Full on rock from ESP here with the M-300, featuring arrow inlays, a Flame Maple top, reverse headstock, EMG pickups and a Floyd Rose double locking tremolo bridge.

Lets start with the M300's headstock. It's a reverse style, so the tuners are on the underside, with square sides that taper away to a nasty looking point.

The front of the headstock has a grey flame Maple veneer, with the ESP logo sprayed underneath the lacquer in gold and white. It's bound in white plastic, and there is a long string tree that covers all 6 strings, keeping pressure to the maximum.

The back is fairly plain, the single row of 6 black Chrome ESP branded die-cast machine heads, the serial number of the guitar and ESP's logo covering everything.

The strings pass over the locking nut, nor black Chrome hardware here, and on down the Maple neck. The rear of the neck has a gloss finish over the thru black stain, so you can make out the grain of the Maple. The neck itself is very slim, the back being almost flat, curving up at the sides. This guitar is designed for fast players.

The Rosewood fingerboard is also bound in white plastic, and the M-300 has white pearloid arrow markers, not quite the shark fins you'll find on an Ibanez, but you can tell where ESP got the idea from! At the 12th fret is a block marker with M-300FM (flame Maple) shown.

The guitar has been well set up by the factory, the action is about 2-3mm at the 12th fret, and the Floyd Rose bridge is perfectly balanced.

The 3 piece Maple neck joins the Mahogany body at the 19th fret on the bass side, 23rd on the treble side, and here we have a deep cutaway with lots of chamfering to give no access problems to the full 2 octaves.

The M-300 has a neck through body construction, and this can be seen on the back of the body through the dark grey woodstain. Either side of this Maple are the 2 Mahogany wings.

The back of the guitar has a large square plate to access the back of the tremolo bridge, a coffin shaped plate to get to the electrics, and a smaller plate to get to the battery that powers the EMG pickups.

The front of the M-300 has a flame Maple cap, so you can see the stripy grain of wood, 2 black Chrome control knobs, volume and tone, and a simple 3 way selector switch.

The 2 EMG pickups have black satin covers and black surrounds. The official Floyd Rose Special bridge is finished in smoky black Chrome, with a long, thin tremolo arm.

To play, the ESP Ltd M-300FM is great fun, the easy, slim neck makes running up and down the neck a breeze, the Floyd Rose tremolo is light and responsive, great for dive bombs and the like, but the pickups take the first prize.

EMG's are designed for heavy rock and metal, but they also have a really nice clean sound, plenty of brightness and clarity. Turn up the gain though and they really come into their own, heavy riffing, power chords, ripping solo's, they excel at it all.

This is a seriously good value guitar, consider all of the quality components, the 2 full octave scale, it's great for downtuning, so with the continuous popularity of modern metal, this is one guitar that you should seriously consider buying.

• Body NeckThru Mahogany Body, Flame Maple Top
• Neck Maple, 25.5" scale, Extra thin U neck contour
• Nut width 43mm locking nut
• Fingerboard Rosewood, arrow inlays, 24 XJ frets
• Hardware Black Nickel, Floyd Rose Special bridge
• Tuners ESP tuners
• Pickups 2 * EMG81 active pickups
• Controls 1*volume, 1*tone, 3way selector

In Stock
All products on our website are in stock unless shown as 'Call 08452222603 To Order', this means we can deliver your order to you very quickly, subject to payment authorisation. The next dispatch date is shown against each product, and below is an indication of when you can expect your purchase.

All Guitars are Checked Before Dispatch
All Guitars go through our 12 point checking procedure to make sure that it passes our standards before shipping. This helps ensure your guitar will reach you in perfect condition. All guitars are checked against our 12 point check list and once passed, have a Guitarbitz quality control sticker attached. In addition to this we want to ensure that no harm can come to your guitar on the journey between us and you and so we have a rigorous packing procedure involving multiple protective layers. If you notice that this packaging is damaged when delivered by our courier, it is important to check the goods and if damaged, refuse the delivery and call us immediately. For your peace of mind, we have outlined the 12 point check below to show how we are passionate about your instrument.

1) Finish checked for imperfections or damage	2) Strings tuned up and tested for tone and playability	3) Neck checked for bending or humps
4)  Truss rod adjusted for correct positioning	5) Frets examined for playability	6) Bridge checked for position and hold on strings
7) Strap buttons tested for secure fitting	8) Neck joint examined	9) Machine heads turned and tested for secure grip on strings
10) Nut tested for secure fitting and correct string height	11) Switches, volume and tone controls tested for faulty connections	12) Pickups checked for responsiveness

For more details on our checking and packing procedure, please see our 12 Point Check and Packing Procedures page.

When You Will Receive your Order

Guitar accessories - strings, straps, stands, tuners and other small items
• Orders weighing less than 2kg are posted via First Class Royal Mail on the dispatch date shown.
• Orders weighing less than 2kg with a value over £30 will be sent First Class Royal Mail Recorded Delivery on the dispatch date shown.
• We cannot guarantee a delivery date for these orders, but First Class post usually takes 1-2 days.

Guitars, Amplifiers and larger items
• Orders weighing over 2kg are sent via our next working day courier service.

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International Deliveries
We can deliver to the following European countries,
• Zone 1 - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain - £15 (including TAX) per order.
• Zone 2 - Finland, Portugal and Sweden - £25 (including TAX) per order.
• Zone 3 - Switzerland and Norway - £50 (excluding TAX) per order.
Please note that we can only deliver international orders to the billing address of the credit card used. These orders typically take 3-5 working days to be delivered, you can still track your orders via the Internet in the same way.