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ESP M2 HAMMETT
Skull & Crossbones
In the 1991 ESP catalog the first Mirage with Skull & Crossbones inlays and also the first M2. They call it M-2 HAMMETT, but there is no "KH" signature on the headstock as into the KH-2.
(n.b. the "2" doesn't mean two humbuckers but 2nd version of the line "M" called M1 until now. In the 1991 catalog you can see M2 series with 1 humbuckers and 1 single coil)
- year: 1991 / 1994
- shape: M2
- construction: bolt on neck
- neck: maple
- body: double cutaway alder body
- fingerboard: rosewood, 24 XJ frets, "skull & crossbones" horizontal inlays
- electronics: passive ESP humbuckers or active EMG 81 humbuckers (bridge & neck), 2 Volumes, 1 Tone, 3 way switch
- hardware: ESP licensed Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo, ESP tuners, black schaller hardware
- logos and serials:
-- front of headstock: "ESP" light grey/gold glittered logo, "Custom" light grey
-- back of headstock: "ESP CUSTOM GUITARS" black circle logo
-- serial number: XXXXX (5 digits) punched on the bolt plate in the neck. (The date of manufacture is write on pencil on the body of the guitar where is joined to the neck...you have to unscrew the neck).
Some records:
1992/07/10 --> 61192
1992 --> 61843
- shape: M2
- construction: bolt on neck
- neck: maple
- body: double cutaway alder body
- fingerboard: rosewood, 24 XJ frets, "skull & crossbones" horizontal inlays
- electronics: passive ESP humbuckers or active EMG 81 humbuckers (bridge & neck), 2 Volumes, 1 Tone, 3 way switch
- hardware: ESP licensed Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo, ESP tuners, black schaller hardware
- logos and serials:
-- front of headstock: "ESP" light grey/gold glittered logo, "Custom" light grey
-- back of headstock: "ESP CUSTOM GUITARS" black circle logo
-- serial number: XXXXX (5 digits) punched on the bolt plate in the neck. (The date of manufacture is write on pencil on the body of the guitar where is joined to the neck...you have to unscrew the neck).
Some records:
1992/07/10 --> 61192
1992 --> 61843
1993/01/01 --> 61553
1993/01/22 --> 61626
1993/01/22 --> 61626
1994 --> 16647
- colors and other features: black
- notes: earlier 1991 models have rectangular pointed truss rod cover with blank borders
- colors and other features: black
- notes: earlier 1991 models have rectangular pointed truss rod cover with blank borders
EXAMPLE OF M2 HAMMETT WITH EMG ACTIVE PICKUPS
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCosXUuCmDXg_nLpGr6gyFDQ?sub_confirmation=1
EXAMPLE OF M2 HAMMETT WITH ESP PASSIVE PICKUPS
