ESP LTD MH-203QM - See Thru Blue

This guitar looks out-of-the-box amazing. Mine is a blue very true to the images on the Amazon page, while some seem a bit more aqua colored in the images.The sound is great for a H/S/S setup. You can get down to the lows and really grind on that humbucker and get some amazing clean tones and leads from the single coils. For the money, the sound is awesome (through either my Marshal Mini or Spider amps).I've seen a question about fret markers (and I had the same question before I bought it) and they are there, but they are in the position of the top (low-E) string. I've circled them in the picture to show where they are. Additionally, the 12th fret has a second marker on the high-E string (also circled). More importantly, the top of the neck has the fret markers in black on the white background to make them easy to see.As others have noted, there was a bit of fret buzz out of the box. That was fine with me since the first thing I did was throw away the strings and put on a set of my favorites which are a .009-.042 set of a different brand than were equipped. I stretched them out for a couple of days and then took it to a guitar shop to calibrate the intonation, springs, tuning, and whatnot. After that, no problem whatsoever. It will slip out of tune a bit if I dive so hard that it slacks the strings, but I can just pull the tremolo bar back up a bit and it will go right back into tune.The one thing I would say is that this guitar (and any guitar) with a Floating Floyd Rose tremolo is not for beginners. not only do dives with incorrect spring settings blow the tuning, simply palm-muting for a lot of beginners will change the tone because of the amount of pressure you apply while learning. Between that and the hard-to-see-to-an-observer fret inlays (which makes it hard for an instruction to see which frets your fingers are on) I'd think you definitely want to be at least an intermediate player before you buy this one. But once you are at intermediate, this thing can make you sound and look a bit beyond your ability -not many guitars in this price range can do that.

Guitar looks amazing and feels great. Overall the sounds I was getting were pretty versatile and I could play everything from clean to metal.While the pictures don't show, the inlays on the neck look great in person.I didn't experience the issues others mentioned about tuning after it adjusted to the humidity and strings broke in a bit.The fret board however needs some work. There was some minor buzzing on a couple strings and high E had its 5th fret dead. It's not the first guitar and won't be the last guitar with buzzing, but as anyone should do with a new guitar I'm taking it in to get adjusted.I'll update again after adjustment, but I'd imaging it will be all good. If the guitar tech says major issues I'll bump down, and if it's good to go I'll give it 5 stars. 3 stars for now just because of the dead fret.Also note: Mine was open box, so I cannot be happier for the price!EDIT:So I got the guitar back. Dead fret taken care of, action adjusted, Floyd Rose bridge perfectly lined up and springs all set.Now I can say this is a 5 start guitar.... AGAIN really everyone, unless you can do it yourself, should get their guitar setup, tuned, frets leveled ect on any Med quality guitar and above. I literally can't tell a difference between this and my 1500.00 Ibanez. Plays amazing and the HSS pickup config gives you a great range of music styles.Only Con: (not a big one), if you're doing absolutely crazy dive bombs with the tremelo, I've seen it not totally bounce back to the right tuning, however I think I can adjust the springs ever so slightly to fix this and I really don't do tons of dive bombs, so I'm not taking a star off from this.Overall: perfect guitar after getting it completely tuned, fret board fixed up, action lowered, bridge adjusted, and the dead fret fixed. Would recommend to anyone that wants a mid range price with high end sound.

I bought this guitar and it sounds good and plays good but every time I use the tremolo the guitar goes completely out of tune how can I fix this ?

Although a mass produced model, the quality is still very good. I am quite fond of it having 24 frets, as well. While not extremely expensive, it may be a bit more than a beginner would want to spend, unless they really want the Floyd Rose Bridge (one of the reasons I purchased it).While the Floyd Rose is not extremely difficult to tune or change strings with, it can be a bit finicky and may be a bit much for those just learning guitar basics. However, it is definitely worth the price for those with basic knowledge who are wanting a good guitar with 24 frets and a Floyd Rose bridge.

I just received the guitar, disappointed in the color. I wish it was blue like in the picture. Looks more teal, but is a nice guitar. It’s a Christmas present, so I’ll see how my son likes it.

Love it. Finally purchased another guitar (it's been a while) and I'm loving this one! Beautiful color, plays nicely. However, I've learned that it takes a while to get your fingers toughened up again! LOL. Really, you can't go wrong with this guitar. It was so worth it to me!! :)

Beginner or pro would love this guitar. I have been playing 50 years, on stage for over 3100 shows, didn't really need another guitar, but the finish caught me! Plays great, Floyd Rose bridge, splittable double coil bridge pickup, Maple neck, Priced right!