every expectation I had. Cannot recommend the line highly enough.
I bought the same exact guitar back in March and it plays so nice. I liked it so much I bought the EC-1000et in April.
@00- Mine is just a hair under 8lbs or 3.6 Kg for people that use logical measurements.
@00- The evertune is a $300 part. They cut the locking tuners likely to keep it in close to the rest of the range. Mine has a satin neck now with little bit of masking tape and high grit sand paper. I started at 600 grit and stepped up all the way to 1200.
Look, I get that you want all the features. I have no problem sanding a neck and adding locking tuners. I can't install an evertune bridge.
I have 2 kiesel guitars and a MiJ ESP horizon and I play my evertune equipped LTD more than any of them, it's not BETTER than the kiesels or the ESP, but it is damn good and crazy inspiring.
I think I’m going to pick up the Violet andromeda left handed version as my first Floyd rose guitar!
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Oh yea my 2015 Gibson Les Paul Traditional has the biggest lip edge all along the binding...
That thing up top is from buffing
wish they would do an SV deluxe or black metal. the arrow just looks wrong to me, but the spec is soooo right for what i'm after
C'mon Arnold, it's not the EMG's that has the pickups a little chirpy, because EMG has like 40 different humbucking guitar pickups. The sound issue is the EMG 81, and to a lesser extent the EMG 85. If you went with any number of other EMG pickups, particularly the X preamp equipped pickups, even just going with the 81x and 85x, it would make a significant difference, and improvement, definitely, in the overall sound of the instrument
Tired to see people mistaking the 81/85 combo for the entire lineup. I use the 57/66 set on my main guitars and they are fantastic, underrated pickups. I'd put them against Fluences any day
Bro you would rock 160$ guitar just as hard as a 2000$ one.
LTD is literally same level as ESP now
Well, LTD vs ESP now is like old Japanese Jackson vs American Jackson. There's a quality control difference, but it's marginal. And there's the Floyd Rose 1000 vs OFR.
Even indonesian made stuff is awesome
Disagree
No definitely not. LTDs Specs are becoming INSANE, however the differences between LTD to ESP in terms of finish quality, neck shapes, body carving and quality control... are very much there. Its a step in the right direction for LTD as in the early 2000s LTD deluxe (1000 series) were sporting hardware even better than ESP did, so it seems its getting to that point again. Either way - SS frets, Ebony fingerboard, Floyd 1500 and emgs smacked onto a neckthrough V, its pretty hard to beat for the price!
@@ReubenGuitars totally agree. I purchased an E II FRX and the overall feel, finish and resonance are better than any LTDs I’ve ever used. That’s not saying the LTDs are bad either. They’re not, they’re excellent guitars but this E II has a completely different and more cohesive feel. Neck profile is perfect, the woods feel more dense, the Ebony on the fretboard is head and shoulders above the Ebony on my LTDs with very tight grain.
Sounds juicy
This is the kind of guitar you're meant to set on fire with pure shred lol
Are these neck heavy?
Would it be good for an intermediate guitarist?
If you’ve got the money for it, why not?
loved the song...so gamma ray like...
That guitar is wicked
5:14, they just sanded through the finish
As a guitar tech, the 1000 series are a great compromise to an ESP. I've spent some time with the setup and it set up beautifully. I play really low action and currently in Drop A. The buzz is almost non existent which tells you the fret work was really nicely done. Btw, I see the KSR in the video. I have the Orthos 2. It's a dragon slayer of an high end high gain amp, Kyle Rhodes rules!!!!
Well most big names out there like Abbath always use LTDs on stage. Probably because if something happens, they don’t have to worry much because LTD is the cheaper version.
do you have the floyd rose model in drop A?
@@bangovermedia yes
@metalmeister3054 thanks really considering this guitar but not sold on floyd rose model because I like to drop tune.
@@bangovermedia I sold my Gibson studio Les Paul to buy the Arrow 1000, no regrets. I have an American Custom Jackson and prefer the LTD guitar when playing gigs.
Looks like you’ve lost a hell of a lot of weight man! Good on you from a personal standpoint
My man lookin a little like Alexi Laiho but not anorexic. While playing the LTD. aye for real awesome review. I’m getting this tomorrow
That riff was the absolute shit dude 🤘🏻🤘🏻
what a shirt...
If only this had a reverse headstock🤑
@@fredriksvard2603 I know about the Black Metal series but I'd rather get a Jackson RRX24, price point compared.
@@OttoServe Order both, check 'em out. I did. Sent the RR back in less than 48 hours. The bridge was offset, for cryin' out loud (Meaning, the bridge wasn't aligned with the neck and nut). Will never buy a Jackder again (I've given them MANY chances for redemption)
@@KyleCanessa :( sad Jackson is going to hell, they have interesting models churning out
I actually like the regular headstock better on this type of V for some reason. On super strats I prefer reversed.
@@KyleCanessa just got my RRX24 in this Friday. Setup and build was flawless
Just curious was this one made in Korea or Indonesia?
Mine says hand crafted in South Korea 🇰🇷
I would tend to trust the South Korean version a little bit more than the Indonesian because of the good Korean track record
Indonesia has come a long way, both are awesome. His is Korean.
How do you talk the wife into letting me get one of these? I haven't played in a few years. I have no guitar or equipment right now
Waah, this guitar gives me a GammaRay vibe
Dude, same!
Ltd guitars are great. There is no reason to buy a higher end guitar than a 1000 series in the ESP lineup. They have gotten these guitars to be very high end.
I have the Black Metal. The first thing to go was the EMG. Sounds great, if you're in a Metallica Cover band. I do my own thing... Immense value!!
What did you replace the EMGs with?
Lol I want this to do Rammstein covers and they used emg 81s because Metallica used them
Who asked?
This guitar looks like a dragon
I know they’ve moved a lot of production, so is this Korean or Indo??
Korean
@@ArnoldPlaysGuitar Thanks man. That’s great to hear. I have a lot of what’s considered high end gear, but lately have really been digging stuff out of World Music in Korea.
These are being produced in both Korea and Indonesia.
I hated the EMGs in my arrow 1000. They have no balls when it comes to a bit of low end bassy chug. Swapped them out for blackouts. Wayyyyy better. To each their own lol
Oh I'm right there with you as far as which ones I prefer. But it is what it is.
Dude, party the fuck up.
Best song ever.
12:20 12:24
IMHO, V-II is just nicer looking. Too bad there's no LTD version.
Whats a V-II?
@@metaldreams3595 It's an ESP model. It's like Arrow, but there's no knee cutaway between the wings and it reminds of Rhoads a bit more.
@@metaldreams3595 , it's a European/Japanese model. They don't offer it in the U.S. do to body copyright issues. Personally I think it's different enough especially if there is a waist contour on the back but they don't want to risk it. The difference being the lower horn is shorter than the U.S. model. The only way I have seen em over here is if you can find someone to ship em here or get one second hand. Hope that helps.
C'mon Arnold... "EMG's," is a term I'd expect from the 12 13 year old kid, or someone in their first year of playing and learning about guitars, but you've been around long enough, played enough instruments, I would think, to have tried quite a few of the pickups offered by EMG, most of which do not sound very similar to the 81/85 pickups, especially a lot of the newer sets, which have a very nice blend of passive and active sound and feel,
What do you mean ? EMGs is just used as plural for EMG.
@@raytorvalds3699 no, I'm referring to the generalization that an EMG pickup can be defined, or rather its sound can be defined, with a blanket term, "EMG's." They make a wide variety of active, and passive, humbuckers and single coils, for guitars and basses, and produce a very wide variety of tones. My apologies for not making that clearer to you, or if my tone was crappy.
@@Metalbass10000 No worries at all. I do know what you mean now.
@@raytorvalds3699 about four years ago I replaced the factory-installed EMG PJ pickups on my primary 4-string Bass with an EMG PJ-X set and the BQC system,, and I was astounded at not only the difference in overall tone, but the huge variety of tones I can get out of that bass now.
On one of our current 6-string guitar builds, we weren't sure of what pickup set to put in, and using the EMG quick-connect wiring I was able to swap in and out between the 57-66, the Het Set, and the JR Daemonum set, and each set had a very different tone, different dynamics, different attack characteristics, and a noticeable difference in the Crunch and punch in the low mid and low end frequencies. Right now, the plan is to go with the Het Set, in black chrome, but that could change as that build is not yet sold and a buyer may want to opt for a different set. I also tried out the Nazgul sentient, and the black winter sets from Seymour Duncan and they had different characteristics also.
I have to say, that was one of the best afternoons of the current year, because not only did I get to play around with all of these pickups in the newly-built guitar, I also got to play catch with my eleven-year-old son and my nine-year-old daughter!
I bought one of these and it was complete trash. paint was bad, frets were bad, etc. Turned me off to ESP.
This cutout it's obnoxious and hell of uncomfortable for me sadly ;/
Cool guitar. Looks like a Jackson rip off tho.
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I ended up with a mediocre counterfeit lol.
*The only upside is the knock off EMG's that say EMG sound better than the real thing.* They aren't compressed and don't have the obvious low-pass cutoff point that EMG uses.
This thing, on the other hand, *sounds wicked.*
*Bear in mind, active pickups don't have to sound compressed whatsoever and I know because I'm a formally educated electrical engineer; just didn't finish the degree so dub me an "amateur" for posterity sake.*
The reason you get compression is the Class of active circuit used which I won't even try to understand why they do it other than the original designer wasn't well educated in engineering. *If done correctly, like my active modules, your pickups sound 100% passive except they are cranking out about 5-6 VAC! lol*
It's very easy and affordable to achieve this with actives, so I can only speculate as to why companies don't do it and that's likely because they just use an off the shelf schematic with very minor changes.
Fantastic guitar arnold..show
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