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Someone posted these on that other web site, but no love for them over there. Wish they were available on this side of the pond.

I want to like them... They have several aesthetics I tend to dig, but exaggerates them in all the wrong ways.

I like them reminds me of those weird old Yamaha's.

dezb1 wrote:I like them reminds me of those weird old Yamaha's.

Rob(OG) made a clone of one of those weird yamahas for James, and it hung really comfortably on its strap. It was so natural feeling.

That said, I like that green one.

I like the body shape, just not everything else on the body.

I like it because it looks like somebody thought out the entire design, even if it's not everybody's cup of tea styling wise. Thanx for posting.

Looks Icemanish to me. I like it.

jcyphe wrote:I like it because it looks like somebody thought out the entire design, even if it's not everybody's cup of tea styling wise. Thanx for posting.

I like it for this reason. Things like the headstock and the truss rod cover. It looks like the sort of thing ESP shouldn't make, and I even like that they've played about a bit with their logo on it.

I also dislike it for this reason. Seeing normal Gibson style knobs, two humbuckers and tuneomatic sort of lets it down, like they got fed up designing things. I know this is silly of me, tuneomatics and humbuckers work brilliantly, but I would nearly prefer it if it had awful pickups and an awful bridge.

Thinking this was probably part of the inspiration:



I second what Bacchus said; I love the body shape....wonderfully strange, but run of the mill where it really matters. That said a Bigsby style trem would look pretty sweet on one of those

I want to like it but it sucks so I can't.

I'm all for original designs but this just seems like an iceman with a bunch of random for the sake of random design revisions.

Bacchus wrote: I also dislike it for this reason. Seeing normal Gibson style knobs, two humbuckers and tuneomatic sort of lets it down, like they got fed up designing things. I know this is silly of me, tuneomatics and humbuckers work brilliantly, but I would nearly prefer it if it had awful pickups and an awful bridge.

ESP especially in Japan is a company that caters to the modern rock/metal crowd. It would be weird if this guitar had specialty single pickups or non standard hardware. So design wise I think it actually makes sense with what they do. Over the years ESP has done some crazy custom stuff, even if it is geared to the metal crowd.

I think it's probably the headstock that holds me back on the overall design (aside from, yeah, the ho-hum electronics/bridge... I'm with Nick, a Bigsby would help). It kind of reminds me of an I Dream of Genie lamp sort of thing; it's flared a bit too much near the nut, which influences the rest of the curve radius in a way that just doesn't jive to me. With some minor reshaping of the headstock, the whole body/neck/head might gel into something more pleasing.

I really like the melted-stretched trippy look of these guitars, and of course any neck with big blocks strikes my fancy, so after searching the US, and not finding anything, I sent an email to ESP Japan. Here's what I got back:

Dear Speedfish,

Thank you for sending inquiry.
This guitar is produced on order.
The production lead time is roughly 6 months after entering firm order.
We are receiving order with full amount in advanced payment.
Here is the price quote to you US.
Please let us know.

Product Code :418812
Product Name :STREAM-GT Classic (SPB) w/gigbag : 360,000JPY
Shipping : 12,650JPY (including insurance and handling fee)
Total Amount : 372,650JPY =$3,307.53 US

Payment Method : Bank Wire Transfer
- We do not cover any bank transfer charge and currency exchange fee at our side.
- Please arrange that we will receive full amount.
- Please be noted it will take approximately 2 - 7 business days to confirm your payment with our bank.
Shipping : via EMS

We await your reply.

Thanks and best regards,
Noriaki Sato
Ikebe Musical Instruments Store Co.,Ltd.
Business Hours for Overseas Customers (Mon to Fri / 10:00 to 19:00)

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Owes a little to this.

Nick wrote:Thinking this was probably part of the inspiration:



I second what Bacchus said; I love the body shape....wonderfully strange, but run of the mill where it really matters. That said a Bigsby style trem would look pretty sweet on one of those

rad but needs more pickups

littlericky wrote:

Owes a little to this.

Ahhhh! The Washburn A20 or A20V? Would really dig one with a maple cap.