ESP ST465 Stratocaster Ash 1983-1984 CASE QUEEN! Vintage 60s Reissue Strat MIJ Japan 400 Series Pre-Custom Shop era

ESP ST465 60s vingage style strat from 1983-1984. This is the earliest known ESP guitar for sale anywhere in the world along with the blue Mirage from Girlschool I have listed. This was the first guitar ESP ever made under the "ESP" brand and is the first model listed in their first catalog. This is also the best condition first-year ESP guitar in the world. It is priced accordingly. 100% original case queen that was hidden away for years in central London. It is an absolute museum piece. It is also the highest spec guitar ESP made its first year, receiving the rosewood fretboard and the bookmatched swamp ash body that only the natural finish received. I am the largest ESP collector in Europe, and it took me 30 years to find this guitar. I have never seen another example. This is the ultimate bragging rights for the ESP collector and any serious guitar collector. The idea behind ESP's first guitar was to be a faithful recreation of a 60s Fender Stratocaster, which is why the guitar looks the way it does and has these features.

Only one person can own the earliest and best condition ESP guitar in the world, so I am now passing the torch. It is priced less than many newer ESP limited edition guitars and is about the price of a new Gibson Kirk Hammett Greeny replica. If you bought one of those, you should have your sights set on this guitar. If ESP knew about this listing, I suspect they would simply buy the guitar for their personal collection, but their Japanese team are largely uninterested in the world of guitars outside Japan and do not shop on Western websites like Reverb. They use Yahoo Auctions in Japan, which my computer cannot even translate. So, for the price of a rolex watch, you can own the earliest, best condition example of an ESP guitar in the world. It has a few dings to the lacquer as shown, which you could have filled by a professional to restore the guitar to completely mint condition if you are bothered. It is in outstanding condition for being over 40 years old. Maybe Kirk will add this one to his collection.

Worldwide shipping to any country. I suspect someone in America will be buying this guitar, which is no problem at all. I ship there regularly and have never had an issue. Will be professionally packed and shipped with UPS or FedEx. I am selling off my entire guitar collection, which is the only reason why this is now listed for sale. Follow me here and keep an eye out on upcoming listings.