What is it?

Golden_Sonic · Post by **Golden_Sonic** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:03 pm

What is that odd black guitar played by the pillows' Sawao Yamanaka?
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And the black guitar in this video? Is it the same of the previous video?
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Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:48 pm

This was my first guess but on closer inspection not it. They have better taste than this anyway:

Golden_Sonic · Post by **Golden_Sonic** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 4:08 pm

I don't thing they are Hagstrom, although the body shape and color are similar; besides, it seems that in the first video the guitar has two standard size single coil and in the second three. TOM bridge.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 4:18 pm

It's made by LTD (ESP) so it'll be some sort of viper...

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:12 pm

Yep it's an ESP, but it's an Ultratone. Japan only model, though some apparently made their way to the UK. The first one looks to have been customized as I can't find one with Strat pickups.

Golden_Sonic · Post by **Golden_Sonic** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 7:58 am

Dillon wrote:Yep it's an ESP, but it's an Ultratone. Japan only model, though some apparently made their way to the UK. The first one looks to have been customized as I can't find one with Strat pickups.

Thank you very much guys! So another ESP guitar. Manabe and Yamanaka played several ESP models in the pillows' first years: for example, the azure strat played by Manabe in the two videos is an ESP (Yamanaka plays an ESP Tele Thinline in other videos).