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Official ESP club

I just got this the other day:
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NBD post has more pics and info: NBD - NOS Camouflage ESP?!?!
 
Additional pictures as promised. I'm blown away at the quality for such an old bass. Seriously thinking about having a copy made through ESP's custom shop. I think it will be well worth the cost.
 

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Hey all...never had an ESP before, but i'm looking at a few pretty hard. However, I'm struggling to find/understand the differences, if any in the:

Surveyor 404
Surveyor 414
Surveyor 4
Surveryor II

and of course their 5 string counterparts.

Could anybody enlighten me? I figured this would be the place to ask.
 
I took a leap of faith after seeing a black ESP/LTD Viper 414 in the used section this week. Whoever traded/sold it had it strung BEAD I guess since the first string was as big around as my wrist. Neck had a nice bow in it. Anywho, I got them to put some regular round wounds on it, neck went back to normal, gave it a try out and plunked down my money. Even came with a nice case. That's the good news. Bad news is it's being held hostage until the 27th (NH law) so no pics until it's living with me.
 
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I took a leap of faith after seeing a black ESP/LTD Viper 414 in the used section this week. Whoever traded/sold it had it strung BEAD I guess since the first string was as big around as my wrist. Neck had a nice bow in it. Anywho, I got them to put some regular round wounds on it, neck went back to normal, gave it a try out and plunked down my money. Even came with a nice case. That's the good news. Bad news is it's being held hostage until the 27th (NH law) so no pics until it's living with me.
NH law?
 
Here's my ESP Herd! B-404SM, B-404, and RB-1004! At first I was in love with the RB model, but after gigging with it for well over a year, I find that I prefer the EMG equipped B-400 series models. Wishing I could find the limited run B-500 with 35" scale, I'm always searching ebay, reverb, and the like and it's super hard to find!
 

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