ESP Skulls & Snakes Japan Custom Shop 1993-1996 George Lynch
ESP Skulls & Snakes Japan Custom Shop 1993-1996 George Lynch
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This is a true ESP Japan Custom Shop Skulls & Snakes (serial number 61167), built in the mid‑1990s during ESP’s golden era. This is not the mass‑produced George Lynch signature model. This is a Custom Shop one-off run hand‑airbrushed, with period‑correct premium hardware and ESP‑branded tuners.
These Custom Shop builds are significantly rarer and often more desirable to collectors than the mass produced signature production models.
The artwork is original, vibrant, and in excellent condition. The guitar features a Schaller Germany Floyd Rose, ESP tuners, a locking nut, and the classic Skulls & Snakes graphic. Serial number 61167 is stamped on the ESP neck plate, consistent with mid‑90s Custom Shop production.
This is a serious collector’s piece - extremely hard to find in this condition. Specs:
- Model: ESP Custom Shop Skulls & Snakes
- Origin: ESP Japan Custom Shop
- Era: Mid‑1990s (approx. 1993–1996)
- Body: Custom airbrushed Skulls & Snakes graphic
- Neck: Maple bolt‑on
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Inlays: Skull & crossbones / X‑style
- Tuners: ESP‑branded
- Bridge: Schaller Germany Floyd Rose (licensed premium hardware)
- Pickups: Neck ESP / Bridge is a factory‑installed OEM Seymour Duncan Screamin’ Demon unbranded, as typical for mid‑90s ESP Custom Shop builds. Identical specs to the retail TB‑12 model. Seymour Duncan supplied OEM non-branded pickups to ESP custom shop, to Kramer, Charvel, etc., that were not logo stamped during the mid-90's.
- Serial: 61167 (ESP neck plate)
Condition
- Graphic is clean and unfaded
- No cracks around the locking nut
- No headstock breaks
- Frets in excellent condition
- Hardware fully functional
- Floyd Rose fine tuners smooth
- Neck straight
- Electronics clean
This guitar has been well cared for and is in excellent vintage condition. Why this guitar is special
- True Custom Shop build
- Hand‑airbrushed artwork
- Rare non‑signature version
- ESP Japan golden‑era craftsmanship
- Schaller Floyd Rose
- Collector‑grade condition
As a George Lynch collector fan then I purchased the guitar in High-Wycombe UK around 1995-1996 and it is still in its original form. Nothing has been changed and it spend most of its life in a hard-case. Some visible minor wear and tear per the photographs due to ageing which is just visual / cosmetic. No functional issues.
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