"Who Is The Best Metal Guitarist?" Asks Music Radar

"Who Is The Best Metal Guitarist?" Asks Music Radar

Do the best metal players play ESP? Of course they do!

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Gitarist Magazine (Netherlands) Reviews the ESP USA TE-II Hardtail

Gitarist Magazine (Netherlands) Reviews the ESP USA TE-II Hardtail

Even if you can't read Dutch (and we can't either), this is a great review for a great guitar!

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New Behemoth Album Available for Pre-Order

New Behemoth Album Available for Pre-Order

Behemoth, the Polish death metal band that features ESP players Nergal, Seth, and Orion, are wrapping up final production on their highly-anticipated new album The Satanist, due out in February 2014.

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New Guitars and Basses for 2014

New Guitars and Basses for 2014

2014 marks a very important year for ESP. Weʼve put together a much wider selection of product ranges to accommodate the needs of more musicians than ever before. What follows is a look at our new models for 2014, as well as...
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Giveaway: Win the Anthrax "Among the Living" Bass, signed by Frank Bello!

Giveaway: Win the Anthrax "Among the Living" Bass, signed by Frank Bello!

A killer limited edition bass, signed by the man himself. You can't win if you don't enter!

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ESP NOW! George Lynch - July 7 2016, 11AM PDT

ESP NOW! George Lynch - July 7 2016, 11AM PDT

Live stream George Lynch's visit to ESP HQ... you never know what will happen. We don't either.

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 Review: LTD MH-1000ET

Review: LTD MH-1000ET

Thanks to Total Guitar, who gave the LTD MH-1000ET a "Best Buy" award, a 5-star rating, and called it "a hugely playable guitar, with perfect tuning and perfect intonation.

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Parkway Drive: "Bottom Feeder"

Parkway Drive: "Bottom Feeder"

These Aussie metalcore rockers' music is even more exciting in a live setting... with their ESP E-II guitars.

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ESP Presents 2025: Thursday January 16

ESP Presents 2025: Thursday January 16

ESP Presents 2025 is a livestream video event that features tons of demos of many yet-to-be-announced guitars in our "New for 2025" collection. You'll see new Signature Series guitars with interviews of the artists who...
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Review: LTD Elite ST-1

Review: LTD Elite ST-1

The ESP LTD ST-1 does a fantatic job of bridging the gap between styles, making it a great instrument for Sunday morning and beyond...

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Congratulations to our Will Adler Sweepstakes Winner

Congratulations to our Will Adler Sweepstakes Winner

ESP sends our congratulations to Jackson Pope of Dallas, TX. He's the winner of our spring 2014 Will Adler Sweepstakes, and will be receiving the grand prize of an LTD Signature Series Will Adler WA-Warbird SE, along with a...
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Unlocking The Truth "Breaking a Monster" Sweepstakes

Unlocking The Truth "Breaking a Monster" Sweepstakes

Enter for a chance to win a killer rig with an Orange amp and an LTD M-200 BDC!

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Lord Dying/MetalSucks LTD V-50 Sweeps

Lord Dying/MetalSucks LTD V-50 Sweeps

This contest ends today... but the tour is just about to start!

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George Lynch on the LTD Signature Series GL-200K

George Lynch on the LTD Signature Series GL-200K

The iconic legendary guitar king George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob, and more) shows you his latest LTD Signature Series guitar, the GL-200K. With a body shape from George's distinctive Kamikaze guitar — one of the first ESP...
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Altitudes & Attitude: "Tell The World"

Altitudes & Attitude: "Tell The World"

Altitudes & Attitude is the new musical project of ESP player Frank Bello (Anthrax) along with David Ellefson (Megadeth). Here's the official music video for their debut song "Tell the World".

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ESP AND TAKAMINE ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP IN THE USA

ESP AND TAKAMINE ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP IN THE USA

The Takamine legacy continues with exciting new distribution relationship "As we start our new business relationship in 2015 I am happy to present ESP Guitars USA president, Matt Masciandaro, with this LTD-2015, as token...
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Meet & Greet with Chuck Garric

Meet & Greet with Chuck Garric

ESP endorsee Chuck Garric will be appearing at our dealer Bizarre Guitar in Reno, NV on Friday November 22. Enjoy this free meet-and-greet!

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Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield (Metallica) Congratulate ESP on 50 Years

Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield (Metallica) Congratulate ESP on 50 Years

For decades, Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield of the iconic metal band Metallica have relied on ESP Guitars for their greatest work, in the studio and on stages around the world. Here they are offering their congratulations to...
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Review: ESP Horizon NT-II by Guitar Interactive

Review: ESP Horizon NT-II by Guitar Interactive

Check out this great review of one of ESP's most respected high-performance guitars. "This is the superstrat finally grown up and fully developed. In every respect this is a fabulous guitar and well priced for what it offers."

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Get Ready for "Kirk Von Hammett's Fear FestEvil"!

Get Ready for "Kirk Von Hammett's Fear FestEvil"!

Coming February 6-8, 2014 in San Francisco, CA, Kirk Hammett is hosting his first festival, and ESP will be there along with many other purveyors of horror and music!

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ENGL Amp Spotlight: Rockmaster 20 E307

ENGL Amp Spotlight: Rockmaster 20 E307

Do you rock? Here's the amp that's ready to rock with you... even at living-room volume level!

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Fri March 3: Michael Paget (Bullet For My Valentine) Signing at guitarguitar Newcastle

Fri March 3: Michael Paget (Bullet For My Valentine) Signing at guitarguitar Newcastle

Hey all you people in the Newcastle, UK area! This Friday March 3, you have a chance to meet-and-greet with one of ESP's finest artists. The one and only Michael "Padge" Paget will be appearing at your local guitarguitar...
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Review: LTD Deluxe EC-1000M by Premier Guitar

Review: LTD Deluxe EC-1000M by Premier Guitar

Hot off the presses from Premier Guitar's January 2014 issue: "The EMG 60 and maple fretboard work together to accentuate the guitar's best attributes. Clean tones sound bold. Arpeggiated clean passages glisten."

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Whitechapel "Mark of the Blade" Sweepstakes

Whitechapel "Mark of the Blade" Sweepstakes

Enter for a chance to win any one of four great signature instruments and more!

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NAMM 2022: Tour of the ESP Guitars Booth

NAMM 2022: Tour of the ESP Guitars Booth

A quick tour of the ESP Guitars booth at NAMM 2022....
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Italian Guitar Shredder Gianluca Ferro joins ESP

Italian Guitar Shredder Gianluca Ferro joins ESP

With fantastic technique and great command of his instrument, Gianluca Ferro is now officially part of the ESP family.

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Metallica: "72 Seasons"

Metallica: "72 Seasons"

Metallica, the biggest heavy metal band of all time, are back with the title track from their album 72 Seasons, set for release on April 14, 2023. In the video, you can see James Hetfield playing his ESP Signature Series...
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