ESP Guitars
ESP USA Custom Shop Horizon II - Cosmic Gumball
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We have searched a considerable portion of the known universe for instruments that stop conversations cold before a single note is played, and the ESP USA Custom Shop Horizon II in Cosmic Gumball may be the most visually explosive thing we've ever brought through the airlock. Against a deep black void, neon paint — electric blue, detonating pink, acid yellow-green — explodes across the body, neck, and headstock in cascading splatter patterns that look less like a finish and more like a snapshot of a cosmic event in progress. Large paint bombs and fine aerosol spray scatter across the Horizon II's elegant carved archtop silhouette like star-forming matter caught mid-explosion, continuing up the ebony fingerboard and erupting across the headstock in a visual statement so committed and so vivid it practically has its own gravitational field. The Horizon II is already one of the most sophisticated and beautiful guitar shapes in ESP's arsenal — that flowing, arched top profile, those sweeping curves, that distinctive pointed headstock — and against the Cosmic Gumball canvas it becomes something genuinely otherworldly. Built by ESP's acclaimed luthiers in Southern California, this is the USA Custom Shop at maximum creative velocity.
Beneath the visual spectacle lives a performance instrument of the highest order. Set-thru mahogany construction — where the neck extends deep into the body for seamless upper fret access and maximum resonance transfer — combines with a carved mahogany body and 25.5" scale to produce a voice that is warm, powerful, and unmistakably authoritative. The three-piece mahogany neck in Extra Thin "U" profile covers the full 24-fret range with the speed and fluidity that ESP USA players demand, and 24 Extra Jumbo Jescar stainless steel frets on the ebony board ensure every note speaks with total clarity and zero friction. Seymour Duncan Custom 14 humbuckers with Alnico II magnets occupy both neck and bridge positions — the same pickup specification that powered the M-II DX — delivering tight, articulate high-gain tones with a smooth, non-harsh top end that tracks every technique at every speed. The TonePros Locking TOM bridge with string-thru-body design, combined with the Floyd locking nut, creates a tuning stability and sustain system that locks everything in place with maximum authority without the complexity of a floating tremolo — a specification chosen by players who want total confidence under the most demanding performance conditions. Gotoh Magnum Locking tuners, Dunlop Straplok buttons, and the ESP USA Certificate of Authenticity complete an instrument that is, without question, one of the most striking and capable guitars we've had the privilege of launching into the cosmos.
Model: USA Horzion II
Color: Cosmic Gumball
Finish: Gloss
Body: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Neck: 3-Piece Mahogany (Set-Thru)
Scale: 25.5"
Radius: 12"
Neck Shape: Extra Thin "U"
Frets: 24 XJ Stainless
Nut: 1.69" Floyd
Truss Rod: Fully Adjustable
Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan Custom 14 (Alnico II)
Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan Custom 14 (Alnico II)
Controls: Volume,Tone, 3-Way
Bridge: Tone Pros Locking TOM
Strap Button: Dunlop Strap Lock
Tuning Machines: Gotoh Magnum Locking
Case: ESP Form Fit Case
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