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September 06, 2019 14:29

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! How long should a song be? In the pop world, a song is thought of as long if it hits the three-minute mark, but in the world of prog rock and progressive metal, songs that go on for...

Casey Cook: "In Between" (Cover)

August 30, 2019 15:50

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Members of the ESP All Access community represent people from all around the world, playing every genre of music and at all levels of experience as musicians. Today, we're happy to...

E-II M-II NT Demo by Pat Heath

August 29, 2019 16:48

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All ESP E-II instruments are created at our ESP factory in Tokyo, Japan, and are designed for professional players who accept no compromises in tone, feel, or reliability for their guitars and basses. The ESP E-II M-II NT...

MXR Bass Pedal Demo with the LTD D-5 by Nathan Navarro

August 28, 2019 17:26

Nathan Navarro is an incredibly good bass player and music composer whom we know as Devin Townsend's touring bassist, though his musical resume is extensive and crosses into many different genres beyond metal and progressive,...

Gav King (Fields of the Nephilim) on the LTD Deluxe TE-1000 EverTune

August 26, 2019 19:03

Respected UK-based guitarist Gav King (Fields of the Nephilim) walks you through the features of the LTD Deluxe TE-1000 EverTune, one of our new guitars introduced for 2019. The TE-1000 EverTune features the powerful and...

Aydin Zahedi: "Fallen Heroes" (cover)

August 23, 2019 14:37

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! When many people think about impressive guitar playing, they consider speed to be one of the factors. Well here's something that might blow your mind: it's harder to play really...

Kay F.: "Radio" (cover)

August 16, 2019 14:17

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! You may have never noticed this, but there are a lot of Rammstein covers out there in the world. Okay, you've probably noticed. But still, we always think there's room for more,...

Bill Kelliher (Mastodon) Sparrowhawk Sweepstakes

August 16, 2019 01:08

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LTD AP-4 Bass Demo by Nikki Stevens

August 14, 2019 16:41

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As a performer and educator, Nikki Stevens is a highly-respected multi-instrumental musician with years of experience both on stage and giving music lessons at all levels. In this video, she tries out the LTD AP-4 bass,...

NorthTale: "Bring Down the Mountain" Playthrough

August 13, 2019 21:50

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Formed in 2017, the Swedish-American metal band NorthTale have just released their debut album Welcome to Paradise, and ESP shredder Bill Hudson is the driving force behind the song "Bring Down the Mountain". In this...

Freedom Call: "M.E.T.A.L."

August 12, 2019 18:38

German band Freedom Call has been cranking out the power metal anthems since they got started in 1998, and with the title track off their upcoming new album, they leave little doubt that the influence of early '80s hard rock...

Megahurtz30: "Harvester of Sorrow" (Cover)

August 09, 2019 15:37

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! As many of us who have performed in bands know, there's nothing like getting together with other musicians and making music. That's what All Access member Megahurtz30 did while...

KXM: "Lightning"

August 08, 2019 21:07

KXM is the band comprised of bassist/vocalist Dug Pinnick (King's X), drummer Ray Luzier (Korn), and ESP-playing guitar icon George Lynch. Their brand new song "Lightning" is from their upcoming new album Circle of Dolls,...

Sifting: "Stop Calling Me Liberty"

August 08, 2019 16:19

Sifting, the Los Angeles-based Venezuelan-American progressive metal band, are scheduled to release their new album The Infinite Loop (Eclipse Records) on September 27. By the sound of the song "Stop Calling Me Liberty", we...

Ada Kaczanowska: "5 Minutes Alone" (Cover)

August 02, 2019 14:30

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We've featured All Access member Ada Kaczanowska before, and we probably will again. She goes out of her way to achieve to the tones and playing styles of the bands she covers, and...

Monte Pittman: "Changing Of The Guard"

August 01, 2019 23:07

Few musicians on the ESP roster offer the level of genre variety that Monte PIttman does. A longtime ESP rocker, Monte's latest album Between The Space (Metal Blade) shows this prodigious guitarist's abilities in the hard...

Recap: "Rock the House" event with ESP and Seymour Duncan

August 01, 2019 16:46

On Saturday July 27, ESP got together with our friends at Seymour Duncan and held an open house-style party at ESP headquarters in North Hollywood, CA. Admission was free, and the good times were in high gear as we hosted...

ESP Interviews Josh Middleton (Architects/Sylosis) at Hellfest 2019

July 31, 2019 16:29

ESP's director of artist relations Tony Rauser sits down with one of the most exciting and acclaimed modern guitar heroes, ESP player Josh Middleton of Architects and Sylosis, to talk about what makes his ESP and LTD guitars...

Robert Uludag: "Deutschland" (Cover)

July 26, 2019 15:20

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! For those of you who keep track of such things: yes, this is the second week in a row that we chose a Rammstein cover for our ESP All Access spotlight. But member Robert Uludag did...

Behemoth: "Sabbath Mater"

July 24, 2019 23:50

Warning: possible disturbing imagery in this video. Behemoth is the Polish extreme metal band who is constantly ready to push the boundaries, and the video for "Sabbath Maters" is no exception. Featuring ESP players...

The Tone King talks ESP USA at Chuck Levin's

July 22, 2019 17:09

Our friend Louis is better known to the YouTube community as The Tone King, a guy who just loves everything about guitar, and goes around making videos to help give insight and details to the guitar community about a wide...

Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus: "Old Town Road" on the BET Awards

July 19, 2019 17:54

Held on June 23, 2019 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, the BET Awards took an unexpected turn this year with a live performance of the song that's been #1 on the Billboard charts for over 15 weeks... "Old Town Road" by Lil...

Ken Susi (Unearth) on the KS M-6 EverTune

July 15, 2019 12:18

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Unearth guitarist Ken Susi gets into the deeper details of his most recent LTD Signature Series guitar, the KS M-6 EverTune. This 6-string version of Ken's well-known 7-string model was brought to you by popular demand from...

LTD Deluxe EC-1001T CTM Demo by Luis Kalil

July 12, 2019 19:06

Luís Kalil became one of the youngest guitar endorsees in history when he joined the ESP artist roster at age 13. He just keeps getting better and better, as evidenced by this playthrough section of his song "Ghost in...

Danny Cole: "Symphony of Destruction" Solo

July 12, 2019 14:34

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We first heard community member Danny Cole earlier this year when he posted a video of himself doing a note-for-note rendition of the classic solo from Eagles' "Hotel California" on...

Sworn Enemy: "Seeds of Hate"

July 11, 2019 00:26

Vocalist Sal Lococo first formed heavy hardcore group Sworn Enemy in the late '90s in New York City, and they've remained as intense and aggressive as ever throughout the years. The song "Seeds of Hate" is from their latest...

Riffi Raffi (Hevisaurus) Warms Up

July 10, 2019 00:01

Kids who grow up in the USA might have learned cute songs from a dinosaur named Barney, but in Finland, they start appreciating more heavy styles of music from an early age thanks to Hevisaurus, the metal band aimed at...

Sacred Reich: "Awakening"

July 08, 2019 23:16

One of the most longterm and loyal members of the ESP artist family, Wiley Arnett of the hugely influential Phoenix, AZ-based thrash metal band Sacred Reich started playing ESP in 1987 and has never looked back. "Awakenings"...

ESP at Hellfest 2019

July 06, 2019 00:46