May 2-11, 2023: ESP School of Metal Guitar Coming to the UK

May 2-11, 2023: ESP School of Metal Guitar Coming to the UK

UK-based rockers, clear your calendars. Starting next week, ESP ambassadors Pat Heath and Jamie Hunt are taking their show on the road for a series of special clinics in the UK. You've seen a lot of guitar tutorial videos to...
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Rotting Christ On the Road with their ESPs

Rotting Christ On the Road with their ESPs

Here's a story you've probably heard a few times recently. The Devastation On The Nation tour, featuring multiple bands including Athens, Greece-based black metal forerunners Rotting Christ, was originally scheduled to happen...
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Bruce Kulick and ESP Help Raise Funds for "KISS Cancer Goodbye II" Charity Event

Bruce Kulick and ESP Help Raise Funds for "KISS Cancer Goodbye II" Charity Event

Photos courtesy of Rayna Leigh Held this month in Sarasota, Florida, the second "KISS Cancer Goodbye" event was produced in partnership with the American Cancer Society as a rock-and-roll fundraiser in honor of Breast Cancer...
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ENGL Amp Spotlight: Fireball 25 E633

ENGL Amp Spotlight: Fireball 25 E633

What's more awesome than an amp that packs two sonically versatile and powerful channels in a format that's barely bigger than a lunchbox? The answer is that nothing is more awesome than this, and the best representative of a...
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WInner's Circle: Lamb of God JC-4 Bass Sweepstakes

WInner's Circle: Lamb of God JC-4 Bass Sweepstakes

ESP sends our hearty hails and congratulations to Adrian "The Mallet" Ramirez of El Paso, TX. We're not sure why Adrian is called "The Mallet", but we do know he was chosen randomly out of thousands and thousands of entries...
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ENGL Amp Spotlight: Invader II E642II

ENGL Amp Spotlight: Invader II E642II

This is an amp that proves that sometimes more is more.

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Berklee Crowdfunding: Rocco Prestia Bass Scholarship

Berklee Crowdfunding: Rocco Prestia Bass Scholarship

The famed Berklee College of Music has set up a crowdfunding page for a bass scholarship that commemorates a musician near and dear to us at ESP: Francis Rocco Prestia, the legendary bass player from Tower of Power. Rocco was...
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July 29: ocV!BE Guitar Festival (Anaheim, CA)

July 29: ocV!BE Guitar Festival (Anaheim, CA)

If you're in the Southern California area and like guitars, here's a hot tip for you. On Saturday, July 29 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA, the inaugural ocV!BE Guitar Festival is kicking off with ESP as a sponsor! And to...
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Coming Friday July 8: ESP Presents 2022 (Phase 2)

Coming Friday July 8: ESP Presents 2022 (Phase 2)

On Friday July 8, plan on spending some quality time with ESP!  ESP Presents 2022 - Phase 2 is a video streaming event where you get to see a batch of amazing never-before-seen live performance demos that are focused on new...
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ESP Guitars Debuts 12 New Additions to Japan-Built E-II Series

ESP Guitars Debuts 12 New Additions to Japan-Built E-II Series

ESP Guitars has debuted 12 new guitars under their ESP E-II brand at the 2023 NAMM Show. The guitars, built at the ESP-owned factory in Tokyo, Japan, will be available at ESP dealers in the US and international distributors...
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ENGL Amp Spotlight: E112VB Cabinet

ENGL Amp Spotlight: E112VB Cabinet

Here's a history lesson for you. Many years ago, guitar players realized that when they were performing in giant venues like sports arenas and stadiums, they needed a high wattage amp and a huge speaker cabinet to achieve...
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ENGL Amp Spotlight: E412XXL Cabinet

ENGL Amp Spotlight: E412XXL Cabinet

Have you ever heard the saying, "Go big or go home?" Well, maybe it's not always necessary to have a cabinet loaded with four 12" speakers... but sometimes it just is. Not everyone is rocking quietly in a bedroom. Some people...
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ENGL Amp Spotlight: Rockmaster 20 E302

ENGL Amp Spotlight: Rockmaster 20 E302

"You like classic rock? Okay Boomer." Hold up. Let's keep in mind that classic rock is where the forefathers of every single metal and modern rock player in the world created the tones that helped define the entire genre of...
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Congrats to Michael Gleason, LTD Deluxe M-1004 Sweepstakes Winner!

Congrats to Michael Gleason, LTD Deluxe M-1004 Sweepstakes Winner!

All of us at ESP send our hearty congrats to Michael Gleason of Whittier, CA. Out of thousands and thousands of entries, his was the name that got randomly chosen as the winner of our recent LTD Deluxe M-1004 Bass...
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August 2022: Luis Kalil Tours Brazil

August 2022: Luis Kalil Tours Brazil

Olá aos nossos amigos no Brasil! When we first met guitarist Luís Kalil about ten years ago, he was barely 13 years old, but he already had the drive and the talent we knew would have an impact on the world of music...
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Metallica: "Hardwired"

Metallica: "Hardwired"

They're baaaaaaaaaack...

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WInner's Circle: Louder Than Life & Aftershock Festivals

WInner's Circle: Louder Than Life & Aftershock Festivals

We're just getting back from two amazing festivals that were held practically back-to-back: Louder Than Life (Sept 22-25 in Louisville, KY) and Aftershock (Oct 6-9 in Sacramento, CA). The shows were amazing, and as is often...
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ENGL Amp Spotlight: Ritchie Blackmore Signature E650

ENGL Amp Spotlight: Ritchie Blackmore Signature E650

Who wouldn't want Ritchie Blackmore's tone?

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ENGL Amp Spotlight: Powerball Pedal EP645

ENGL Amp Spotlight: Powerball Pedal EP645

There are actually a couple of ways to tap into the tone of the mighty ENGL Powerball amplifier. You could get yourself the Powerball II E645II, a monstrous handwired 100W 4-channel all-tube head. But maybe you don't have...
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Louder Than Life Fest "Best Seats in the House" Giveaway

Louder Than Life Fest "Best Seats in the House" Giveaway

You might be the winner!

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E-II BTL-5

E-II BTL-5

BLACK NATURAL BURST
Formerly called “ESP Standard”, all ESP E-II instruments are created at our ESP factory in Tokyo, Japan, and are designed for professional players who accept no compromises in tone, feel, or reliability for their guitars and...
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Behemoth's "XXX Years Ov Blasphemy" Livestream Coming October 31

Behemoth's "XXX Years Ov Blasphemy" Livestream Coming October 31

What are your plans for Halloween? If you're not already committed to dressing up like a ghoul and trying to scam free candy from your neighbors, here's something else you might considering doing. Behemoth, the iconic...
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Hellfest 2023: Stories and Pics

Hellfest 2023: Stories and Pics

Held from June 15-18, 2023 in Clisson, France, this year’s Hellfest show surpassed everyone’s expectations as one of the biggest heavy music festivals that the world has to offer. ESP once again had the pleasure of being the...
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Congrats to Terry Haile, Winner of our LTD Viper-1000 EverTune Sweepstakes!

Congrats to Terry Haile, Winner of our LTD Viper-1000 EverTune Sweepstakes!

Thousands of you entered, but there could be only one winner. Congrats to Terry Haile of Post Falls, Idaho, whose name was randomly selected as the winner of our LTD Deluxe Viper-1000 EverTune sweepstakes! Terry will be...
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ESP All Access Member Spotlight: Frederick Bell

ESP All Access Member Spotlight: Frederick Bell

This player/collector keeps finding new LTD models to satisfy his G.A.S. (guitar acquisition syndrome)!

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ESP at Aftershock: The Photos

ESP at Aftershock: The Photos

Starting on Thursday October 10 and remaining at full volume through Sunday October 10, the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, CA was everything people were hoping for with the return of rock and metal to the live stage. ESP...
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ENGL Amp Spotlight: Powerball II E645II

ENGL Amp Spotlight: Powerball II E645II

Do you like metal? No? Okay, go read something else. Oh, you're still here? Then that must mean you're someone who needs to learn more about the ENGL Powerball II, because this is a pure, uncompromising, all-tube amp made...
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ESP James Hetfield Vulture Gets $32,000 for MusiCares Charity Relief Auction

ESP James Hetfield Vulture Gets $32,000 for MusiCares Charity Relief Auction

For over 30 years, MusiCares Foundation -- the non-profit charitable organization of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences -- has been a tremendous help to many musicians. They give musical artists a place to...
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Nov/Dec 2022: ESP Clinics Coming to UK & France

Nov/Dec 2022: ESP Clinics Coming to UK & France

It's been a long time since 2019, when we were last able to bring you the fun and excitement of an ESP clinic, but later this month, we're kicking the ESP Clinic Tour back into high gear, and ESP fanatics in the UK and France...
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Dark Funeral Release New Album & Host ESP Giveaway!

Dark Funeral Release New Album & Host ESP Giveaway!

Dark Funeral, the influential black metal forerunners that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1993, has just released their long-awaited seventh full-length album We Are The Apocalypse via Century Media Records / Sony Music...
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