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Larry Barragan founded Helstar in 1982. Coming out of Houston, TX, Helstar had an immediate impact on the American power metal scene. In this video, Larry talks about his love of the ESP E-II FRX, a guitar that features a...

The mighty George Lynch, whose incendiary playing has been the hallmark of bands including Dokken, Lynch Mob, KXM, Project N-Fidelikah and more, takes out his latest addition to the LTD Signature Series... the GL Burnt Tiger....

UK-based guitarist Jamie Hunt takes the new ESP E-II Horizon FR-II out for a rollicking romp down the winding roads of rock, while giving you a very thorough look at its features. The E-II Horizon FR-II, like all of our E-II...

Here's another short and sweet demo video from our friends at Australian ESP distributor CMI. In this one, you get to hear two of our new models for 2016 together: the LTD H-401QM in Faded Sky Blue finish over its quilted...

Bass player Stephen Lane of ESP's Australian distributor CMI serves up some super tasty playing on this demo of the LTD TL-4Z, the bass that represents our Thinline Series. LTD's Thinline offers some of the sonic vibe of an...

Stephen Lane of ESP's Australian distributor CMI created this video for Ampeg, but it's also a pretty awesome quick demo of the LTD B-204FL. Now available in a terrific Spalted Maple top, this fretless bass offers an amazing...

Jack Fliegler of Arizona-based Singularity sends his technical metal chops on a ride through time and space using the new-for-2016 LTD Deluxe SN-1000FR, a gun metal blue guitar with Fishman Fluence pickups and a Floyd Rose....

Stuart Ziff, the guitar player for the legendary funk/rock band War, picks up the new LTD SN-1000W and cranks out some tasty blues licks before filling you in on its great features, which include a pair of Seymour Duncan...

ESP's Chris Cannella takes you on a tour of one of the finest instruments we've ever made: the ESP USA Horizon-II. Built in our California-based factory by highly experienced luthiers, the USA Horizon leaves no detail...

Death Angel is one of the legendary Bay Area thrash metal bands who got their start alongside other local bands like Metallica and Exodus. Their guitarist Ted Aguilar has been an ESP player for a long time, and for 2016,...

Brazilian-born, US-based guitarist Silas Fernandes lets his LTD FRX-407 do the talking in this demo video. You get a quick look at the FRX-407's features, and then a cool playthgough of Silas's song "Electrical Storm". ...

ESP's Chris Cannella takes you through the features of the 7-string LTD FRX-407, and also rocks its extended low range for you. More info on the FRX-407 here....

2015 marks the 40th anniversary of ESP Guitars, and our ESP Custom Shop has created some of the most finely-crafted, highly-detailed guitars they've ever made to help commemorate the occasion. Made in extremely limited...

UK-based ESP player Jamie Hunt walks you through the features of the LTD MH-417, a baritone 7-string that's designed to meet your highest expectations in performance and reliability....

UK-based guitar guru Pat Heath takes the ESP E-II ST-2 out for a rollicking jazz/rock/prog/fusion trip on his song "Ultrasonic". Pat's ST-2 features a maple fingerboard and a Tiger Eye finish over its quilted maple top, and...

UK-based guitar player Pat Heath walks you through the features of the LTD M-1000SE VNS, an impressive guitar that can handle almost any musical style from metal to blues to fusion to much more. Enjoy Pat's tasteful playing...

It's a battle to the death! Okay, not to the death, but you'll be the judge when UK-based ESP players Pat Heath and Jamie Hunt respectively arm themselves the new LTD M-1000 Ebony Snow White and the LTD M-1000SE Vintage...

Brazilian guitarist and producer Silas Fernandes rocks out on the LTD M-1000 Ebony SW, a guitar designed for serious shredding with its Floyd Rose bridge, dual EMG 81 pickups, ebony fingerboard, and brilliant Snow White...

ESP's Chris Cannella picks up a guitar that screams metal. Actually, it simply screams no matter what. The LTD V-407B is a baritone 27" scale 7-string guitar that's ready for your most brutal riffs and slickest leads. Chris...

A Japanese metal guitarist based in Los Angeles, Masaki Murashita gives you a demo of his main guitar, the ESP E-II Arrow. He even includes English subtitles so all of we non-Japanese speakers can know what he's saying......

Hailing from Phoenix, AZ, Virulent is a mixed genre metal act that experiments within the realms of alternative metal, hardcore, and ambient electronica. Here's guitarist Matt Nisbet doing a playthrough of their song "Duct...