{"id":35,"date":"2012-01-25T22:11:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T22:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bunnyears.net\/guitar\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2012-02-28T07:14:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T07:14:19","slug":"1998-esp-eclipse-archtop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/guitar\/electric-guitars\/1998-esp-eclipse-archtop\/","title":{"rendered":"ESP Eclipse Archtop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Year:<\/strong> 1998
\nFinish:<\/strong> See-Thru Purple
\nOrigin:<\/strong> Japan
\nAcquired:<\/strong> 2005
\nMods:<\/strong> Schaller straplocks
\nStill owned:<\/strong> No<\/p>\n

The Story:<\/strong>
\nI got Kat her Sterling bass<\/a> for our 10th anniversary, and she got me this lovely ESP semi-hollow. I had already gotten both ESP Eclipse Semi-Acoustics<\/a>, so to find their rockabilly brother with the Gibson looks and a Fender-shaped neck in screamin\u2019 See-Thru Purple, well, the attraction was pretty obvious. But I never played it outside the house, and ultimately getting the T5<\/a> made me part with this.<\/p>\n

Of all the guitars I’ve loved and lost, this is the one I wish I still had. I sold it to a good friend who uses it as a Gretsch substitute, so I hope if he ever wants to part with it, he’d consider selling it back to me.<\/p>\n