If you have seen Sugizo's signature guitar it is an amazing piece of Art in my honest opinion. The design of the guitar is an age old design of the Les Paul shape. However, what is interesting in this application from ESP is that the guitar, instead of using traditional wood types for Les Paul (mahogany) utilizes alder as the body wood instead.
What makes it more interesting is the use of 3 single coils instead of 2 humbuckers. This application allows the expression of the single coil tone, yet without the typical strat tones we hear so much from Fender Strats. The neck thru offers superior sustain and the alder wood offers well balance tones compared to mahogany's wall of sound.
Lastly, instead of a standard tune o matic bridge, the Brilliant Mixed Media has a Floyd Rose bridge, either for superior tuning stability or whammy abuse. Either way, this guitar is a good example of wheel reinvention. Different shape with the same design applications.
Luna sea is a famous and popular Visual Kei band from Japan and they are probably most famous for their song "I for You". I've attached a video below for all my readers out there to enjoy. In the video, Sugizo is however using a Strat.
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