A Navigator Esparto with white body and rosewood fingerboard.

As far as my recognition, people haven’t regarded Navigator as Japanese vintage until recent year.  They interested in only Greco, Tokai, Fernandes, etc. as if they ignored old Navigator.

But in recent year, old Navigator has been rising their position up to the other famous old guitars, might be beyond them.  Probably because of the reevaluation of the early period of ESP.

Old ESP(1975~80) and New ESP(1980~) are different.

The former was a tiny garage shop remodeled from a old medical clinic, and the latter is a large company extending to the world. The former consisted of men who simply loved guitar, the latter corporate warrior.

Guitarists tend to be particular whether the guitar has a soul or not.  They never love mass-produced machine made guitar.  I don’t mean to say New ESP is like that.  I only mean to say they love the guitars made by craftsman’s soul and love.  That’s probably why old ESP is reevaluated now.

Ash 3-piece body, 3.55kg(includes strings). (Updated 2016.8.25)