It is a sample/preproduction guitar. ESP makes the samples to test out various colors, finishes and to show to dealers prior to the actual model being built. They take them to shows like NAMM and start taking preorders for the new years model. Some Samples are never make it into production models.

The 204 was available in a distressed black, this is not distressed. It was later replaced with the current model, the 214.

The ESP LTD Vintage-204 Rosewood Bass Guitar features:

• Bolt-On Construction
• 34” Scale
• Alder Body
• Maple Neck
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• 42mm Standard Nut
• Thin U Neck Contour
• 21 XJ Frets
• Chrome Hardware
• LTD Vintage Tuners
• LTD DB-4 Bridge
• ESP Designed LDJ (B) / LDP (N) p.u.
• Finish: BLK (Black)

Controls:

• Neck Volume
• Bridge Volume
• Master Tone