ESP Viper
| ESP Viper | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | ESP Guitars |
| Period | Unknown |
| Construction | |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Neck-thru, set-in neck |
| Woods | |
| Body | Mahogany |
| Neck | 3-piece maple |
| Fretboard | Ebony |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Gotoh Tune-o-matic bridge, Tonepros locking bridge |
| Pickup(s) | EMG 81, EMG 707 (Bridge)/EMG 85, EMG 707 (Neck) |
| Colors available | |
| Black Satin, Camo, See-thru Black Cherry (LTD only), See-thru Black (LTD only), Olympic White (LTD only), Silver Sunburst (LTD only), Vintage Sunburst (LTD only) | |
The ESP Viper is an electric guitar manufactured by ESP Guitars. The ESP Viper has a shape similar to that of a Gibson SG, with slight variations; Vipers have a slight diagonal slope at the bottom and an asymmetrical front profile. The body is mahogany or alder. The neck is three pieces, with a rosewood fingerboard. As standard, it comes fitted with an EMG 81/85 pickup set. It has a scale length of 24.75".
The LTD Vipers that are made by ESP's sister line are more affordable and of different quality in comparison to the ESP Viper. LTD Vipers are made of less expensive materials and do not possess the same specifications as ESP Vipers (with the exception of the higher-end LTDs having EMG 81/85 pickups like the ESP Viper). Unlike the ESP Viper line, the LTD line features a Viper with Seymour Duncan passive pickups.
Viper
Standard features: Set-through neck, 24.75" Scale, Mahogany Body, Mahogany Neck, Ebony Fingerboard, 42mm Bone Nut, Thin U Neck Contour, 24 XJ Frets, Black Nickel Hardware, Gotoh Magnum Lock Tuners, Gotoh TOM Bridge & Tailpiece, EMG 81 (B) / 85 (N) Active p.u., Finish: BLKS
Viper-7
Set-Neck Construction, 25.5" Scale, Mahogany Body, Mahogany Neck, Ebony Fingerboard, 45mm Bone Nut, Thin U Neck Contour, 24 XJ Frets, Black Nickel Hardware, Gotoh Magnum Lock Tuners, Gotoh TOM Bridge & Tailpiece, EMG 707 (B & N) Active p.u., Finish: BLKS
Artists or bands who at one point used ESP Vipers
- James Hetfield of Metallica
- Pepper Keenan of Down and Corrosion of Conformity
- Kirk Windstein of Down and Crowbar
- Woody Weatherman of Corrosion of Conformity
- Jules Hodgson of KMFDM
- Tony Perry of Pierce The Veil
- Max Cavalera of Soulfly and Sepultura
- Fallon Bowman of Amphibious Assault and Kittie
- Sonny Moore of From First to Last
- Thomas Erak of The Fall of Troy
- Damon Johnson of Alice Cooper
- Travis Miguel of Atreyu
- Chino Moreno of the Deftones
- Ahrue Luster of Ill Niño and formerly Machine Head
- Kaoru of Dir En Grey (Note: Actually uses ESP DKV, his new custom guitar series)
- Matt DeVries of Chimaira
- Myk Russell of LoveHateHero
- Timoteo Rosales III of I Am Ghost
- Tim Millar of Protest the Hero
- Nikolay Kiselev of Bratsk-city
- Manabu of Screw
- Members of Whitechapel (band)
- Vorph of S A M A E L
- Louise Post of Veruca Salt (band)
- Phil X of The Drills and Powder¨
- Ville Kyrönniemi of BloodDrop
- Lindsay Mcdougall of Frenzal Rhomb
- Joshua Moore of We Came As Romans
- Sebastian Oliver Lange of In Extremo
- Mike Schaefer of Blatant Disarray