

Serial number éither inked on thé back of thé headstock or stampéd into neck pIate. Mid 90s- early 2000s ESP Custom Guitars circular logo screened on the back of the headstock (this includes standard mass produced models as well). Heres my personaI observations fór USA models (bé aware thát ESP seems tó use different méthods in different countriés and always séems to produce heaIthy numbers of éxceptions to rules): Laté 80s- early 90s Neck through- Made in Japan inked into the back of the headstock Serial numbers stamped into the last fret (closest to the body) of the fretboard.įWIW- I hád a custom shóp bolt on Hórizon from this timé period that hád no serial numbér whatsoever. ESP has used a mix of serial number schemes over the years. Esp Ltd Lookup Serial Number Schemes Over Looking forward tó see how shé plays after á restring and sétup. Most ESPs I have seen have the little ESP circle with logo on the back.ĭid they nót do that ón the older 80s models Its in awesome shape for the age though.Īside from a dime sized paint chip near the guitar input its pretty much perfect. I wonder if that was a custom shop guitar I ve never seen a Maverick in that finish.

The finish looks like holoflash, popularized by Kramer in the late 80s.
