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ESP MX220 Guitar

This is a model of the ESP MX220 guitar, famously used by James Hetfield of Metallica.

The model was made from modifying the retextured Gibson Explorer model ripped from Guitar Hero 3 to Garry's Mod by Vintage Sniper. Originally I just wanted to adjust the UV map to make it easier to retexture (the original UV map had overlapping sections) but eventually I started tweaking the model to make it closer to the ESP MX220. It's not perfect by any means, but it's definitely something. All tweaks are as follows:

updated UV map and textures
- all overlapping in the UV map has been fixed
- textures have been remade from the ground up at 4096x4096 resolution
- bump maps have been added
- strings now have unique sizes

- added phong
- moved the pickup selector switch down to the knob area
- removed one of the knobs and made them smaller
- bevelled the back edges of the guitar body
- other general fixes/improvements

There are four skins on the model:
1 - Ebony ("body_ebony")
2 - Olympic White ("body_olympicwhite")
3 - Ebony, Relic'd ("body_ebony_old")
4 - Olympic White, Relic'd ("body_olympicwhite_old")

Known issues:
- The bump mapping has artifacts that are especially visible on the body_ebony_old skin around the exposed wood parts
- There are some minor artifacts with the mesh around the truss rod area and the lower horn
- Copying animation data from the original model doesn't line up perfectly with the new model

Original model by Vintage Sniper:
- Guitar Hero 3 Pack: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=107227828
- Metallica Guitar Pack: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=166242122
Model modifications: ImAFutureGuitarHero
Model mesh fixes: BeardedDoomGuy

Includes:
mtgpack_enh\espexpl_enh.mdl