ESP Tom Araya (bass)
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| ESP Tom Araya | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | ESP |
| Period | unknown |
| Construction | |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Neck-thru |
| Woods | |
| Body | Alder |
| Neck | 3-piece Maple |
| Fretboard | Ebony |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Gotoh 206B-4 |
| Pickup(s) | 2 EMG 35-DC |
| Colors available | |
| Black | |
ESP Tom Araya [1] is an electric bass model distributed by ESP. Tom Araya originally discovered ESP when his fellow musicians from Slayer, Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King, used ESP guitars (Hanneman has his own signature model). He was approached by ESP, who wanted to also make him a signature model. Araya said that this was fine as long as the bass he plays is the same a fan could purchase at a music store. He wanted to have lower end models be just as good as the high end models, because he said that "not all the fans can afford a bass that costs an arm and a leg" He wanted the bass to have a thin neck like a guitar so it would be easier for him to play rather than having a thick neck that would require more effort to reach around with his fingers.
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