New Limited Edition Alexi Laiho Signature Guitar ALEXI-600 SE
May 20th, 2007
ESP has announced a new limited edition Alexi Laiho signature guitar, the ALEXI-600 SE. The modifications in this SE edition are mostly visual. All of the hardware specifications are the same in the ALEXI-600 and the ALEXI-600 SE. What we have in the SE version is a new pink finish, pink inlays, and a COBHC logo painted on the back. The only design difference seems to be in the body shape. The bottom cutaway is slightly farther back to give you better access to the higher frets. In fact it looks like the body actually starts a whole two frets back at the 22nd fret instead of at the 20th. And I thought the original had great accessibility. At present it seems as though the guitar is going for just over $1000USD.
Here are the exact specs for the new guitar:
- Modified body shape for more access to higher frets
- Natural satin finish on neck
- Pink LTD logo and artist signature on headstock
- Pink “COBHC” design on back of body
- Pink pinstripes on back of body
- Neck-thru-body design (25.5” scale)
- Alder body
- 3-piece maple / ebony neck
- Floyd Rose locking nut / 42mm
- Thin U neck shape
- Pink sawtooth inlays
- 24 extra-jumbo frets
- Black hardware
- Grover tuners
- Floyd Rose bridge
- EMG HZ-4 bridge pickup
- No neck pickup
- 1 Volume control
I love the look of these guitars, but the missing neck pickup is a real downside as far as I am concerned. If you want to sound exactly like Alexi Laiho then this guitar would be great for you, but otherwise you are limiting your tone by not having that second pickup. Then again, if you play strictly metal, you might not even know the neck pickup exists.
Tags: alexi-laiho, ESP, metal-guitar, signature-guitar
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May 23rd, 2007 03:42
“Then again, if you play strictly metal, you might not even know the neck pickup exists.”
[metalhead]Wha…..? There’s a neck pickup. Let me check…. oh wow!!![/metalhead]
haha good call. Gotta say, pink is the new metal!
May 27th, 2007 09:01
haha, yeah I am guilty of bridge pickup favoritism as well.
The pink is pretty schwicked though.
August 10th, 2008 20:20
wow thats sad … c’mon now every body abuse’s the bridge pickup for rythm shit but lets be honest if you have any ability at all you know that the neck p.u. is a crucial weapon when it comes to sweeps and legato runs … just cause i like playing metal doesn’t make me guitarted!
August 24th, 2008 01:50
White,yellow or pink – he still standing best guitarist in the story of metal.
September 16th, 2008 13:39
I bought the Alexi 600SE (pink stripes). It is an awesome guitar. Looks wicked, very sharp. I have other guitars for other music. This is great for metal. The neck feels great. I love this guitar. I am almost afraid to play it. It is so beautiful.
December 1st, 2008 05:53
children of bodom es mi mejor grupo alexi sigan asi exelente su heavy y death le sale perfecto XZ
November 20th, 2009 12:46
I would probably commit murder for this guitar…it is every thing I could ever want in an instrument. Although, I’d probably swap out the EMG for a SD Blackout 9V. But still, it’s things like these that make me wish I wasn’t flat broke