Ultraphonix: "Walk Run Crawl"

Ultraphonix: "Walk Run Crawl"

What happens when ESP legend George Lynch hooks up with vocalist Corey Glover (Living Colour), bass player Pancho Tomaselli (War), and acclaimed drummer Chris Moore? Apparently, you get some seriously great hard rock! This...
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Ada Kaczanowska: "Leather Rebel" (cover)

Ada Kaczanowska: "Leather Rebel" (cover)

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Choosing this week's member spotlight was not a difficult task. Ada Kaczanowska uses her LTD MH-327 to completely rock hard on a killer Judas Priest song from their 1990 album...
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Light This City: "Agents of Fate"

Light This City: "Agents of Fate"

Formed in 2002, Light This City is a shining beacon of the underground melodic death metal scene of the San Francisco Bay Area. Going through long periods on hiatus, the band recently reformed in late 2017, and have been hard...
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Andrew W.K.: "Music Is Worth Living For" on Coco

Andrew W.K.: "Music Is Worth Living For" on Coco

Do you even know how to party? ESP player and all-around nice guy Andrew W.K. does, and he'll tell you exactly how to do it properly. In this clip from a recent episode of Conan, Andrew and his band (which includes ESP...
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Monte Pittman: "Panic Attack"

Monte Pittman: "Panic Attack"

Monte Pittman has one of the most versatile careers in rock and pop music. Known for his long connection to the "Queen of Pop" Madonna as her touring and studio guitarist, Monte has also received accolades on the metal side...
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LTD MH-417 Demo by Francesco Fareri

LTD MH-417 Demo by Francesco Fareri

Italian shred stallion Francesco Fareri does a demo of the LTD MH-417 where he rips through some original progressive metal, and then shows off the clean tones of this versatile guitar. The MH-417 offers neck-thru-body...
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Stef's ESP Customs: Goldie

Stef's ESP Customs: Goldie

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...
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Brian Krahe on the LTD B-206SM Bass

Brian Krahe on the LTD B-206SM Bass

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! If you were under the impression that you needed to submit a complete, lengthy song for us to consider you for an ESP All Access spotlight, here's Brian Krahe from Raleigh, NC to...
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Dimmu Borgir on their ESP Guitars

Dimmu Borgir on their ESP Guitars

It's been almost eight years since the last time Norwegian symphonic black metal kings Dimmu Borgir put out a new studio album, but on May 4, their highly-anticipated album Eonian gets released. We sat down with founding...
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Harry's Kirk Hammett Ouija Collection

Harry's Kirk Hammett Ouija Collection

Harry and George from Beau Monde Guitars, an ESP dealer in New Jersey, talk about Harry's collection -- some might say obsession -- of limited-edition Kirk Hammett Signature Series Ouija™ guitars (among his many other...
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Stef's ESP Customs: 16

Stef's ESP Customs: 16

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...
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Jonas Tamas: "Emotional Melodic Solo"

Jonas Tamas: "Emotional Melodic Solo"

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! There are many elements of mystery to this week's All Access member spotlight. Who is Jonas Tamas? While his member profile here at the ESP site give no info, we did some...
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Francesco Fareri: "Theory of Opposites" Playthrough

Francesco Fareri: "Theory of Opposites" Playthrough

Italian shred virtuoso Francesco Fareri never fails to blow us away every time he picks up a guitar. In this case, it's his ESP E-II Horizon FR, doing a playthrough on his song "Theory of Opposites" and throwing in just about...
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Stef's ESP Customs: Chiquita

Stef's ESP Customs: Chiquita

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, we have Stef explain the thoughts behind the design of many of his all-time...
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Ernest Julian S: "Repentance" Playthrough

Ernest Julian S: "Repentance" Playthrough

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Ernest Julian S is a member of the ESP All Access community, and a member of Embercore, a band from the Province of Laguna in the Philippines. In this video, he's using a...
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Obscura: "Ode to the Sun" Playthrough

Obscura: "Ode to the Sun" Playthrough

Guitarist and frontman Steffen Kummerer of Obscura, who joined the ESP artist family earlier this year, does a playthrough of the band's song "Ode to the Sun" from their 2016 album Akroasis, using his ESP E-II Horizon-7 FR....
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Frank Bello (Anthrax) on the LTD FB-J4

Frank Bello (Anthrax) on the LTD FB-J4

Frank Bello and his band Anthrax are revving up the engines to start a tour next month as a supporting act for Slayer's final tour, along with Lamb of God, Testament and Napalm Death. Many of the players in these respected...
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Cruz Salinas on the LTD MH-1000

Cruz Salinas on the LTD MH-1000

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! As you might know if you've seen other ESP All Access spotlights, there's no right way or wrong way to catch our attention. Members post simple videos and complex videos, originals...
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Stef's ESP Customs: Dark Castle

Stef's ESP Customs: Dark Castle

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, we have Stef explain the thoughts behind the design of many of his all-time...
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Batinsson: "Warm Up Playground"

Batinsson: "Warm Up Playground"

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We don't know a lot about community member Batinsson except that a) he has an LTD MW-Skull, one of the many LTD Signature Series guitars we've created with Michael Wilton of...
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Aaron Deal (Darkest Hour) on the LTD JC-4FM

Aaron Deal (Darkest Hour) on the LTD JC-4FM

Aaron Deal, bass player of D.C.-based metal band Darkest Hour, has been a fan of the ESP Stream bass style for some time now. In this video, he tries out the LTD Signature Series JC-4FM from John Campbell of Lamb of God. The...
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Stef's ESP Customs: Purple Rain

Stef's ESP Customs: Purple Rain

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, we have Stef explain the thoughts behind the design of many of his all-time...
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Odinson Music: "No Way Out" Cover

Odinson Music: "No Way Out" Cover

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Community member Danny Leftridge plays songs under the name Odinson Music, and in this video he covers the tunes of another ESP player... Michael "Padge" Paget of Welsh metal band...
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Dokken: "It's Just Another Day"

Dokken: "It's Just Another Day"

Here's something we've been wanting to happen for a long, long, long time. It's the classic lineup of metal legends Dokken -- drummer Mick Brown, bassist Jeff Pilson, singer Don Dokken, and ESP guitar icon George Lynch --...
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Stephanie Bradley: I'm Shipping Up To Boston

Stephanie Bradley: I'm Shipping Up To Boston

St. Patrick's Day was last weekend, but that won't stop us from posting this clip of ESP player Stephanie Bradley (who works with our pals at Gator Cases) and her killer green LTD Elite Horizon-3 (currently available as the...
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Stef's ESP Customs: Glow-In-the-Dark Baritone 8-String

Stef's ESP Customs: Glow-In-the-Dark Baritone 8-String

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, we have Stef explain the thoughts behind the design of many of his all-time...
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Steve Erickson: "HyperCurve"

Steve Erickson: "HyperCurve"

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Steve Erickson went beyond the usual "cell phone in bedroom" video that we usually see in our community spotlights; instead, he produced a full music video using presumably...
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Stef's ESP Customs: TE Red Sparkle

Stef's ESP Customs: TE Red Sparkle

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, we have Stef explain the thoughts behind the design of many of his all-time...
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Ken Susi Plays Ken Susi (Unearth)

Ken Susi Plays Ken Susi (Unearth)

We had a challenge for Ken Susi, guitarist and clean vocalist of Boston-based metalcore band Unearth. Bringing him into ESP headquarters, we tasked Ken with emulating the tones and playing styles of a number of other ESP...
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Darkest Hour on the ESP E-II Arrow

Darkest Hour on the ESP E-II Arrow

Guitarists Mike Schleibaum and Mike "Lonestar" Carrigan from Darkest Hour visited the ESP offices to tell us what makes the ESP E-II Arrow the right guitar for them. For players on a tighter budget, we also offer the Arrow in...
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