As the front man 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. Built with set-neck construction at 24.75” scale, the LTD Vulture features a three-piece mahogany neck and a Macassar ebony fingerboard with 22 extra-jumbo frets, dot inlays, and a custom vulture inlay at the 12th fret. The LTD 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 LTD Vulture include discrete volume knobs for each pickup, LTD locking tuners and a Tone Pros bridge and tailpiece. Includes ESP deluxe hardshell case.

Features

• Construction : Set-Neck
• Scale : 24.75"
• Body : Mahogany
• Neck : 3pc Mahogany
• Fingerboard : Macassar Ebony
• Fingerboard Radius : 350mm
• Finish : Olympic White
• Nut Width : 42mm
• Nut Type : Molded
• Neck Contour : Thin U
• Frets/Type : 22 XJ
• Hardware Color : Black
• Strap Button : Standard
• Tuners : Ltd Locking
• Bridge : Tone pros Locking Tom & Tailpiece
• Neck Pu : EMG Het Set Neck
• Bridge Pu : EMG Het Set Bridge
• Electronics Layout : Volume/Volume/Toggle Switch
• Strings : Elixir Nanoweb Light Xl110 (.010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046)
• Case Included (Yes/No) : Yes
• Case : Vulture Form Fit Case