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ESP Guitars (NAMM Booth 210D) has added 14 new guitar models to their popular LTD Deluxe “1000 Series”, instruments for professional players who require the versatile tones, smooth playability, and complete reliability for serious recording and touring needs

“LTD Deluxe guitars are being used on the world’s biggest stages and best-selling albums,” says Matt Masciandaro, president and CEO of the ESP Guitar Company. “We feel that our new additions to the LTD Deluxe Series for 2026 are among our best in history.”

The LTD Deluxe Arrow-1000 is being made available in a brilliant Pearl White finish. This V-shaped guitar offers neck-thru-body construction, extra-jumbo stainless steel frets, and a set of direct-mount Fishman Fluence Modern 3-Voice Humbucker active pickups.

Three new EC-1000 models are joining the LTD Deluxe Series. The EC-1000 Candy Apple Red Satin is a single-cutaway guitar that’s built with set-thru construction. Components on this guitar include a TonePros locking TOM-style bridge and tailpiece and a set of ESP-exclusive Seymour Duncan Mortal Coil 3-Voice Active Humbucker pickups, with push-pull controls to activate their multiple voices. The EC-1000 Granite Sparkle also offers set-thru construction at traditional 24.75” scale, and includes a set of direct-mounted Fishman Fluence Modern 3-Voice Humbucker pickups. The EC-1000 Pearl White gleams in a brilliant finish and high-contrast single-ply black binding, with chrome hardware Fishman Fluence Modern 3-Voice Humbucker pickups.

The new LTD Deluxe MH-1000NT Granite Sparkle offers set-thru construction at 25.5” scale, 24 extra-jumbo stainless steel frets, offset block inlays, and Fishman Fluence Modern 3-Voice Humbucker pickups. A shape making its long-awaited addition to the LTD lineup, the LTD Deluxe MV-1000 Pearl White is based on the ESP Maverick, with smooth, flowing curves and a slightly asymmetrical shape that truly stands out from the crowd of typical guitars. It offers bolt-on construction at 24.75” scale, a Floyd Rose 1000SE double-locking tremolo, 27 extra-jumbo stainless steel frets, and a superb Seymour Duncan pickup set with an ESP-exclusive Custom 14 TB in the bridge position and a Hot Rails in the neck.

Another new model for 2026, the LTD Deluxe NV-1000 marks the return of the tough-looking ESP NV shape to the LTD brand with neck-thru-body construction, extra-jumbo stainless steel frets, a Floyd Rose 1000SE double-locking tremolo, and a set of aggressive EMG 81 (bridge) and EMG 60 (neck) active pickups. The LTD Deluxe RS-1000 Pearl White offers ESP’s Random Star shape with neck-thru-body construction, a Floyd Rose 1000SE tremolo, and an EMG 81 (bridge) and EMG 85 active pickup set.

The LTD Deluxe SN-1000FR Candy Apple Red Satin offers bolt-on construction at 25.5” scale in an outstanding solid-color finish, with a resonant swamp ash body and roasted maple neck, stainless steel frets, a Floyd Rose 1000SE double-locking tremolo, and a set of Fishman Fluence Modern 3-Voice Humbucker pickups. The LTD Deluxe SN-1000 HT Dark Brown Sunburst has a quilted maple top, a black bone nut, a Hipshot hardtail bridge with string-thru-body, and a set of Seymour Duncan Custom14 — an ESP exclusive — in the bridge position and an APH-1N in the neck.

Yes another new shape for 2026, the LTD Deluxe TH-1000 Snow White takes a familiar look and soups it up with contemporary design features such as a swamp ash body, roasted maple neck, extra-jumbo stainless steel frets, a black bone nut, a Hipshot hardtail bridge with string-thru-body, and a set of ESP-exclusive Seymour Duncan Mortal Coil 3-Voice Active Humbucker pickups. The LTD Deluxe TH-1000 EverTune FM See Thru Black Sunburst offers this shape with the EverTune constant tension bridge, along with a flamed maple top, a roasted maple neck, a black bone nut, and a set of ESP -exclusive Seymour Duncan Mortal Coil 3-Voice Active Humbucker pickups.

The LTD Deluxe Viper-1001 EverTune Charcoal Metallic Satin also features the EverTune constant tension bridge, along with set-thru construction at 24.75” scale, extra-jumbo stainless steel frets, and an EMG 81 active humbucking pickup. Finally, the LTD Deluxe XJ-2HT Snow White takes the offset XJ body shape and provides it with the feature set designed for the modern musician, including a swamp ash body, roasted maple neck, extra-jumbo stainless steel frets, a black bone nut, a Hipshot hardtail bridge with string-thru-body, and a set of Fishman Fluence Modern 3-Voice Humbucker pickups.