Product Overview
Contact us and find out why you should buy your next guitar from Liberty Music! We fully inspect your instrument more than once, when received and when shipped. We also will SETUP your instrument at no additional charge prior to shipping your order.
We offer the following to help you secure your next dream piece of gear.
TRADE FROM ANYWHERE PROGRAM
- We accept trades on any musical instruments from anywhere simply reach out and we take care of all the logistics.
FINANCING UP TO 48 Months
- We offer financing up to 48 Months with Affirm, Synchrony, and Klarna, contact us today to find out more!
90 DAY LAYAWAY!
- With a 20% deposit you have 90 days to pay the balance if the guitar is in stock, if it is a pre-order simply put 20% down to secure your guitar and the remainder due once it arrives.
We buy, sell and trade with financing options with Klarna, Affirm and Synchrony available.
We will also beat any competitor's price.
We are an AUTHORIZED ESP DEALER. New guitars come with a full manufacturer's warranty and remember your item inspected upon receipt from the supplier and again prior to shipping your order.
Description
As the frontman of the world’s most popular metal band and a rhythm guitarist whose influence goes far beyond any other player in the metal realm, James Hetfield has had a massive impact on the world of guitar performance. The Vulture is the most recent of his ESP and LTD Signature Series guitars. It offers a distinctive V-shaped mahogany body with hooks and bevels that are reminiscent of the famed Metallica logo. Handcrafted one at a time with extraordinary detail by the renowned expert luthiers at the ESP Custom Shop in Japan, the ESP Vulture is identical to the guitar James uses for recording and live shows with Metallica. Built with set-neck construction at 24.75” scale, the ESP Vulture features a one-piece mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard with 22 extra-jumbo frets, dot inlays, and a custom vulture inlay at the 12th fret. The ESP Vulture comes with a set of James’s signature EMG JH Het Set active pickups. Designed to capture the clarity and punch of a passive pickup and still retain the legendary active tone that molded a generation, the JH-N (neck) has individual ceramic poles and bobbins that feature a larger core and are taller than the EMG 60 for more attack, higher output, and fuller low end in the neck position. The JH-B (bridge) uses the same type of core but has steel pole pieces, unlike the EMG 81 that uses bar magnets. This produces the familiar tight attack with less inductance for a cleaner low end. Other pro features of the ESP Vulture include discrete volume knobs for each pickup, Gotoh locking tuners, and a locking TonePros bridge and tailpiece. Includes ESP deluxe hardshell case.
Features
Mahogany body
3-piece mahogany neck
Macassar ebony fingerboard
EMG JH Het Set active pickups
Specifications
Body
Body Type: Solid Body
Body wood: Mahogany
Neck
Neck wood: 3-piece Mahogany
Joint: Set-in
Scale length: 24.75"
Truss rod: Standard
Fingerboard
Material: Ebony
Fret size: Extra-jumbo
Number of frets: 22
Inlays: Dot
Electronics
Configuration: HH
Neck: EMG Humbucker
Bridge: EMG Humbucker
Hardware
Bridge type: Fixed Bridge
Bridge design: TonePros
Tuning machines: Locking
Other
Number of strings: 6 String
Case: Hardshell case
Orientation: Right-handed
Body
- Body shape: Double cutaway
- Body type: Solid body
- Body material: Solid wood
- Top wood: Maple
- Body wood: Mahogany
- Body finish: Dependent on color
- Orientation: Right handed
Neck
- Neck shape: Thin U
- Neck wood: Mahogany
- Joint: Set-in
- Scale length: 24.75"
- Truss rod: Standard
- Neck finish: Dependent on color
Fretboard
- Material: Ebony
- Radius: 12"
- Fret size: Extra-jumbo
- Number of frets: 22
- Inlays: Yes
- Nut width: 1.65" (42 mm) ABS
Pickups
- Configuration: HH
- Neck: EMG 66TW
- Bridge: EMG 57TW
- Brand: EMG
- Active or passive pickups: Passive
- Series or parallel: Parallel
- Active EQ: Yes
- Special electronics: Push/pull volume controls for coil split
Controls
- Control layout: Volume 1, volume 2, master tone
- Pickup switch: 3-way
- Coil tap or split: Coil split
Hardware
- Bridge type: Fixed
- Bridge design: Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: Stopbar
- Tuning machines: Grover locking
- Color: Black
Other
- Number of strings: 6-string
- Special features: Electronics, Body finish
- Case: Hardshell case
- Country of origin: Japan
- ESP James Hetfield Signature Vulture Electric Guitar Olympic White
