The X500 Menace is a 24-fret electric guitar built around a neck-through-body design, with a mahogany body and a hard maple top. The neck is a 7-ply laminate of maple, purple heart and panga panga with a U shape, topped by an ebony fingerboard with a 12" to 15.75" compound radius, jumbo nickel-silver frets and white side dots only.

Electronics are an HH layout with a Seymour Duncan Sentient (neck) and Nazgul (bridge) humbucker pair, controlled by one volume, one tone and a 3-way blade switch. The Nazgul is described as a high-output, ceramic-magnet pickup for tight, saturated high-gain rhythm, while the Sentient is voiced for balanced cleans and fluid leads.

A Floyd Rose 1000 Series tremolo and a locking nut handle tuning stability during dive bombs, and the hardware is black. The reverse headstock is specific to this model. Body and neck both carry a matte finish. The guitar ships strung with D'Addario EXL120 strings and is offered in Gray Satin and Black Satin. It is a passive instrument with no output other than the standard guitar signal.