The ESP Horizon line has expanded with new models for 2012. The Horizon FR-27 is a completely new Japanese-made ‘super-strat’ that features a 27-fret neck (with scalloped frets from 12-27). and neck-thru construction, Seymour Duncan Custom 5 (bridge) and Hot Rails (neck) pickups, and an original Floyd Rose bridge.
The ESP Horizon FR-27 is a super-shredder, with not 22 or 24… but 27 XJ frets. The fretboard is scalloped beginning at the 12th fret, allowing for a super-light touch for even faster playability.
ESP Horizon FR-27 features:
- Body: Alder
- Neck: Maple 3-piece, thin-U contour
- Fingerboard: Ebony with Offset Black Inlay
- Construction: Neck-thru-body
- Scale length: 25-1/2″
- Tuners: Gotoh
- Bridge: Original Floyd Rose
- Hardware color: Black Nickel
- Fret: 27 / XJ
- Neck pickup: Seymour Duncan SHR-1n single coil humbucker
- Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan TB-14 ‘Custom’ passive humbucker
- Control: 1 Volume (with Push-Push Coil Split Switch), 1 Tone, 3 way toggle switch
