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April 17-20: ESP Guitars Sponsors Inferno Metal Festival & Hosts Exclusive Behemoth Clinic

April 17-20: ESP Guitars Sponsors Inferno Metal Festival & Hosts Exclusive Behemoth Clinic

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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...
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    LTD Deluxe SN-1 HT Demo by Jean Patton

    LTD Deluxe SN-1 HT Demo by Jean Patton

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    Guitarist Jean Patton does this outstanding demo of the LTD Deluxe SN-1 HT, a guitar that gives you a traditional body shape with all of the modern updates needed for contemporary music styles. Features: sandblasted Black...
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      Alex Wade (Whitechapel) on the LTD Signature Series AW-XJ7 Baritone EverTune

      Alex Wade (Whitechapel) on the LTD Signature Series AW-XJ7 Baritone EverTune

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      Whitechapel guitarist and co-founding member Alex Wade is here to get into the details of his latest LTD Signature Series guitar, the AW-XJ7 Baritone EverTune. Features: 7-string guitar, 27” baritone scale, EverTune constant...
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        Mike Schleibaum (Darkest Hour) Introduces the LTD Signature Series MSV-1

        Mike Schleibaum (Darkest Hour) Introduces the LTD Signature Series MSV-1

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        Mike Schleibaum is founding member of DC-based melodic death metal band Darkest Hour, and has been an influential guitarist and a member of the ESP artist family for many years. His updated LTD Signature Series MSV-1 is now...
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          Mike Schleibaum

          Darkest Hour

          Success in the world of music takes tenacity. Just ask Mike Schleibaum, founding member and guitarist of Washington, D.C.-based melodic death metal band Darkest Hour. After their formation in 1995, it took almost ten years of hard work, constant touring, and writing/recording records before they finally got the worldwide recognition they deserved all along. Their most recent album, 2024’s Perpetual Terminal, received high marks from the metal community and critics alike. This year, ESP has introduced a major update to Mike’s LTD Signature Series MSV-1 guitar, now featuring a Black Gloss finish and gold hardware to accentuate the bold look of its beveled neck-thru-body Arrow shape.

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          April 17-20: ESP Guitars Sponsors Inferno Metal Festival & Hosts Exclusive Behemoth Clinic

          April 17-20: ESP Guitars Sponsors Inferno Metal Festival & Hosts Exclusive Behemoth Clinic

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          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...
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            Coming in January: ESP Presents 2025

            Coming in January: ESP Presents 2025

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            It wasn't that long ago that if you wanted to hear about the coolest new gear, you'd have to wait until late January for the NAMM Show, and then wait even longer for your favorite magazines to come out with their annual "New...
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              ESP Guitars Welcomes Mick Thomson (Slipknot) to Artist Roster

              ESP Guitars Welcomes Mick Thomson (Slipknot) to Artist Roster

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              NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA (MAY 16, 2023) – ESP Guitars has announced that acclaimed guitarist Mick Thomson of iconic American metal band Slipknot has joined the ESP artist roster. The company also confirmed that a new ESP/LTD...
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                ESP All Access Exclusive: 2024 New Guitar & Bass Preview

                ESP All Access Exclusive: 2024 New Guitar & Bass Preview

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                For the first time since 2020, the year is kicking off with a NAMM Show making its return to its former January time frame, and ESP is able to launch 2024 with a killer batch of new guitars and basses. We hope you enjoy this...
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                  ESP’s First Year Sponsoring Inferno Festival

                  ESP’s First Year Sponsoring Inferno Festival

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                  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...
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                    April 17-20: ESP Guitars Sponsors Inferno Metal Festival & Hosts Exclusive Behemoth Clinic

                    April 17-20: ESP Guitars Sponsors Inferno Metal Festival & Hosts Exclusive Behemoth Clinic

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                    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...
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                      ESP Guitars Honored by NAMM for 50th Anniversary Milestone

                      ESP Guitars Honored by NAMM for 50th Anniversary Milestone

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                      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...
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                        ESP at NAMM 2025

                        ESP at NAMM 2025

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                        Top photo by Dave Starbuck From January 23-25, 2025, ESP joined hundreds of other musical instrument and audio gear manufacturers at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. For this year’s show, we did things a little differently,...
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                          An Update from ESP Guitars on the Los Angeles Fires

                          An Update from ESP Guitars on the Los Angeles Fires

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                          For the past six days, we’ve been hearing from hundreds of concerned ESP players and friends around the world, wanting to be sure that all of us at ESP Guitars (and our US-distributed brands Takamine Guitars and ENGL...
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                            Coming in January: ESP Presents 2025

                            Coming in January: ESP Presents 2025

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                            It wasn't that long ago that if you wanted to hear about the coolest new gear, you'd have to wait until late January for the NAMM Show, and then wait even longer for your favorite magazines to come out with their annual "New...
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                              Winner's Circle: "The Big Decision" Sweepstakes

                              Winner's Circle: "The Big Decision" Sweepstakes

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                              Thousands and thousands (and thousands) of you entered, but there could be only one winner of our Fall 2024 "The Big Decision" sweepstakes, and it's Bryan Hockman of Augusta, WV. Bryan had his choice between three amazing...
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                                ESP Guitars Commemorates Hisatake Shibuya (1937-2024)

                                ESP Guitars Commemorates Hisatake Shibuya (1937-2024)

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                                ESP Guitars is mourning the passing of the company’s esteemed founder and owner, Japanese businessman Hisatake Shibuya. After a long and extraordinarily successful life, Mr. Shibuya died in late September 2024. He was 87...
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