The MH-53 is a quality, entry level, nicely priced rocker guitar from ESP. It features a Maple fingerboard, gloss black body and Floyd Rose Special tremolo bridge, making for a cool looking guitar, that plays nicely and has a great sound.

Lets start at the top, and the MH-53 has a slanted headstock, with the tuners on the upperside. Sharp and angular, the face is gloss black, with LTD's logo in gold and white block capitals.

The rear of the headstock is natural Maple, with a smooth satin finish, and 6 black Nickel ESP branded tuners in a tight row. These are of good quality, the same as used on all of the Ltd guitars.

The neck is also satin Maple, it's good and smooth, nice for fast runs up and down the board. The 24 fret fingerboard on this model is also Maple, a slightly darker grain than the neck, and with a satin finish as well. The fretwork is all to an excellent quality, as on all ESP guitars, and there are small black dot position markers, with the 12th fret having a large Abolone block showing off the model number.

The neck feels fairly chunky, a broad D profile, extra thin U contour ESP call it. Nut locking nut width is 43mm, and on this model straight from the box, action height is good at 3mm on the bass side, 2mm on the treble at the 12th fret.

The neck is bolted onto the double cutaway body, there is a nice ESP branded black Nickel plate on the back, joining at the 18th fret on the bass side, and 22nd on the treble. The back of the basswood body is heavily chamfered away, giving a comfortable playing position.

The front of the guitar is pretty plain, there are master tone and volume controls, and an ESP branded Floyd Rose Special double locking tremolo bridge, all in cool black Nickel, and a 5 way selector switch.

The pickups are very hot, 2 single coils and a humbucker at the bridge, all branded ESP, giving an excellent tonal response, great on your dirty channel, bright on the clean channel as well.

A really nice guitar to play, if you're after an ESP guitar, and they are a very popular range for us at Guitarbitz, but you're on a budget, who isn't nowadays, then the MH-53 should be what you're looking for.

A quality, entry level ESP guitar, with good sounds, good playability and great looks.

• Body Basswood
• Neck Maple, bolton, 25.5" scale, thin U neck contour
• Nut width 42mm locking nut
• Fingerboard Maple, dot inlays, 24 XJ frets
• Hardware Chrome, Floyd Rose Special bridge
• Tuners ESP tuners
• Pickups ESP LH150 humbucker (bridge) 2 * LS120 single coils
• Controls 1*volume, 1*tone, 5way 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.

Interlink Express Courier Delivery
The Home Delivery Service You Have Been Waiting For. Interlink Express will provide you with a one hour delivery window so you don’t have to wait in all day for your parcel.

When Interlink Express deliver:
• You are given a one hour delivery window
• You are notified of this by email on the morning of delivery
• If not convenient you can use the email to change the delivery date

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.