ESP KH-2 Kirk Hammet , Purple Sparkle
Crafted by hand, one at a time by the master luthiers at the ESP Custom Shop in Japan, the ESP KH-2 Purple Sparkle is the latest update to the Signature Series of Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist of the world's most successful metal band in history, Metallica. The KH-2 Purple Sparkle is more than just a killer new finish; its specs make it a whole new guitar. It offers neck-thru-body construction at 25.5” scale with a comfortable alder body and an extra thin U-shaped 3-piece maple neck with a great-feeling natural gloss finish on the back of the neck. The KH-2 Purple Sparkle has a 305mm radius rosewood fingerboard with 24 extra-jumbo frets and Kirk's signature “skull and bones” inlays, and the fingerboard is scalloped from frets 17-24. This guitar’s sound is powered by a pair of EMG KH Bone Breaker Limited Edition pickups. Designed to bring out the best in Kirk’s tone, the pickups offer crisp leads or smooth, rounded rhythm tones at a flick of its three-way selector. Components on the KH-2 Purple Sparkle include high-quality Gotoh tuners and a Floyd Rose Original bridge, and it comes with an ESP hard shell case.
Specifications
- Construction: Neck-Thru
- Scale: 25.5"
- Body: Alder
- Neck: 3Pc Maple
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 305mm
- Finish: Purple Sparkle
- Nut Width: 42mm
- Nut Type: Locking
- Neck Contour: Extra Thin U
- Frets/Type: 24 XJ (Scalloped from 17-24)
- Hardware Color: Black
- Strap Button: ESP Strap Lock
- Tuners: Gotoh
- Bridge: Floyd Rose Original
- Neck Pickup: EMG KH Bone Breaker Limited Edition
- Bridge Pickup: EMG KH Bone Breaker Limited Edition
- Electronics: Active
- Electronics Layout: Volume/Volume/Tone/3-Way Switch
- Strings: Elixir Nanoweb Super Light (.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042)
- Case Included: Yes
- Case Model: MH GUITAR FORM FIT CASE