Crafted by hand with painstaking detail at the world-famous ESP Custom Shop in Japan and limited to just 25 pieces worldwide, the ESP KH Ouija™ Natural is — from day one — a rare and highly-coveted Signature Series guitar created for Kirk Hammett of Metallica. The ESP KH Ouija™ Natural takes the famed graphics from Kirk Hammett’s original Ouija™ guitar and uses them on a stunning hand-selected, highly-figured, 5mm thick, quilted maple “drop top” that complements the guitar’s alder body. The ESP KH Ouija™ Natural offers neck-thru-body construction, with a three-piece extra-thin U-shaped maple neck. Its ebony fingerboard features 24 extra-jumbo Jescar frets (with a scalloped fingerboard for frets #17-24), and star and moon inlays perfect for the occult-oriented theme of this amazing guitar. Components include a Floyd Rose Original bridge, Gotoh tuners, and a set of EMG 60 (neck) and EMG 81 (bridge) active pickups with custom quilted maple covers featuring the Ouija® artwork. Owners of the ESP KH Ouija™ Natural will receive a special Ouija™ case and a signed Certificate of Authenticity from ESP, along with an 8x10 photo of Kirk with the guitar and a reproduction of the original build sheet used at the ESP Custom Shop.
FEATURES
5MM QUILTED MAPLE DROP TOP
The exquisite highly-figured solid quilted maple top of the ESP KH Ouija™ Natural is 5mm thick and perfectly complements the guitar’s alder body.
SCALLOPED FINGERBOARD
At the highest registers (frets #17-24), the ESP KH Ouija™Natural’s fingerboard is scalloped, offering the pitch vibrato you can only get with a concave playing surface.
QUILTED MAPLE PICKUP COVERS
The workmanship on the ESP KH Ouija™ Natural extends to fine details like its pickup covers made of matching quilted maple, allowing the Ouija® artwork to be shown uninterrupted across the guitar.
BODY
- BODY WOOD:
- Alder
- BODY TOP:
- 5mm Quilted Maple Drop Top
- BODY THICKNESS:
- 45mm
- BODY FINISH:
- Natural Gloss Top (Black on Back)
- NECK CONSTRUCTION:
- Neck Thru Body
NECK
- NECK WOOD:
- 3Pc Maple
- FINGERBOARD:
- Ebony
- SCALE LENGTH:
- 25.5”
- NUT WIDTH:
- 42mm
- NUT TYPE:
- Floyd Rose R2 Locking
- FINGERBOARD RADIUS:
- 305mm / 12"
- NECK CONTOUR:
- Extra Thin U
- THICKNESS @ 1ST FRET:
- 19mm
- THICKNESS @ 12TH FRET:
- 21mm
- FRETS:
- 24XJ Jescar FW57110 NS
- NECK FINISH:
- Black Gloss
- HEAD CAP:
- Quilted Maple
- TRUSS ROD:
- 2-Way Adjustable
- OTHER:
- Scalloped Fingerboard for #17-24
HARDWARE
- BRIDGE:
- Floyd Rose Original
- TUNERS:
- Gotoh
- STRAP BUTTONS:
- Standard
- COLOR:
- Black
ELECTRONICS
- NECK PICKUP:
- EMG 60 w/ Quilted Maple Cover
- BRIDGE PICKUP:
- EMG 81 w/ Quilted Maple Cover
- CONTROLS:
- 1-Volume, 1-Tone, 3-Way Blade Switch
PLAYABILITY & SETUP
- STRINGS:
- Elixir .009" - .042"
- CASE:
- KH OUIJA™ Form Fit