RS-ESPRIT

This is the final evolution of the  Aria Pro II RS serie: in the 84 the transparent finishes and body shapes were substituted with solid colors and slightly smaller bodies then the original models.

The RS ESPRIT is the highest model of the RS in those years, costing 80,000 yen, like the high end of the previous years.

In fact this guitar is basically an RS-850 with a bolt-on neck, a tremolo and graphite nut.

Very fast neck and versatile guitar with its completely active circuit: the central slave pickup is put in conjunction with the bridge or neck pickup to act as a humbucker, still retaining the sting of a single coil and the versatility to go darker as a native double bobine.

The pearl finish is one of my favorites, just beautyful.

A comparison with the sister RS-Wildcat.

Yngwie endorsed this one when with the Alcatraz