LTD Snakebyte Camo

Built for performance and loaded with aggressive features, the ESP LTD James Hetfield Signature Snakebyte electric guitar doesn't just look impressive: it delivers the sound that made metal what it is today. The edgy design of its mahogany body confronts you with a ready-for-action aesthetic while maintaining excellent balance on your knee or strap. Chug through a few Metallica classics, and you're sure to relish in the LTD Snakebyte's fast-playing 3-piece mahogany neck, capped with an ebony fingerboard to keep up with the furious fretting and down-picking madness of its namesake. A set of Hetfield's signature EMG JH "HET" humbuckers offers the best of active and passive tones, with high-end hardware like locking tuners and a Tonepros locking Tune-o-matic bridge and tailpiece solidifying the ESP LTD Snakebtye as a formidable choice for the touring metal musician.

Metallica and EMG have both individually and collectively helped define the modern sound of heavy metal guitar. When James Hetfield tapped into the incredible minds at EMG to design his signature set of pickups, the mission was clear: to create a pair of active humbuckers that offered the output and clarity of the 85 and 81 pair Hetfield had been using for decades, but with the nuance, punch, and dynamics of a great set of passive pickups. EMG's JH "HET" pickup set uses oversized ceramic and steel pole pieces to give your LTD Snakebyte that exact combination for a powerful rock sound.