The ESP Guitar Company

February 15, 2023 17:47

UK-based guitar hero Jamie Hunt is here for this outstanding demo of the ESP E-II SN-II Nebula Black Burst. Formerly called “ESP Standard”, all ESP E-II instruments are created at our ESP factory in Tokyo, Japan, and are...

ESP Original Series Snapper CTM Demo by Rodney Dudum

July 28, 2022 17:34

Expert guitarist Rodney Dudum does this demo of the ESP Original Series Snapper CTM in Nebula Black Burst finishfor our ESP Presents 2022 - Phase 2 event. All ESP Original Series guitars are made by hand by the master...

NAMM 2024: Introducing the LTD Horizon Custom '87

January 22, 2024 22:47

Specs & information: - Horizon Custom '87 (Black) - Horizon Custom '87 (Pearl White) - Horizon Custom '87 (Candy Apple Red)...

Musicoff Interviews Matt Masciandaro: Historical Moments

September 20, 2022 20:10

Enjoy this interview series by the Musicoff musician community in Italy with the president of The ESP Guitar Company, Matt Masciandaro. Part 4/7....

Silvère Escande: "Interitus" (guitar playthrough)

September 20, 2024 18:32

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's community member Silvère Escande with his bandmate in French melodic deathcore band Kami No Ikari doing a guitar playthrough of their song "Interitus" respectively using their...

Francesco Fareri: "Universal Collision" Playthrough

October 04, 2016 19:15

Here's Francesco Fareri doing a playthrough from the title track of his new solo album Universal Collision that comes out later this month. This Italian ESP player never fails to impress with his fluid, melodic, innovative,...

40 Below Summer: "Snake Charmer"

September 13, 2016 17:32

Hailing from New Jersey, 40 Below Summer is a metal band that includes three ESP players: guitarists Joey D'Amico and David Mondragon, and bass player Derrick Klybish. Here's their recent video for "Snake Charmer", where you...

2016 NAMM Show Recap

February 03, 2016 03:46

A fast but fun look at some of the guitars, basses, performances, interviews, crowds, and other craziness that went down at the ESP booth during the 2016 NAMM Show....

Beartooth: "Aggressive"

April 26, 2016 23:49

Here's "Aggressive", the title track from Beartooth's upcoming new album. The band, which hails from Columbus, OH, includes ESP player Kam Bradbury, who uses LTD EC and ESP Eclipse models to crank out his precise metalcore...

Christian Bernadac: "Eloquence"

April 02, 2019 17:22

As the guitarist for Mexico-based death metal band All Misery, ESP player Christian Bernadac isn't primarily known for this type of smooth and melodic musicianship, but his self-titled solo album is full of terrific...

Der Elefant: "Elefante"

December 16, 2016 16:51

Respected German ESP player Alex Scholpp of Der Elefant pulls out his custom-finished ESP M-II and rocks his way through this killer instrumental track. Alex has been shredding on ESP guitars since 1999....

Malcolm Brickhouse: "Star Spangled Banner" at Brooklyn Nets

November 12, 2014 01:39

ESP player Malcolm Brickhouse is the 13-year-old guitarist of Brooklyn-based metal band Unlocking the Truth. On Sunday November 9, he performed the national anthem prior to the Brooklyn Nets game in front of a packed house at...

Setting up a guitar for drop B tuning

Nostradamus

Updated March 31, 2024 19:03

Hi, I am going to be re-tuning one of my guitars, currently in standard E, to drop B, the lowest tuning I have tried so far. I know I am going to need some heavier gauge strings (I'm going with 11-56) but will I have to make...

ESP 45th Anniversary Artist Shout-Outs

November 25, 2020 20:48

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2020 has been a hellacious year, but it's also ESP's 45th anniversary, and dozens of ESP artists around the world sent in their congratulations to us, each in their own special way. Check out the ESP artist shout-outs from...

Green Death: "Devil's Night"

April 19, 2016 19:00

Green Death, featuring ESP player Erich Tran, has premiered their new video for "Devil's Night". Note Erich's ESP M-II, on which he rocks quite appropriately. This thrash/death/horror metal band hails from Des Moines, IA, and...

Alex Schmeia: "The Duke" (cover)

April 07, 2021 17:12

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With close to 44,000,000 views of her guitar playing videos on YouTube, Poland-based ESP player Alex Schmeia has impressed a lot of people with her undeniable talent. In this recent upload, she does a playthrough cover of...

B-1005SE Demo by Gabe Rosales

January 12, 2017 21:37

Gabe Rosales is a widely respected bass player who has established himself as a go-to player in nearly every genre of music, from Latin to rock, jazz, fusion, funk, hip hop, death metal and more. His resume includes work with...

Practice Tips with Josh Middleton of Sylosis

February 20, 2015 18:34

UK-based metal musician Josh Middleton of Sylosis offers his five essential guitar practice tips using his ESP Eclipse. This is good stuff for beginning and intermediate-level players who find they are having trouble...

Danny Cole: "Hotel California" Solo

March 29, 2019 15:41

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We admit it; we usually look for videos with professional-quality audio recording when we're choosing a member of the ESP All Access community to spotlight. After all, these videos...

Playboy Playmate Nikki Leigh with an LTD TL-6

April 13, 2016 18:35

As we're sure you noticed in this video, the LTD TL-6 is a beautiful instrument that's part of our Thinline Series of chambered guitars, delivering excellent acoustic tone while offering the smooth, fast feel of an electric....

Montrose - Rock The Nation Guitar and Bass Cover (ESP LTD Elite ST-1, LTD Elite J4)

GuitarBeastKing

August 31, 2022 04:22

Originally posted to YouTube 08/2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u2rLoQtZzk Back again with another Montrose cover, this time "Rock the Nation" on guitar and bass (self titled album, 1973). As usual, this was played...

CRAPPY PLAYTHROUGHS: Late Honkola - "Esisoitto" w/ ESP LTD EX-7B

LateHonkola

March 01, 2023 09:39

This time I play through a part of the intro song of my latest solo-EP, "Esisoitto" (="Prelude"). Original song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY6w8dubuhY Kalusto kappaleessa / Gear used in the song:
- ESP LTD EX-7...

SHORTIES: DarkWinter - "Aggression" w/ ESP LTD EX Black Metal

LateHonkola

September 18, 2023 02:03

DarkWinter - "Aggression" jamming w/ ESP LTD EX Black Metal. Guitar signal chain:
- ESP LTD EX Black Metal (D standard tuning)
- Boss WL-20L
- Focusrite Scarlett Solo
- Neural DSP Soldano SLO-100
- Ableton...

Mike Schleibaum (Darkest Hour): "With A Thousand Words to Say But One" Playthrough on the LTD MSV-1

August 10, 2021 21:54

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Introduced in ESP's "New for 2021" collection, the LTD MSV-1 is the Signature Series guitar for Mike Schleibaum, founding member of Washington, DC-based melodic death metal band Darkest Hour. Doing a full playthrough of "With...

Parkway Drive: "Wild Eyes" (Live at Wacken)

February 20, 2020 19:53

Parkway Drive, the metal band out of Byron Bay, Australia, is getting closer to the release date of their highly anticipated new album Viva The Underdogs, available March 27th on Epitaph Records. Here they are on stage at...

Battlecross: ESP Shout-Out & "The Climb" Playthrough

March 02, 2016 17:14

ESP players Hiran Deraniyagala and Tony Asta of Battlecross kindly give some thanks to ESP, and then use their respective ESP E-II Horizon-IIIFM and ESP EX guitars to do a rocking playthrough of their song "The Climb" off...

Jason Charles Miller on the LTD TL Series

April 04, 2016 18:40