Who got you into ESP guitars?

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Who got you into ESP guitars?

Who inspired you to play ESP?

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Who inspired you to play ESP? 

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(Acha cha cha chaah!)

Trabye

the 'tallica boys! i first saw esp when george lynch played his kamikaze back in the 80s but it was metallica that made me want to own one.

Carl N.

George Lynch.  As a kid drooling over guitar catalogs, his have always stuck in my mind.

Marc Roca

Easy one! Metallica!

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nugget666

jeff hanneman

Hmouth

Hetfield and the EXP Explorer. To this day I still want one. Even though my fanboyism for Tallica is a thing of the past, I still love that guitar!

Matt D.

Many bands!! When ESP started taking off in the late 80's-early 90's alot of bands I was into were using them, i.e, Skid Row, Saigon Kick,and yes, Metallica just to name a few.

NIN

my friend had a viper 1000, and a lot of bands I liked had them. COB was a big one for me at the time

Undefined E.

Metal genre.

Airborneherpes

Hetfield's Explorers along with COC's and Cavalera's Vipers. Too bad Max doesn't really play guitar (live) anymore.

Samuel C

James Hetfield :D

Eet Fuk

What\Who got me into ESP guitars? Let's see..

The first few touches had been given from guitar players, I've adored back then: James Hetfield, Jesper Strömblad, and one hungarian guy too... I was playing guitar before, was knowing about the main brands around there (Gibson, Jackson, Kramer, Ibanez, Fender...), but that ESP logo looked a little bit odd for me, because I have not heard about it at all before. So these guys playing ESP got me curious about thi maufacturer: "If these people play it, it should be something abozt ESP, right?". And of course, that white Explorer grabbed me by the throat...

Years later, playing around Hungary, I met with a fellow metalhead, who owned an ESP, and he gave me the oppurtunity to test, and even play it at the gig. That was the moment I irreversibly fell in love with it. The encounter was completely satisfying: the brand, I adored for years, just by seeing them in pictures, movies and heard them on different recordings, delivered the best feel and sound - for my ears and hands... 

So, that's my story :)

Dinga

Good old George Lynch. Got 4 ESPs in my herd. 2 are Lynch sigs. 

Ryan H.

Alexi laiho/dimmu borgir

Trayad Ira-Omega

Emppu Vuorinen

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