Guitar Training with Nils Courbaron: "3 Days in Hell" Solo

Guitar Training with Nils Courbaron: "3 Days in Hell" Solo

ESP artist Nils Courbaron (Sirenia, Think Of A New Kind), whom we recently profiled due to his courageous work as an ICU nurse in Paris throughout the COVID-19 wave, sadly contracted the novel coronavirus himself via his...
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Guitar Training with Cameron Stucky: Tapping Pt. 2 - Multiple Strings

Guitar Training with Cameron Stucky: Tapping Pt. 2 - Multiple Strings

ESP artist Cameron Stucky has created a series of lessons that will help you learn some new techniques, or to tighten the skills you already have. You can watch the lesson and refer to the sheet music and tablature below....
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Guitar Training with Cameron Stucky: Diminished Scale Runs

Guitar Training with Cameron Stucky: Diminished Scale Runs

ESP artist Cameron Stucky has created a series of lessons that will help you learn some new techniques, or to tighten the skills you already have. You can watch the lesson and refer to the sheet music and tablature below....
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Guitar Training with Jamie Hunt & Pat Heath: Warming Up with Alex Skolnick

Guitar Training with Jamie Hunt & Pat Heath: Warming Up with Alex Skolnick

UK-based ESP players Jamie Hunt and Pat Heath are providing a series of guitar training exercises that can definitely help you step up your game! For Lesson 1, they got to hang out with Alex Skolnick previous to the pandemic...
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Sick of It All: "Bull's Anthem"

Sick of It All: "Bull's Anthem"

Sick of It All, the respected hardcore punk band that was formed in New York in 1986, features ESP player and founding member Pete Koller on guitar as well as longtime bass player Craig Setari. The band and their fans look to...
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Casey Cook: "Toxic Garbage Island" (Cover)

Casey Cook: "Toxic Garbage Island" (Cover)

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! With her LTD EC-256FM downtuned to C for this Gojira cover, 18-year-old All Access member Casey Cook shows that she's spent plenty of time practicing her rhythm guitar chops, and her...
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Signature Series Spotlight: George Lynch

Signature Series Spotlight: George Lynch

George Lynch is a legendary shred guitar innovator, and one of ESP's first signature artists. With an uncontrollable style all his own, George has no boundaries when it comes to his playing. His guitars were built with the...
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Signature Series Spotlight: Frank Bello (Anthrax)

Signature Series Spotlight: Frank Bello (Anthrax)

Frank Bello is the high-energy, always-rocking bassist of New York thrash metal icons Anthrax. With an unmistakable sound and onstage personality, Frank uses his ESP signature bass to lay down the law with Anthrax every...
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Guitar Training with Pat Heath: Playing in the Style of Queensryche (Part 2)

Guitar Training with Pat Heath: Playing in the Style of Queensryche (Part 2)

UK-based guitarist and educator Pat Heath has put together a series of videos on creating and performing music in the style of Queensryche's founding guitarist and iconic ESP player Michael "Whip" Wilton. This is part 2 of...
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Signature Series Spotlight: Will Adler (Lamb of God)

Signature Series Spotlight: Will Adler (Lamb of God)

Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Will Adler is the rhythm guitarist and songwriter in American metal titans Lamb Of God. Will is known for his unorthodox playing style, heavy grooving riffs, and use of dissonant chord...
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Signature Series Spotlight: Max Cavalera (Cavalera Conspiracy, Soulfly)

Signature Series Spotlight: Max Cavalera (Cavalera Conspiracy, Soulfly)

Brazilian-born guitarist, vocalist, and creative madman Max Cavalera is an ambassador to all things heavy metal. Employing a savage style all his own, Max is a musician with true passion for what he does, and his signature...
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ESP Exhibition Limited Series 2021: Syu Demos the EX21-16 Arrow-CTM NT

ESP Exhibition Limited Series 2021: Syu Demos the EX21-16 Arrow-CTM NT

Syu demos the EX21-16 Arrow-CTM NT. Each year, the master luthiers at the ESP Custom Shop in Japan are allowed to create a set of guitars based on the very best of their own unmatched design skills and unlimited creativity....
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ESP Exhibition Limited Series 2021: Eli Santana Demos the EX21-37 FRX-CTM-FT FR

ESP Exhibition Limited Series 2021: Eli Santana Demos the EX21-37 FRX-CTM-FT FR

Eli Santana (Holy Grail) demos the EX21-37 FRX-CTM-FT FR. Each year, the master luthiers at the ESP Custom Shop in Japan are allowed to create a set of guitars based on the very best of their own unmatched design skills and...
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Rob Arnold Unboxes the LTD Eclipse '87

Rob Arnold Unboxes the LTD Eclipse '87

Rob Arnold, the great ESP player best known for his time in Chimaira, unboxes another great guitar with the Eclipse '87 from the LTD '87 Series. The LTD ’87 Series are faithful recreations of the set of instruments from ESP’s...
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LTD Phoenix Arctic Metal Full Demo by Bobby Lynge (Fit For A King)

LTD Phoenix Arctic Metal Full Demo by Bobby Lynge (Fit For A King)

Bobby Lynge (Fit For A King) unboxes and then rocks the new LTD Phoenix Arctic Metal. You get every detail of his signal chain as he shows you everything this guitar can do! Arctic Metal instruments feature a Snow White Satin...
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Orden Ogan: "Let The Fire Rain"

Orden Ogan: "Let The Fire Rain"

Hailing from Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Orden Ogan holds nothing back in the epic power metal glory on the song "Let The Fire Rain", which starts with a lot of rocking and ends with the destruction of Earth,...
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LTD Black Metal Series Demo by Abysmal Dawn

LTD Black Metal Series Demo by Abysmal Dawn

Eliseo Garcia and Charles Elliot of Los Angeles-based death metal band Abysmal Dawn try out two new additions to the LTD Black Metal Series: the F Black Metal and the M-4 Black Metal bass. The F Black Metal adds one of our...
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LTD Deluxe SN-1000FR Demo by Cameron Stucky

LTD Deluxe SN-1000FR Demo by Cameron Stucky

Yee haw! While ESP is probably best known as a guitar brand for heavier music styles, musician Cameron Stucky pulls out some chicken pickin' chops for this demo of the LTD Deluxe SN-1000FR in Black Blast finish. Based on the...
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Marcin G: "Blood to Bleed" (Cover)

Marcin G: "Blood to Bleed" (Cover)

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! This week, the All Access spotlight shines on community member Marcin G., using his LTD Deluxe EC-1000 Duncan Vintage Black to do a playthrough cover of "Blood to Bleed" by Rise...
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Iivo Kaipainen: "Where The Ocean Greets The Sky" ( Solo Playthrough)

Iivo Kaipainen: "Where The Ocean Greets The Sky" ( Solo Playthrough)

ESP player Iivo Kaipainen of Finnish power metal band Arion does this outstanding playthrough of the solo section from their song "Where The Ocean Greets The Sky" using his ESP Custom Shop guitar. Known worldwide for the...
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Signature Series Spotlight: Lars Frederiksen (Rancid)

Signature Series Spotlight: Lars Frederiksen (Rancid)

Musician and songwriter Lars Frederiksen is a certified punk rock guitar hero. A key member of Bay Area punk legends Rancid, Lars has been heavily involved in the underground music scene since the mid '80s.His LTD signature...
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Armored Saint: "Lone Wolf"

Armored Saint: "Lone Wolf"

It's a complete ESP extravaganza in the latest video from iconic veteran LA-based metal band Armored Saint! Featuring Phil Sandoval on his LTD Deluxe Arrow-1000 Candy Apple Red Satin, Joey Vera on his LTD Surveyor '87 Pearl...
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Alan Wallace (Eminence): "The Vanishing" Playthrough on the E-II Horizon FR-7

Alan Wallace (Eminence): "The Vanishing" Playthrough on the E-II Horizon FR-7

ESP artist Alan Wallace of respected veteran Brazilian metal band Eminence does a playthrough of the song "The Vanishing" off the band's 2021 album Dark Echoes. Alan is playing his ESP E-II Horizon FR-7 in Black Turquoise...
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Will Deely (Beartooth): "Devastation" Playthrough

Will Deely (Beartooth): "Devastation" Playthrough

Check out ESP artist Will Deely of Columbus, OH-based metal band Beartooth on this guitar playthrough of their song "Devastation", a track off their 2021 album Below. Will is playing an ESP E-II EX NT, part of our "New for...
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Bad Wolves: "Lifeline"

Bad Wolves: "Lifeline"

Bad Wolves, the LA-based metal band featuring longtime ESP player Doc Coyle, has released the official video for their song "Lifeline" from their upcoming new album Dear Monsters, set for release in October. Doc is seen here...
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Hypocrisy: "Chemical Whore"

Hypocrisy: "Chemical Whore"

ESP artist Peter Tägtgren, the founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of influential Swedish death metal band Hypocrisy, is seen here in the new video for "Chemical Whore", a song that takes sharp aim at the...
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Aeon Slate: "The Witch & The Helix Tree"

Aeon Slate: "The Witch & The Helix Tree"

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Community member Aeon Slate of Atlanta, GA-based progressive metal band Dear Shadow uploaded this playthrough of their song "The Witch & The Helix Tree". He's playing his LTD...
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Elijah James Barnett (Cane Hill): "Bleed When You Ask Me" playthrough

Elijah James Barnett (Cane Hill): "Bleed When You Ask Me" playthrough

Elijah James Barnett, guitarist for New Orleans-based metal band Cane Hill, does a playthrough of "Bleed When You Ask Me", a song off their new EP Krewe D'Amour, Vol. 2. He's playing two ESP models here: a modified ESP E-II...
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The Music Experience at Welcome to Rockville (November 11-14, 2021)

The Music Experience at Welcome to Rockville (November 11-14, 2021)

As we've done for many years before, this fall's festival season saw ESP working alongside our friends at The Music Experience, an interactive area where musicians can get hands-on with our guitars. This year's set of...
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LTD Deluxe SN-1000 EverTune Live Performance Demo by Jack Fliegler

LTD Deluxe SN-1000 EverTune Live Performance Demo by Jack Fliegler

The LTD Deluxe SN-1000 EverTune, part of our "New for 2022" collection, marks the first time we’ve offered the innovative EverTune constant tension bridge system in an SN Series guitar, allowing for perfect tuning and...
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