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Each year, the world-renowned guitar builders at the ESP Custom Shop in Japan are allowed to let their own creativity flow, resulting in a series of guitars that express the ultimate proof of their unequalled skills as designers and creators of custom instruments. The 2022 ESP Exhibition Series represents some of their best work ever, on display as a collection of fine art in the form of musical instruments.
These guitars feature elements like ESP’s most rare and coveted wood stocks, special wood processing, experimental painting techniques, and unique hand-built hardware. Only one of each model has been created.
Model: EX22-19 Mystique-CTM
Top: Flamed maple & burled maple/resin top w/natural binding (Blue River Gradation, Blue Teardrop Sunburst back)
Body: Limba wood body w/flamed maple back
Neck: Bird’s eye maple neck
Fingerboard: Macassar ebony fingerboard w/flamed maple binding,
Inlays: Pearl/abalone S block inlays
Hardware: Gotoh tuners, ESP FB20-6 brass bridge w/string-thru-body
Pickups: Seymour Duncan CS 59/Jazz Hybrid pickup (neck), Seymour Duncan CS 59/JB Hybrid TB pickup (bridge) w/ exotic wood/inlay covers & & ESP beveled pickup rings
