1997 ESP Explorer - Review (Hetfleid Pre-Lawsuit EXP MX-250)

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[SnackGuy]

$700 in 2006 was still an insane price, way under what they were worth at the time, great pick up!

[MihneaBEFRUKUS]

Technically this guitar is the ESP EXP, the MX250 was always set neck and with ebony fingerboards only.

[joselopez]

Andreas Kisser and Derrick Green of SEPULTURA have played this guitar model as well between 1998 and 2004

[AdamDallas]

Beautiful guitar mate, always loved Hetfield's ESPs. I'm definitely more of a superstrat and les paul shape guy myself, but if I were ever to go for anything a little more 'out there' shape-wise, it would definitely be either an explorer shape or an Ibanez Iceman shape. Cheers from Boston by way of Carrickfergus originally.

[mesaseany]

Great guitar but not a MX-250. Guitars is made for the United States had the circle logo on the back of the headstock. Also, this has Rosewood and a bolt on neck, which means it is the EXP model from the 90s. I fixed the title because it’s not an MX-250 as those were the original sat neck explorer with Ebony fingerboards

[christopheranderson]

I had the LTD version back in the sold It was a great guitar and wish I still had it. Finding one now is

[Oilid]

Man, your picking hand is a machine gun! 🤟🤯

[deldia]

I had the grass roots version. Think even that is in demand now. Terrible quality control though.

[deanbuckwell]

Hi, I've got the grass roots version. Do you know what the difference is? Thank you.

[Liberty_]

Just a heads up you don’t need to take the pickups out to tell which ones they are. EMG 60’s have a grey “EMG” logo on the cover and EMG 81’s have a silver logo

[mandopalma]

I'm confused so what year did they use the Bell cover?? And what year did they use the Bullet cover? Mine is a Bullet cover been trying to figure out the year

[davidian]

Man, I have to ask. How is the neck dive on this when playing standing up?? All the explorers I tested do neck dive when the strap button is in that location. I dont know if these mx250's have a heavier body to compensate for that and stay balanced. PS: it's just gorgeous, it has been my dream guitar since I started playing music 🙂

[SunnyBeeRandomTuber]

I would've direct hit BUY had the black explorer come with the Metallic floor texture inlays that James used on the music video of I disappear

[MichaelKnight-pwsc]

I have the exact same guitar 97 black esp explorer. It's been a really good guitar. You can see it on YouTube at given hatred metal band. Thanks. Bob Bicknell

[ThatSoundPodcast]

Hey man, have you still got this guitar?

[acepilot]

Were those guitars all bolt on necks? Could you have ordered a neck-through version?

[DavidMadeira]

Why the hell he's picking without the index finger? I don't know, I guess that's why the other Kohl's guy is still going at Berlin. I also guess it was a Studio Reference guitar, not the Rhythm guitar that Matt Murphy could played with the Blues Brothers. I can't say I wouldn't like that Laney perfect combo. Namastè.

[Indepthparanormal]

I have a 1989 explorer, no guitar has ever come close to its playability.

[xxxxx]

Don’t ever sell it until your an old man.

[chosenone]

Suing over a shape of guitar is ridiculous