July 19, 2022

ESP LTD Reign Of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

On the bench we have a very cool limited edition ESP LTD Reign Of Blood Slayer electric guitar. The customer brought it in to have it setup down to C# tuning.

ESP LTD Reign Of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

This guitar features some really great inlay and logos!

ESP LTD Reign Of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

First step is to remove the stock strings.

ESP LTD Reign Of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

We will be using Ernie Ball Not Even Slinky Strings.

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

This will require me to work on the saddles and widen the notch to accept the larger string diameter.

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

Here I'm using a file to open the notch.

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

Then I come back and sand/polish the notches of each saddle.

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

Next is to string it up!

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

Once it's been strung, I will then file each nut slot to accept the larger string gauge.

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

Just a little more tweaking.

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

Next step was to set the bridge height for a nice, comfortable action. Along with this step, I set the truss rod, set the pickup height, and finalize the intonation.

Dunlop Strap Locks

The customer also wanted to swap out the stock strap buttons with some Dunlop strap locks.

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

Strap locks are a great upgrade for any guitar.

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

Here I had to drill out the stock holes to accept the new strap lock screws.

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

Last step was to give it a good cleaning and polishing!

ESP LTD Reign of Blood Slayer Electric Guitar

All done! On to the next one!!

 

 



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