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May 2025: George Lynch ESP Clinic Tour

May 2025: George Lynch ESP Clinic Tour

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George Lynch — one of the most legendary, respected, and influential guitarists on the planet — is hitting the road for a series of ESP clinics! The lucky people who get to attend these events will get the opportunity to see...
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    ESP Partners Up to Support Savage Lands

    ESP Partners Up to Support Savage Lands

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    If there’s one thing the metal community can do, it’s to rally together for important purposes. And what could be more important than the fate of our planet? Savage Lands is a non-profit organization whose mission is...
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      LTD Deluxe TE-1007 Baritone Demo by Jean Patton

      LTD Deluxe TE-1007 Baritone Demo by Jean Patton

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      Guitarist Jean Patton is here with a brutal demo of the LTD Deluxe TE-1007 Baritone. Features: 7 strings, 27” baritone scale, sandblasted swamp ash body, roasted maple neck, tiltback headstock, Macassar ebony fingerboard, 22...
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        ESP’s First Year Sponsoring Inferno Festival

        ESP’s First Year Sponsoring Inferno Festival

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        While the USA still has the highest number of metal bands overall, the countries of Scandinavia and the entire Nordic region — namely, Finland, Sweden, and Norway — have by far the most metal bands per capita. Norway, for...
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          Born in California’s Bay Area, Alex Skolnick was just 15 years old when he joined the local Bay Area thrash metal band then called Legacy, which eventually became Testament. Since then, he’s achieved worldwide acclaim, being named by Guitar World magazine as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Testament is currently on a huge world tour, doing dates in Australia before heading to South America for even more shows. Since 2013, this legendary icon of guitar heroics has been part of the ESP Guitars artist family, with a continually evolving collection of Signature Series instruments including the latest, the LTD AS-1FR in an amazing Lime Burst finish.

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          Coming in January: ESP Presents 2025

          Coming in January: ESP Presents 2025

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          It wasn't that long ago that if you wanted to hear about the coolest new gear, you'd have to wait until late January for the NAMM Show, and then wait even longer for your favorite magazines to come out with their annual "New...
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            ESP Guitars Welcomes Mick Thomson (Slipknot) to Artist Roster

            ESP Guitars Welcomes Mick Thomson (Slipknot) to Artist Roster

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            NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA (MAY 16, 2023) – ESP Guitars has announced that acclaimed guitarist Mick Thomson of iconic American metal band Slipknot has joined the ESP artist roster. The company also confirmed that a new ESP/LTD...
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              ESP All Access Exclusive: 2024 New Guitar & Bass Preview

              ESP All Access Exclusive: 2024 New Guitar & Bass Preview

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              For the first time since 2020, the year is kicking off with a NAMM Show making its return to its former January time frame, and ESP is able to launch 2024 with a killer batch of new guitars and basses. We hope you enjoy this...
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                May 2025: George Lynch ESP Clinic Tour

                May 2025: George Lynch ESP Clinic Tour

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                George Lynch — one of the most legendary, respected, and influential guitarists on the planet — is hitting the road for a series of ESP clinics! The lucky people who get to attend these events will get the opportunity to see...
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                  Daniel Carr: Buying an ESP Original Series Eclipse

                  Daniel Carr: Buying an ESP Original Series Eclipse

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                  ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's longtime community member Daniel Carr, trying out an ESP Original Series Eclipse in a music store. Daniel already has an outstanding collection of ESP models, but as we all...
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                    ESP Guitars Australia: 50th Anniversary In-Store Events (June 2025)

                    ESP Guitars Australia: 50th Anniversary In-Store Events (June 2025)

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                    This month, our friends at ESP Guitars Australia are hosting exclusive in-store events showcasing ESP Exhibition, Original, USA, E-II and "New for 2025" LTD guitars. Visitors to these events will have a chance to dive into...
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                      Congrats to "Blast Your Rig" Sweeps Winner Marcio Bonatto

                      Congrats to "Blast Your Rig" Sweeps Winner Marcio Bonatto

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                      Thousands upon thousands of you entered for a chance to win the most recent ESP sweepstakes, but only one name was randomly selected... and it's Marcio Bonatto of Brazil. Marcio had his choice of three great newly-introduced...
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                        May 2025: George Lynch ESP Clinic Tour

                        May 2025: George Lynch ESP Clinic Tour

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                        George Lynch — one of the most legendary, respected, and influential guitarists on the planet — is hitting the road for a series of ESP clinics! The lucky people who get to attend these events will get the opportunity to see...
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                          ESP Partners Up to Support Savage Lands

                          ESP Partners Up to Support Savage Lands

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                          If there’s one thing the metal community can do, it’s to rally together for important purposes. And what could be more important than the fate of our planet? Savage Lands is a non-profit organization whose mission is...
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                            ESP’s First Year Sponsoring Inferno Festival

                            ESP’s First Year Sponsoring Inferno Festival

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                            While the USA still has the highest number of metal bands overall, the countries of Scandinavia and the entire Nordic region — namely, Finland, Sweden, and Norway — have by far the most metal bands per capita. Norway, for...
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                              April 17-20: ESP Guitars Sponsors Inferno Metal Festival & Hosts Exclusive Behemoth Clinic

                              April 17-20: ESP Guitars Sponsors Inferno Metal Festival & Hosts Exclusive Behemoth Clinic

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                              Metal fans of Europe, get ready for a few days of utter mayhem at Inferno 2025! Held at the Rockefeller music and entertainment complex in downtown Oslo, Inferno — Norway's biggest metal fest — is promising to be one of the...
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                                ESP Guitars Honored by NAMM for 50th Anniversary Milestone

                                ESP Guitars Honored by NAMM for 50th Anniversary Milestone

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                                At the NAMM Show in January, ESP Guitars received NAMM's Milestone Award in celebration of their 50th anniversary. It was in 1975 that businessman Hisatake Shibuya founded the company in Tokyo, Japan as “Electric Sound...
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                                  ESP at NAMM 2025

                                  ESP at NAMM 2025

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                                  Top photo by Dave Starbuck From January 23-25, 2025, ESP joined hundreds of other musical instrument and audio gear manufacturers at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. For this year’s show, we did things a little differently,...
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