ESP USA M-7 Baritone 7-String Guitar, EMG 81-7XH / 85-7XH, Purple Haze Burst

Player's Perspective

It's always a treat to get a beautiful USA-made ESP into the shop. Built in ESP's USA factory right here in California, these instruments are top-of-the-line instruments on par with their renowned, artisan-made Japanese Custom Shop guitars. Much like its 6-stringed M-series brethren, this beautiful M-7 in Purple Haze Burst is a real shredder. This baritone sports an extended 27" scale length so you can drop-tune to your heart's content while still having good tension on the strings and a snappy response to the feel.

The build quality is excellent. The neck is thin and even if you're new to extended range guitars, it shouldn't take long to get used to. It's definitely designed, from top to bottom, to be a hard-rockin' shredder's axe. The action right out of the box is low and the playability is super easy with these.

This one's loaded with EMG's 81-7X & 85-7X active pickups, which take the iconic 81 & 85 set that has come to define modern metal to the next level - the new X preamp gives these pickups even more juice, power, and clarity. This guitar cuts through a dense mix like a hot knife through butter, and just sounds absolutely unbelievable through gain, staying tight and dynamic regardless of how much distortion you throw at it.

Details

Crafted at our ESP USA facility in Southern California, the USA M-7 Hardtail Baritone offers a very high-quality solution for players who want the extended range of a seven-string 27” baritone scale guitar that’s built by master luthiers and personalized with your choices of finishes, woods, and components. This guitar employs an extra thin U-shaped three-piece maple neck with natural satin finish for the smoothest and fastest playing experience. Optional premier-quality figured-wood tops are available on the USA M-7 Hardtail including flamed maple, quilted maple, lacewood, zebrawood, and koa, with a variety of amazing translucent gloss and satin finishes to choose from, as well as an ebony fingerboard with offset abalone dot inlays, and a killer reverse headstock with matching body finish.

The USA M-7 Hardtail Baritone offers the very best in parts and components, and include 24 extra-jumbo Jescar stainless steel frets, a Hipshot fixed hardtail bridge, a bone nut, Sperzel Trimlok tuners, Dunlop Straploks, and your choice of Seymour Duncan Custom/Jazz or EMG 81-7XH/85-7XH pickup sets, with a push-pull coil split control on the tone knob for passive pickup models. The USA M-7 Hardtail Baritone includes a high-quality ESP USA form-fitting hard shell case.