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ESP Guitars (NAMM Booth 210D) have added six new guitars to its acclaimed ESP E-II Series. Formerly known as “ESP Standard Series,” ESP E-II instruments are built at the ESP factory in Tokyo, Japan.

The ESP E-II Eclipse is now available with EMG pickups in Black Satin finish. The E-II Eclipse offers the single-cutaway ESP Eclipse shape in a guitar designed for professional touring and recording. Built with set-thru construction at 24.75” scale, it features a mahogany body with maple cap, mahogany neck, and ebony fingerboard with 22 extra-jumbo stainless steel frets. Components on the E-II Eclipse include a Gotoh TOM-style bridge and tailpiece, ESP strap locks, a bone nut, Gotoh locking tuners, and a set of EMG 57TW (bridge) and EMG 66TW (neck) pickups, splittable to single-coil mode via push-pull controls.

The new ESP E-II Horizon FR-II has been updated in two exciting finishes: Andromeda II Satin and Gun Metallic Black. These guitars are built with set-thru construction at 25.5” scale, and have features including a mahogany body with maple cap, a maple neck, and an ebony fingerboard with 24 extra-jumbo stainless steel frets. Components on the ESP E-II Horizon FR-II include a Floyd Rose Original double-locking tremolo bridge, ESP strap locks, Gotoh locking tuners, and a set of EMG 81 (bridge) and EMG 89R (splittable with reversed single-coil positioning) in the neck position.

Another new ESP E-II model for 2026 is the Horizon HT-II. Available in Granite Sparkle finish, this guitar offers neck-thru-body construction at 25.5” scale, an alder body, a three-piece maple neck, and an ebony fingerboard with 24 extra-jumbo stainless steel frets. Components on the E-II Horizon HT-II include a Hipshot fixed bridge with string-thru-body, a bone nut, Gotoh locking tuners, and a set of Fishman Fishman Fluence Modern 3-Voice Humbucker active pickups with multiple voicings selectable via push-pull controls.

ESP has also made the Maverick guitar shape available in an E-II version with the ESP E-II Maverick, offered in both Andromeda II Satin and Gun Metallic Black finishes. This guitar is built with neck-thru-body construction at 25.5” scale. It offers an alder body, a three-piece thin U-shaped maple neck with ebony fingerboard, and 27 extra-jumbo stainless steel frets. Components on the E-II Maverick include black hardware, a Floyd Rose Original bridge, Gotoh locking tuners, a Seymour Duncan TB-14 Custom-5 Trembucker in the bridge — splittable via push-pull control — and a Seymour Duncan SCR-1 Cool Rails in the neck position.