The ESP Guitar Company

September 28, 2018 14:37

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Meet ESP All Access member Harry Gandler of Vienna, Austria. Like most of us guitar players, he is overly critical of his own playing, saying that he doesn't nail this Kirk Hammett...

War: "Why Can't We Be Friends?" Jam in the Van

September 24, 2018 23:40

War, the American funk/rock/pop crossover band that was formed in 1969, is sounding better than ever as they approach their 50th anniversary. In this "Jam in the Van" video filmed live at the KABOO Fest earlier this month in...

LTD Black Metal Series Demo by Cameron Stucky

September 21, 2018 19:38

LTD's new Black Metal Series are guitars that are comparable in build quality to our LTD Deluxe “1000 Series” instruments, but with a dark and menacing design theme of all-black finish, components, and hardware, a single...

Dan Logoluso: The Fight

September 21, 2018 14:46

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Dan Logoluso is an All Access community member we've featured before, but for good reason... he's great! On this original tune called "The Fight", Dan offers so many of the elements...

LTD MH-400NT M Demo by Jamie Hunt

September 18, 2018 17:05

UK-based guitarist Jamie Hunt gives you an in-depth demo of the new LTD MH-400NT M, with sonic examples of the various pickup combinations, clean and dirty tones, and more. The MH-400NT M offers neck-thru-body construction, a...

Sir Axe a lot on his LTD EC-401

September 14, 2018 14:15

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ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! When we first noticed the name of All Access member Sir Axe a lot, we laughed. Then, when we played his video submission and saw him rocking riffs with his guitar behind his head, we...

LTD EC-1000/EC-1007 EverTune Demo

September 13, 2018 16:26

Cameron Stucky of Redwood City, CA-based metal band Crepuscle shreds it up, and then talks in detail about the advantages he finds in using our guitars that are equipped with the EverTune constant tension bridge system,...

Steve Brown (War of Ages): "Fullness" Playthrough

September 12, 2018 14:19

ESP player Steve Brown is a founding member of Erie,PA-based Christian metal band War of Ages, and in this playthrough of "Fullness" from their 2017 album Alpha, he completely shreds it up on an ESP E-II Horizon NT in Snow...

Pig Destroyer: "Army of Cops"

September 07, 2018 19:00

With their first new album in six years, Head Cage, being released today, there's no better time than the present to feature the latest video from Virginia-based grindcore gods Pig Destroyer. "Army of Cops" features ESP...

Allen Izzy Isbell: "Outset"

September 07, 2018 15:49

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! While most of the videos we see uploaded by ESP All Access members are pretty simple pieces shot in someone's bedroom (word to the wise... try and make your bed before filming),...

LTD Black Metal Series Demo by Pat Heath and Jamie Hunt

September 04, 2018 23:59

Pat Heath and Jamie Hunt, two outstanding guitarists who are part of the ESP family in the UK, created this excellent demo of the new LTD Viper-7-Black Metal and LTD M-Black Metal. The video includes a thorough walkthrough of...

Konst: "Oblivion" (Playthrough)

August 31, 2018 14:40

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Despite our best efforts, not everyone in the world is aware of the ESP All Access community. Take, for example, Konst. He sent us this video of himself doing a playthrough of...

LTD Black Metal Series

August 30, 2018 00:51

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Introduced in 2018, the LTD Black Metal Series are comparable in build quality to our LTD Deluxe “1000 Series” instruments, but with a dark and menacing design theme of all-black finish, components, and hardware, a single...

Loudwire Interviews Gary Holt (Slayer/Exodus)

August 29, 2018 17:32

We love the folks at Loudwire... especially our bro Squiggy, who handles their Gear Factor reports. In a recent video and article on their site, Squiggy hung out with legendary ESP player and thrash metal icon Gary Holt, who...

Farmer Boys: "Revolt"

August 28, 2018 00:03

Featuring ESP player Alex Scholpp, Farmer Boys are a groove metal band out of Stuttgart, Germany. Their new single "Revolt" is out now, and the band is starting a tour in November. Alex is a longtime ESP player, and rocks a...

Stef's ESP Customs: Blue Skies

August 24, 2018 23:06

For more than 20 years, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones has been having the ESP Custom Shop build him the guitars of his dreams. In this video series, Stef explains the thoughts behind the design of many of his all-time...

Aidan Cibich: "Demons of Derailment"

August 24, 2018 14:15

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Apophis was the ancient Egyptian snake deity who embodied chaos, but it's also a fitting name for the Australian instrumental melodic death metal band that ESP All Access community...

Stef's ESP Customs: The Bishop

August 17, 2018 23:06

Maxim P: "udAdept - Two rivers"

August 17, 2018 14:44

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We'd love to tell you more about ESP All Access community member Maxim P... and if he'd filled out more of his profile, we gladly would! But as it is, we'll go with what we know...

Nothgard: "Malady X"

August 13, 2018 21:57

Hailing from Bavaria, Germany, Nothgard is the melodic death metal band with a touch of folk/pagan metal that's founded and led by ESP player Dom R. Crey, and also includes rhythm guitarist Skaahl and bass player Nico Kolja. ...

Stef's ESP Customs: Dorothy

August 10, 2018 23:12

Jason Melidonie: Solo from "Erised" (Periphery)

August 10, 2018 15:26

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! This is the second time we've featured All Access community member Jason Melidonie, and it's easy to see why. He's a good technical metal player who gets great tones from his ESPs,...

Javier Reyes JR-608 Demo & Playthrough

August 09, 2018 17:44

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Javier Reyes, innovative guitarist for respected progressive instrumental metal kings Animals as Leaders and his own project Mestis, gives you a complete rundown of his LTD Signature Series guitar, the JR-608, and then does a...

E-II/LTD GB Bass Series Demo by Menno Verbaten

August 07, 2018 23:20

Available in LTD and ESP E-II versions, the new GB Series basses are unlike any we've made before -- or any other bass for that matter. They combine a completely retro-cool design with a terrific set of components and...

Bill Kelliher "Roots Remain" on Premier Guitar Riff Rundown

August 07, 2018 18:54

Our friends at Premier Guitar Magazine are doing some amazing work with the content they're putting out. Case in point: here's Mastodon's Bill Kelliher using his ESP Signature Series Sparrowhawk to teach you the riff from...

ESP USA Configurator 2018

August 07, 2018 16:23

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The ESP USA Online Configurator has been massively updated for 2018 with more body shapes, more woods, more finishes, more pickup choices... and more of everything! Create your dream ESP with all of your personalized options,...

Westfield Massacre: "Famine"

August 03, 2018 18:04

Featuring ESP guitar players Stephen Brewer and Luís Kalil, and ESP bass player Erik Tisinger, Westfield Massacre is a Los Angeles-based metal band who will soon be releasing their second album. They've just put out the video...

Andres Castro: "17th Century Chicken Pickin'"

August 03, 2018 14:41

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We never know what we're going to find when, each week, we go through the videos that have been uploaded to the ESP site by our All Access community members. Sometimes it's hard to...

Eric "Erock" Calderone on the Traveler Guitar EC-1

August 01, 2018 22:38