When legendary ESP Signature artist Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest calls for aid, the metal community answers. We've teamed up with Glenn, his bandmates in Judas Priest, and Germany's Star-FM for an excellent charitable...

LOS ANGELES, CA (AUGUST 1, 2023) – ESP Guitars, the respected global manufacturer of guitar and bass instruments and US distributor for acclaimed brands that include Takamine Guitars and ENGL Amplification, has moved into...

ANAHEIM, CA (JANUARY 25, 2024) – ESP Guitars (NAMM Booth 208A/B) has long been admired for their expansive roster of artist endorsees, and their ESP/LTD Signature Series are instruments that are based on the custom guitars...

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...

Many thousands of guitarists around the world entered our recent XJ-1HT Baritone Sweepstakes, but we could only pick one winner... and it's Giovanni Medroso of the Philippines. Giovanni's LTD Deluxe XJ-1HT Baritone is on its...

ANAHEIM, CA (JANUARY 25, 2024) – ESP Guitars (NAMM Booth 208A/B) debuted a new addition to their popular LTD ’87 Series at the 2024 NAMM Show. The LTD Horizon Custom ’87 is being offered in three finishes: Black, Candy Apple...

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...

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...

All photos courtesy of Jim Schwilk We met Jim in the aisles of the 2023 NAMM Show, held in mid-April of this year. Jim, a member of the ESP All Access community as well as several other ESP-focused online groups, had stopped...

Here we are in December, and 2024 is right around the corner. After years of pandemic-forced schedule changes, the NAMM Show is once again back in its January time slot for the first time since 2020. You’re probably assuming...

For the past four years, ESP Guitars has been the official guitar sponsor of Hellfest, one of the world's largest and most acclaimed festivals in the realm of heavy music. Held in Clisson, France from June 19-22, Hellfest...

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA (JANUARY 14, 2022) – As part of their massive “New for 2022 - Phase 1” product rollout for the new year, ESP Guitars has announced a new finish available for the James Hetfield ESP and LTD Signature Series...

ESP is now producing our own line of killer graphic cases!

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Held each year in Clisson, France, Hellfest has grown into the preeminent heavy music festival in Europe, and possibly the world. And yes, with a scheduled date of Jun 27-30, 2024, Hellfest may seem like a long way off... but...

Thousands and thousands of you entered for a chance to win your choice of two amazing guitars from the ESP players of Metallica -- James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett -- but only one of you was lucky enough to be randomly...

Friday, December 16, 2022 was a special night for Metallica. Their annual Helping Hands Concert & Auction was held on that night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with the purpose of raising funds for the band's All...

As many of you are well aware, ESP changed things up in 2024 so that many of our new guitars and basses were already in stock and ready to ship around the time we announced them in January. One of those new models was the LTD...

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...

ESP Guitars has announced the availability of the company’s first set of digital collectible non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The three NFT designs in this debut series commemorate ESP USA’s recent limited-edition Pyrograph Series...

You may not know that ESP already offers more variety in guitar models available for left-handed players than most other manufacturers. You can see all of our currently-available left-handed models using our Guitar and Bass...

Our team in the U.K. -- Pat Heath and Jamie Hunt -- were live on the scene at the 2025 Bloodstock Open Air Festival, and they managed to wrangle a number of ESP players into a small backstage area for interviews and short...

When we called Brian Eschbach, we may have inadvertently interfered with the creation of the upcoming ninth album by his highly acclaimed melodic death metal band The Black Dahlia Murder. Brian had to put us on hold; “I’m...

A new interview article in Guitar World Magazine offers some fascinating historical details and perspectives from guitarist and longtime ESP player Bruce Kulick. Bruce talks about discovering ESP, a relatively new company in...

The "Renew Your Rig" sweepstakes ended up being the most popular giveaway in ESP history, and it's easy to see why. The prize package was astounding... an ESP E-II Eclipse Full Thickness EverTune, an ENGL Ironball Combo E600,...

With the start of a new year approaching, we're getting excited about showing you the first batch of "New for 2022" guitars. To do so, we're bringing the party to your house (or maybe just your phone) with ESP Presents 2022...

ESP players come from all over the world in all shapes and sizes, and all age ranges as well. We are very happy for David Ormsby of Salisbury, UK, who, out of tens of thousands of entrants, was randomly chosen as the winner...

GET ESP USA DETAILS SEE THE "NEW FOR 2026" COLLECTION NOW ESP Guitars (NAMM Booth 210D) announced that they are expanding their ESP USA Series in 2026 with a number of new limited-edition models at the 2026 NAMM Show, and...

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...

In late June, ESP headed over to Clisson, France where Hellfest, one of the world’s largest heavy music festivals, is held annually. Despite the fact that there was a heat wave gripping Europe, we had a great time and ESP...