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This past weekend, the 2016 Vans Warped Tour wrapped up its final show after a hugely successful festival tour over the summer. It reminded us another Vans Warped Tour, long ago. Okay, it was actually just last year from...

ESP Original Series Snapper CTM Demo by Rodney Dudum

Expert guitarist Rodney Dudum does this demo of the ESP Original Series Snapper CTM in Nebula Black Burst finishfor our ESP Presents 2022 - Phase 2 event. All ESP Original Series guitars are made by hand by the master...

NAMM 2024: Introducing the LTD Horizon Custom '87

Specs & information: - Horizon Custom '87 (Black) - Horizon Custom '87 (Pearl White) - Horizon Custom '87 (Candy Apple Red)...

Josh Middleton (Sylosis) Introduces the LTD Signature Series JM-I

The LTD JM-I is the second Signature Series model for Josh Middleton, the acclaimed and highly influential guitarist of Sylosis. Available with a Deep Blood Moon finish over a quilted maple top, the JM-I offers an alder body...

The Touring Guitars of Gary Holt (Slayer)

Slayer's longtime guitar/bass tech Warren Lee takes us through all the details of the touring guitars of ESP Signature artist Gary Holt. including his outstanding models from the ESP Custom Shop as well as the LTD guitars...

ESP E-II Horizon NT-7 EverTune Demo by Cameron Stucky

Expert guitarist Cameron Stucky does this outstanding demo of the ESP E-II Horizon NT-7 EverTune for our ESP Presents 2022 - Phase 2 event. Made at the ESP factory in Japan, this seven-string guitar features neck-thru-body...

E-II SN-II Nebula Black Burst Demo by Jamie Hunt

UK-based guitar hero Jamie Hunt is here for this outstanding demo of the ESP E-II SN-II Nebula Black Burst. Formerly called “ESP Standard”, all ESP E-II instruments are created at our ESP factory in Tokyo, Japan, and are...

The Touring Guitars of Keith Wallen (Breaking Benjamin)

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Keith Wallen has spent more than a decade playing rhythm guitar and doing background vocals for American rock band Breaking Benjamin. We caught up with him at a tour stop where he showed us his touring guitar selections,...

Musicoff Interviews Matt Masciandaro: Historical Moments

Enjoy this interview series by the Musicoff musician community in Italy with the president of The ESP Guitar Company, Matt Masciandaro. Part 4/7....

Silvère Escande: "Interitus" (guitar playthrough)

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's community member Silvère Escande with his bandmate in French melodic deathcore band Kami No Ikari doing a guitar playthrough of their song "Interitus" respectively using their...

LTD Richard ZK Signature Series RZK-III Demo by Gergő Hájer

ESP artist Gergő Hájer of Hungarian groove metal band Omega Diatribe does a thorough demo and in-depth feature spotlight of the LTD Richard ZK Signature Series RZK-III. This outstanding guitar from the legendary co-founder...

Francesco Fareri: "Universal Collision" Playthrough

Here's Francesco Fareri doing a playthrough from the title track of his new solo album Universal Collision that comes out later this month. This Italian ESP player never fails to impress with his fluid, melodic, innovative,...

40 Below Summer: "Snake Charmer"

Hailing from New Jersey, 40 Below Summer is a metal band that includes three ESP players: guitarists Joey D'Amico and David Mondragon, and bass player Derrick Klybish. Here's their recent video for "Snake Charmer", where you...

2016 NAMM Show Recap

A fast but fun look at some of the guitars, basses, performances, interviews, crowds, and other craziness that went down at the ESP booth during the 2016 NAMM Show....

Beartooth: "Aggressive"

Here's "Aggressive", the title track from Beartooth's upcoming new album. The band, which hails from Columbus, OH, includes ESP player Kam Bradbury, who uses LTD EC and ESP Eclipse models to crank out his precise metalcore...

Christian Bernadac: "Eloquence"

As the guitarist for Mexico-based death metal band All Misery, ESP player Christian Bernadac isn't primarily known for this type of smooth and melodic musicianship, but his self-titled solo album is full of terrific...

Der Elefant: "Elefante"

Respected German ESP player Alex Scholpp of Der Elefant pulls out his custom-finished ESP M-II and rocks his way through this killer instrumental track. Alex has been shredding on ESP guitars since 1999....

Malcolm Brickhouse: "Star Spangled Banner" at Brooklyn Nets

ESP player Malcolm Brickhouse is the 13-year-old guitarist of Brooklyn-based metal band Unlocking the Truth. On Sunday November 9, he performed the national anthem prior to the Brooklyn Nets game in front of a packed house at...

ESP 45th Anniversary Artist Shout-Outs

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2020 has been a hellacious year, but it's also ESP's 45th anniversary, and dozens of ESP artists around the world sent in their congratulations to us, each in their own special way. Check out the ESP artist shout-outs from...

Green Death: "Devil's Night"

Green Death, featuring ESP player Erich Tran, has premiered their new video for "Devil's Night". Note Erich's ESP M-II, on which he rocks quite appropriately. This thrash/death/horror metal band hails from Des Moines, IA, and...

Alex Schmeia: "The Duke" (cover)

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With close to 44,000,000 views of her guitar playing videos on YouTube, Poland-based ESP player Alex Schmeia has impressed a lot of people with her undeniable talent. In this recent upload, she does a playthrough cover of...

B-1005SE Demo by Gabe Rosales

Gabe Rosales is a widely respected bass player who has established himself as a go-to player in nearly every genre of music, from Latin to rock, jazz, fusion, funk, hip hop, death metal and more. His resume includes work with...

Practice Tips with Josh Middleton of Sylosis

UK-based metal musician Josh Middleton of Sylosis offers his five essential guitar practice tips using his ESP Eclipse. This is good stuff for beginning and intermediate-level players who find they are having trouble...

Danny Cole: "Hotel California" Solo

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We admit it; we usually look for videos with professional-quality audio recording when we're choosing a member of the ESP All Access community to spotlight. After all, these videos...

Playboy Playmate Nikki Leigh with an LTD TL-6

As we're sure you noticed in this video, the LTD TL-6 is a beautiful instrument that's part of our Thinline Series of chambered guitars, delivering excellent acoustic tone while offering the smooth, fast feel of an electric....

CRAPPY PLAYTHROUGHS: Late Honkola - "Esisoitto" w/ ESP LTD EX-7B

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This time I play through a part of the intro song of my latest solo-EP, "Esisoitto" (="Prelude"). Original song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY6w8dubuhY Kalusto kappaleessa / Gear used in the song:
- ESP LTD EX-7...

SHORTIES: DarkWinter - "Aggression" w/ ESP LTD EX Black Metal

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DarkWinter - "Aggression" jamming w/ ESP LTD EX Black Metal. Guitar signal chain:
- ESP LTD EX Black Metal (D standard tuning)
- Boss WL-20L
- Focusrite Scarlett Solo
- Neural DSP Soldano SLO-100
- Ableton...

Mike Schleibaum (Darkest Hour): "With A Thousand Words to Say But One" Playthrough on the LTD MSV-1

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Introduced in ESP's "New for 2021" collection, the LTD MSV-1 is the Signature Series guitar for Mike Schleibaum, founding member of Washington, DC-based melodic death metal band Darkest Hour. Doing a full playthrough of "With...

Parkway Drive: "Wild Eyes" (Live at Wacken)