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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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    Mille Petrozza (Kreator) on the ESP Custom Shop

    Mille Petrozza (Kreator) on the ESP Custom Shop

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    Iconic metal guitarist Mille Petrozza of the legendary German thrash band Kreator recently got his latest guitar -- a green V-shaped brutality machine with black design elements and custom inlays and component set -- from 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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        LTD Richard ZK Signature Series RZK-III Demo by Gergő Hájer

        LTD Richard ZK Signature Series RZK-III Demo by Gergő Hájer

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        ESP artist Gergő Hájer of Hungarian groove metal band Omega Diatribe does a thorough demo and in-depth feature spotlight of the LTD Richard ZK Signature Series RZK-III. This outstanding guitar from the legendary co-founder...
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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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          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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            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 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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                  Alex Chichikailo: Metal Riffs on the LTD EC-407

                  Alex Chichikailo: Metal Riffs on the LTD EC-407

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                  ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! This video, submitted a short while ago to the ESP site by community member Alex Chichikailo, is a little bit late. Like, over seven years late. See, we noticed that his original...
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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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