---
product_id: 59465130
title: "ESP LTD EC-1000 Duncan Electric Guitar - Vintage Black"
brand: "esp guitars"
price: "₨44907"
currency: SCR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 8
category: "Esp Guitars"
url: https://www.desertcart.sc/products/59465130-esp-ltd-ec-1000-duncan-electric-guitar-vintage-black
store_origin: SC
region: Seychelles
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# Classic Seymour Duncan JB/'59 pickups Set-thru mahogany body for rich tone LTD locking tuners & Tonepros TOM bridge ESP LTD EC-1000 Duncan Electric Guitar - Vintage Black

**Brand:** esp guitars
**Price:** ₨44907
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎸 Own the stage with vintage vibes and modern precision!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** ESP LTD EC-1000 Duncan Electric Guitar - Vintage Black by esp guitars
- **How much does it cost?** ₨44907 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sc](https://www.desertcart.sc/products/59465130-esp-ltd-ec-1000-duncan-electric-guitar-vintage-black)

## Best For

- esp guitars enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted esp guitars brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Premium Playability:** 24-fret Macassar ebony fingerboard offers smooth bends and fast action, perfect for expressive lead work.
- • **Pro-Level Tone & Feel:** Set-thru mahogany body and 3-piece neck deliver warm, resonant sound with professional playability.
- • **Iconic Vintage Aesthetic:** Striking Vintage Black finish with gold hardware and binding for that timeless, stage-ready look.
- • **Rock-Solid Tuning Stability:** LTD locking tuners combined with Tonepros locking TOM bridge ensure your guitar stays perfectly in tune gig after gig.
- • **Signature Seymour Duncan Pickups:** Classic JB and '59 passive pickups provide versatile tones from searing leads to rich rhythm textures.

## Overview

The ESP LTD EC-1000 Duncan Electric Guitar in Vintage Black combines professional-grade features like a set-thru mahogany body, 3-piece mahogany neck, and Macassar ebony fingerboard with premium hardware including LTD locking tuners and a Tonepros locking TOM bridge. Equipped with classic Seymour Duncan JB/'59 pickups, it delivers versatile, rich tones ideal for working musicians seeking vintage aesthetics and reliable performance at an accessible price point.

## Description

Guitars in the LTD EC-1000 Series are designed to offer the tone, feel, looks, and quality that working professional musicians need in an instrument, along with the pricing that typical musicians can still afford. The EC-1000 VB Duncan is consistently one of the most popular guitars due to its combination of incredible looks and great performance. It offers a vintage looking body/neck/headstock binding and gold hardware, and includes premier components like LTD locking tuners, a Tonepros locking TOM bridge and tailpiece, and classic Seymour Duncan JB/’59 passive pickups. It also offers set-thru construction with a mahogany body, 3 pc. mahogany neck, and 24-fret Macassar ebony fingerboard. Available in Vintage Black finish.

Review: This is an awesome guitar! - First, the stock photos don't really do the "tiger eye" justice. The color is more of a fiery orange than a brown that stock photos indicate. The flamed maple has almost a 3D look with the look of the grain changing with the angle of viewing. She's a beauty, but loves fingerprints. The Fluence pickups are supremely quiet, loud and clear, if that makes sense. My guitar teacher was impressed with the sound despite being an old-school guy when it comes to gear. I like the Fishmans, but you should try them out at a store first. The tuners are slick, sensitive and locking. The XL frets make bends easy and smooth and the neck is very comfortable. All in all this has a lot of nice touches and everything says quality. It's fun to play and really resonates in your hands, giving you feedback. I think this could use a longer scale length neck to go with the 24 frets, if I have any quibbles. This version is made in Korea.
Review: Poor Indonesian QC - ESP used to make some really high quality guitars in the LTD line. That being said, this is when they were still being made in the Korean factory. In a momentary lapse of reason, I purchased this, $1100, Indonesian made, EC-1000S and was instantly regretful upon it's arrival. With the myriad, of inexpensive, high quality, import guitars now available, I can no longer recommend LTD instruments. After the pandemic, we saw a major price hike on everything, and frankly, a downturn in quality. Sad to say, even luxury items, such as import guitars were not immune to these quality problems as I am sure there are less workers with any experience making these dreadfully, low quality instruments. On to the guitar I received... First off, the seller shipped the guitar in the, inner, triangular container which is only enough to protect the guitar in a music store back room, definitely a very poor choice when shipping a guitar. The outer container was absent. Upon unboxing, right away, I noticed a massive, paint flaw on the front face of the instrument (pictured). Clearly, when the guitar was painted, an airbubble didn't escape, causing it to pop during the drying period, and leaving an appropriately BB sized divot, in the finish, right on the front face of the single cut horn. Ridiculous that something as big as this was not caught in in the paint shop, and then a second time in the supposed US inspection facility. This is clearly a B-Stock instrument. Sloppy paint, sloppy binding, uneven, ripply, clear coat. Poorly cut nut... What exactly makes this guitar worth $1100??? The LTD name? Laughable... This is a $400 guitar with flaws and expensive pickups. I plugged the guitar in to hear the Fishman pickups, and they were comically thin sounding with extremely low output. I am guessing this guitar sat for a long while, and the battery was dead or there was something else wrong with the pickups themselves or the wiring. Having been told Fishman makes their pickups in China, this is not surprising. A dealer informed me that a lot of Fishman's arrive in these guitars DOA. I didn't bother to swap the battery as the guitar promptly made it's way back in the shipping box and back to the returns depot. Simply resting on the laurels of a name like ESP, just does not cut it these days. Save your coins... If you are looking for an affordable, lower end guitar with mid tear components, check out Schecter. I don't particularly care for their brash designs, however, I can vouch that their QC is much higher than LTDs, currently. I can no longer recommend LTD instruments and I can honestly say that this guitar has quelled my desire to own anymore LTDs. I attached a picture of the ridiculous paint flaw in this Indonesian made, $1100 guitar. I didn't bother photographing anymore of the issues as it is extremely difficult on a gloss black guitar. I think think the hole on the front is quite enough to support my review.

## Features

- Demo LTD EC-1000 Duncan
- Vint Blk

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B079H4GLQB |
| Back Material | Mahogany Wood |
| Best Sellers Rank | #55,315 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #392 in Solid Body Electric Guitars |
| Body Material | Mahogany |
| Color Name | Vintage Black |
| Connector Type | 1/4-inch audio jack |
| Customer Reviews | 3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars (56) |
| Date First Available | January 31, 2018 |
| Fretboard Material | Ebony |
| Guitar Bridge System | Tune-O-Matic |
| Guitar Pickup Configuration | H-H |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 10 pounds |
| Item model number | LEC1000VBD |
| Material Type | Mahogany, Macassar Ebony |
| Neck Material Type | Mahogany |
| Number of Strings | 6 |
| Product Dimensions | 44 x 4 x 16 inches |
| Size | Duncan |
| String Material | Alloy Steel |
| Top Material | Mahogany Wood |

## Product Details

- **Back Material Type:** Mahogany Wood
- **Body Material:** Mahogany
- **Brand:** ESP GUITARS
- **Color:** Vintage Black
- **Fretboard Material Type:** Ebony
- **Guitar Pickup Configuration:** H-H
- **Hand Orientation:** Right
- **Neck Material Type:** Mahogany
- **String Material Type:** Alloy Steel
- **Top Material Type:** Mahogany Wood

## Images

![ESP LTD EC-1000 Duncan Electric Guitar - Vintage Black - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61XxlyP0w4L.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Color, Style** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is an awesome guitar!
*by G***N on June 5, 2020*

First, the stock photos don't really do the "tiger eye" justice. The color is more of a fiery orange than a brown that stock photos indicate. The flamed maple has almost a 3D look with the look of the grain changing with the angle of viewing. She's a beauty, but loves fingerprints. The Fluence pickups are supremely quiet, loud and clear, if that makes sense. My guitar teacher was impressed with the sound despite being an old-school guy when it comes to gear. I like the Fishmans, but you should try them out at a store first. The tuners are slick, sensitive and locking. The XL frets make bends easy and smooth and the neck is very comfortable. All in all this has a lot of nice touches and everything says quality. It's fun to play and really resonates in your hands, giving you feedback. I think this could use a longer scale length neck to go with the 24 frets, if I have any quibbles. This version is made in Korea.

### ⭐ Poor Indonesian QC
*by T***C on November 13, 2022*

ESP used to make some really high quality guitars in the LTD line. That being said, this is when they were still being made in the Korean factory. In a momentary lapse of reason, I purchased this, $1100, Indonesian made, EC-1000S and was instantly regretful upon it's arrival. With the myriad, of inexpensive, high quality, import guitars now available, I can no longer recommend LTD instruments. After the pandemic, we saw a major price hike on everything, and frankly, a downturn in quality. Sad to say, even luxury items, such as import guitars were not immune to these quality problems as I am sure there are less workers with any experience making these dreadfully, low quality instruments. On to the guitar I received... First off, the seller shipped the guitar in the, inner, triangular container which is only enough to protect the guitar in a music store back room, definitely a very poor choice when shipping a guitar. The outer container was absent. Upon unboxing, right away, I noticed a massive, paint flaw on the front face of the instrument (pictured). Clearly, when the guitar was painted, an airbubble didn't escape, causing it to pop during the drying period, and leaving an appropriately BB sized divot, in the finish, right on the front face of the single cut horn. Ridiculous that something as big as this was not caught in in the paint shop, and then a second time in the supposed US inspection facility. This is clearly a B-Stock instrument. Sloppy paint, sloppy binding, uneven, ripply, clear coat. Poorly cut nut... What exactly makes this guitar worth $1100??? The LTD name? Laughable... This is a $400 guitar with flaws and expensive pickups. I plugged the guitar in to hear the Fishman pickups, and they were comically thin sounding with extremely low output. I am guessing this guitar sat for a long while, and the battery was dead or there was something else wrong with the pickups themselves or the wiring. Having been told Fishman makes their pickups in China, this is not surprising. A dealer informed me that a lot of Fishman's arrive in these guitars DOA. I didn't bother to swap the battery as the guitar promptly made it's way back in the shipping box and back to the returns depot. Simply resting on the laurels of a name like ESP, just does not cut it these days. Save your coins... If you are looking for an affordable, lower end guitar with mid tear components, check out Schecter. I don't particularly care for their brash designs, however, I can vouch that their QC is much higher than LTDs, currently. I can no longer recommend LTD instruments and I can honestly say that this guitar has quelled my desire to own anymore LTDs. I attached a picture of the ridiculous paint flaw in this Indonesian made, $1100 guitar. I didn't bother photographing anymore of the issues as it is extremely difficult on a gloss black guitar. I think think the hole on the front is quite enough to support my review.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic Guitar
*by R***N on June 20, 2022*

I took this guitar on an airplane a few days after it arrived it had a good set up on it. I did a weeks worth of outdoor gigs in Florida it performed flawlessly. The piezo system is excellent. It stayed in tune well. I then flew back to Minnesota with it and did a gig in 90 degree heat in direct sunlight. Once again it performed flawlessly and stayed in tune. The neck didn't change at all in those temperature extremes. It is worth the money.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-17*