Here's what it looks like. I'm telling you, it's perfect access all up and down the neck. I had an LP Custom too. Came on some hard times financially and one of the guitars had to go.. I weighed my options and really thought long and hard about usability, form and function... yea the LP Custom was the more collectible guitar, but I had to really ask myself... why do I own these instruments? Just to sit around and stare at them or play them... and admire them? The LP was the one to go just because it really wasn't a guitar that my hands took as much as my ESP USA.. and the ESP is still an admirable guitar.