- - Please note despite the new old-stock condition, there is an issue with the control switch so the neck pickup does not always turn on - I believe this issue can be rectified with a setup at a local luthier. Sales tax applies on Reverb sales, unfortunately, and the guitar is more expensive than on my other platforms as a result. - -

Price is $2350 Canadian Dollars or $1750 US Dollars.

This is a Edwards E-EX-125D. Edwards is an ESP sub-brand catering only to the Japan market that is able to make Gibson-style shapes. This one in particular copies the MX-style shape made famous by Hetfield, with a Stain Cloudy Black finish that exposes the wood grain. Serial starts with ED16. These models came stock with Seymour Duncan Blackouts.

As you may be aware, Edwards E-EX models stopped being manufactured after 2021 to avoid lawsuits due to the Gibson shape/Banana headstock, so these guitars are becoming more rare and coveted (and more expensive), even on the used market.

The guitar is stock, seems to be a new-old stock model (still has its pickup stickers) and comes with the newer style ESP gig bag. There is some wear - bruises across two points of the Explorer body as a result of being moved across the top (and these guitars have an exposed grain with no lacquer or protective coating) but the guitar still looks great. As specified earlier, the bridge Blackout pickup works fine but the selector seems to switch to the neck pickup unreliably and needs a local luthier to probably rectify the connections. The guitar ships with the warranty card, a strap and a cable.

I'd preferably ship to Canada/US but can ship to some other countries (UK/EU/AU/NZ) too - please reach out to me via messages. The guitar will directly ship from Japan.

The specs are as follows -

Body: Mahogany

Neck: Mahogany

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Frets: 22

Radius: 305R

Scale: 24.75” (628mm)

Nut: Bone (42mm)

Inlays: Pearl Dot

Construction: Set-neck

Tuners: Gotoh SG360-07

Bridge: Gotoh GE103B & GE101Z

Pickups: Seymour Duncan Blackouts (active)

Hardware Color: Black Nickel/Chrome

Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, Toggle PU Selector

Accessories: Gig Bag, Warranty Card, Strap, Hex tool