I'll have to give one a play. Not too into the looks of them, but I'm sure there's a few around that looks more traditional.
The Eclipse has more of a traditional look than the EC series, but either can be had with passive pickups - either a JB/59 set or Duncan Alnico II Pros. Extra jumbo frets, excellent craftsmanship.
Not sure if serious or trolling.
I don't know too much about them. School me?
Not trolling. Serious as a heart attack.
http://www.espguitars.com/guitars/esp-standard/eclipse2-series.html
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/esp-standard-series-eclipse-ii
You could save a little cash and get one of these - easily one of the best guitars I have ever owned:
http://www.espguitars.com/guitars/ltd-standard-deluxe/ec-1000fm.html
I have owned both. I like the MIMs better because I hate the two point trem on MIAs. There are queens and dogs with both. The pickups are better on MIAs, and the neck has more attention given to them.
I do not get the Clapton dislike. Most people react against other people's opinion of him, not what he has presented himself as. He has tried things, some good, some not.
At the end of the day, Clapton is a great blues player. Nothing more or less.
define "few". There have to be a good 20,000 of them out there. He's been making them and nothing else for 16 years now.
Wrong. There's only six int he world and I own four of them.
Supply and demand.
That's why I play LTD's EC series. I just can't get used to Gibsons (the feel or the price), and the EC series is like a perfect mix between the body of an LP and the neck of a Strat.
What I have found, and it may or may not be the case here, is that when someone with a good rep has something like this happen there are circumstances that have intervened.
I'm neither supporting nor condemning, just giving my personal experience. YMMV.
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