Extremely beautiful guitar! The workmanship, equipment, settings, sound are of very high quality - as expected from ESP LTD. Freatboard of the burned jatoba gives a good feeling of playing and looks nice. I'm just wondering what it will look like in the long run. Compared to the EC series, the guitar has a longer neck and a shorter body. At least to me, it happens when playing it in a natural position that I play it above the neck pickup, which I don't like at all. So, from a playability point of view, I like the EC series much better. I was also surprised - perhaps this only applies to my guitar - that the freats are sharp along the edges and - strange - that the guitar was delivered with rusty strings.