The site also features a community page where users and fans can interact. You can also build your own customized metal guitar or bass via the Custom Select page. Their website features their complete product catalog, including custom shop options and more. Now under Fender Musical Instrument Corporation, they continue to offer rock and metal friendly guitars at various price points. A knowledgeable tech can modify an OFR bar (albeit with no locking collar) to fit if necessary.Jackson Guitars started off providing quality American-made heavy metal guitars to popular artists, headlined by Randy Rhoads. * ESP Floyds- The bar and sleeve is a different size than a Original Floyd Rose. I've seen both on the same model of guitar from the same year. Standard series serials start with letters SS, custom shop serials start with two letters denoting which ESP custom shop built the instrument, signature models start with two letters- earlier signature models started with artists initials, more recent models seem to be a mix of either custom shop initials or artist initials. Serial number changed to screen on back of headstock.

Mass produced models have ESP Standard Series Guitars. Mid2000's- Current ESP guitars circular logo screened on the back of the headstock. I have a bolt on KH-2 from this era that has both an inked serial number and a (different) neck plate number. Serial number either inked on the back of the headstock or stamped into neck plate. Mid 90's- early 2000's ESP Custom Guitars circular logo screened on the back of the headstock (this includes standard 'mass produced' models as well). FWIW- I had a custom shop bolt on Horizon from this time period that had no serial number whatsoever. Serial number stamped into the neck plate. Bolt on- nothing stamped on back of headstock Late 80's- early 90's Neck through- Made in Japan inked into the back of the headstock Serial numbers stamped into the last fret (closest to the body) of the fretboard. Here's my personal observations for USA models (be aware that ESP seems to use different methods in different countries and always seems to produce healthy numbers of exceptions to rules): ESP has used a mix of serial number schemes over the years. I've been told that ESP had a fire in their (old) LA office in the mid/late 90's which destroyed most if not all of their existing records.

Esp ltd serial numbers