mikeeey said:I would but no nearby stores carry ESP guitars.
You honestly can't get any sort of opinion from a website... it's the kind of thing that you have to GO to a store and try just about every guitar that appeals to you. Example -- I went to Guitar Center yesterday, and picked up a $1200 Ibanez and a $3000 Les Paul, and I couldn't comfortably play either NEAR as well as my $300 Ibanez I got last year - Playability is a huge factor in buying any guitar. The best guitar in the whole store, IMO, was a vintage Gibson Explorer... even with the thick neck and awkward body shape, it felt like an extention of myself. That's something you can't know or experience just from reviews. My advice - Go to the nearest big-name guitar store, and devote a day to playing all the guitars that either the staff recommends, or that you find appealing. You're almost always guaranteed to find one that fits your needs like a glove.