X500 is born again with a modern aesthetic and feature upgrades to become the new darker and aggressive X500 Menace, making it highly suitable for metal and extreme music guitarists. While maintaining the neck-thru-body construction for exceptional sustain and high frets access, the X500 Menace now features a more popular maple top on mahogany body combination, reverse headstock, 7-piece Maple / Purple Heart / Panga Panga neck and compound radius fingerboard, FloydRose® 1000 Series tremolo, and Seymour Duncan® Sentient & Nazgul Humbucker set for superb playability, sound quality, and that menacing presence the guitarists for extreme genre seek.
Mahogany Body Wing with Maple Top
The Maple top on Mahogany body is a classic wood combination that simply cannot be beat: thick, cutting, warm, rich, full and sweet. Combined with the neck-thru construction, the sustain and tone transfer is limitless.
Neck-Thru Body Construction
When it comes to sustain and focused midrange punch and cut, no other neck-body joint method beats neck-thru-body construction. Rock-solid stable and super sleek, it is built for speed across the entire range of the fingerboard.
Seymour Duncan Sentient & Nazgûl Humbucker Set
Take your guitar to the center of the earth with the Nazgûl and Sentient high output passive humbucker pickups. The Nazgûl combines a large ceramic magnet with custom winding specs resulting in a perfect blend of note articulation, saturation, pick attack, and one of the most brutal “chugs” you’ll ever hear from a humbucker. The Sentient neck delivers a balanced, versatile tone with pristine cleans and fluid leads under high gain.
Specifications
CONSTRUCTION |
Neck-Thru |
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BODY | Mahogany |
NUT WIDTH | 1 11/16" (43㎜) |
TOP | Solid Maple |
NECK | 7pcs Maple, Purple heart & Panga Panga |
FRETBOARD | Ebony Radius: Compound Radius(12"-15.75") |
FRETS | 24 |
SCALE | 25.5" (648㎜) |
TUNERS | Die-Cast |
BRIDGE | FloydRose® 1000 Series Tremolo |
PICKUPS | Seymour Duncan® Sentient & Nazgûl |
ELECTRONICS | 1 Volume & 1 Tone, 3 Way Switch |
HARDWARE | Black |
STRINGS | D'Addario® EXL120 |