Built at the ESP factory in Japan, the ESP E‐II RZK‐I Burnt is as unique and intense a guitar as the player who inspired it. Richard ZK is the founder of renowned Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, and the E‐II RZK‐I Burnt is based off a guitar that he had built for him at the ESP Custom Shop. The E‐II RZK‐I Burnt has an amazingly distinctive finish, with heavily‐distressed burn markings and gouges over the body top and headstock.
Its unique asymmetrical shape offers excellent balance, with a comfortable contoured alder body and a satin‐finished maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 24 extra‐jumbo frets, and white neck binding. The E‐II RZK‐I BURNT is a neck‐thru‐body design at 25.5" scale, with high‐end professional components including Gotoh tuners, ESP strap locks, and a Floyd Rose Original tremolo. It also offers the innovative and flexible Fishman Fluence Richard Z Signature Series pickup set, with Modern alnico in the neck and Modern ceramic in the bridge, both with metallic red covers. These unique and toneful pickups use a hybrid magnet configuration.