2019 NAMM Show: Bill Hudson Interview

2019 NAMM Show: Bill Hudson Interview

2019 NAMM Show: Bill Hudson Interview on Saturday January 26....
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ESP Signature Artist Interview: Gary Holt (Exodus/Slayer)

ESP Signature Artist Interview: Gary Holt (Exodus/Slayer)

ESP Signature artist and metal icon Gary Holt was interviewed for our "ESP Presents 2022 - Phase 1" event in January 2022. Learn more about how Gary specified the features of his LTD and ESP Signature Series guitars and much...
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LTD Deluxe SN-1007HT Baritone Live Performance Demo by Kazuki Tokaji

LTD Deluxe SN-1007HT Baritone Live Performance Demo by Kazuki Tokaji

Part of the "New for 2022" collection, the LTD Deluxe SN-1007HT Baritone is our first extended scale guitar in the SN Series. This 7-string, 27" baritone scale guitar is ready to explore the depths of modern metal while...
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E-II Horizon NT-7B Demo by Gergo Hajer (Omega Diatribe)

E-II Horizon NT-7B Demo by Gergo Hajer (Omega Diatribe)

Gergo Hajer of the Budapest, Hungary-based groove metal band Omega Diatribe created this demo of one of his favorite ESP models, the E-II NT-7B Hipshot. This 7-string baritone guitar at 27" scale features neck-thru-body...
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Lost Society: "No Absolution"

Lost Society: "No Absolution"

Hailing from Finland, metal band Lost Society includes three ESP players... guitarists Samy Elbanna and Arttu Lesonen, and bass player Mirko Lehtinen. Their video for "No Absolution" shows the guys in the studio working out...
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LTD Phoenix Black Metal Demo by Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index)

LTD Phoenix Black Metal Demo by Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index)

ESP artist Mark Kloeppel of American death metal band Misery Index tries out the new LTD Phoenix Black Metal, takes you through its features and specs, and compares it to the LTD Phoenix that he used as his main guitar for...
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Signature Series Spotlight: Tom Araya (Slayer)

Signature Series Spotlight: Tom Araya (Slayer)

As the imposing bassist, songwriter, and vocalist of thrash metal legends Slayer, Tom Araya commands the entire stage. His signature basses are characterized by a sleek body shape and colossal tone, and embody Slayer’s...
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Hobby guitarist

Hobby guitarist

I am a hobby guitarist and play for about 10 years but at the beginning of the corona time I had a serious work accident in which I rolled off my hand with almost 10 mm of my index finger on my stroke and on my other hand...
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Florian Soum: "The Unforgiven" solo

Florian Soum: "The Unforgiven" solo

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Released August 12, 1991, Metallica's fifth studio album was simply self-titled as Metallica, but has ever since been known as The Black Album due to its ominous dark packaging. It's...
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Stephen Carpenter: "Rocket Skates" (Deftones) playthrough

Stephen Carpenter: "Rocket Skates" (Deftones) playthrough

Here's iconic ESP player Stephen Carpenter doing a killer playthrough of "Rocket Skates" from Deftones' excellent 2010 album Diamond Eyes. Stef is playing one of his massive collection of guitars from the ESP Custom Shop......
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LTD H-1001 Demo by Vahan Aslanyan

LTD H-1001 Demo by Vahan Aslanyan

The LTD Deluxe H-1001, available in See Thru Black Cherry and See Thru Green, is simply an excellent all-around guitar for every playing style and musical genre. Its features include a Hipshot bridge with string-thru-body...
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E-II M-II Demo by Daniel Gailey (Phinehas)

E-II M-II Demo by Daniel Gailey (Phinehas)

ESP artist Daniel Gailey of Los Angeles-based metalcore band Phinehas takes us through some of the features of his ESP E-II M-II, and explains why it's the right guitar for him and his music. Keep up with Phinehas on their...
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Misery Index: "The Eaters And The Eaten"

Misery Index: "The Eaters And The Eaten"

Misery Index, the death metal/hardcore band out of Baltimore, MD, have a new album coming out, and a tour to back it up. Here's the video for "The Eaters And The Eaten", featuring ESP players Mark Kloeppel on an LTD Phoenix...
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Masaki Murashita: "Death or Glory" with the ESP Arrow and ENGL Fireball 100

Masaki Murashita: "Death or Glory" with the ESP Arrow and ENGL Fireball 100

Los Angeles-based shred guitar master Masaki Murashita is using two premier tools of the trade to rock on this playthrough of his song "Death or Glory": the ESP Original Series Arrow, and the ENGL Fireball 100 amplifier. Hand...
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LTD Deluxe B-1005 Demo by Steve Lane

LTD Deluxe B-1005 Demo by Steve Lane

For 2019, we updated our popular LTD Deluxe B-1004 and B-1005 basses with tops made of solid bocote, a beautiful figured sustainable tonewood. This bass is highlighted by the inclusion of Nordstrand Big Splits hum-cancelling...
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LTD Deluxe SN-1000FR Demo by Bill Hudson

LTD Deluxe SN-1000FR Demo by Bill Hudson

Based on the traditional look of ESP’s Snapper guitar shape, the SN-1000FR adds the high-performance tools needed for contemporary music, including an H/S/S pickup configuration with two Seymour Duncan Hot Strat single coils...
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Tech Corner: Adjusting Bridge "Float" Angle on a Floyd Rose

Tech Corner: Adjusting Bridge "Float" Angle on a Floyd Rose

In this very detailed Tech Corner video, ESP's VP of product development and highly-experienced guitar tech Todd Binder walks you through the entire process of setting up the "float" angle of a Floyd Rose bridge, including...
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To become Diatomaceous Earth DE

To become Diatomaceous Earth DE

This would become the instrumental Diatomaceous Earth on my last album Metal for Morgan....
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theFugue-Deus Ex Machina

theFugue-Deus Ex Machina

theFugue's latest single featuring the ESP M-II-7 Buckey Burl Experimental Series. ...
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Serious Love

Serious Love

King Colton and The Chrome Skulls at The American Rock Club Deerfield Bch. Fl...
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LTD 87 Rainbow Crackle, KH 602 PSP and Marshall JVM Pedal

LTD 87 Rainbow Crackle, KH 602 PSP and Marshall JVM Pedal

Some of my latest gear, including my latest 3 Ltd guitars and the Marshall JVM Pedal which I'm using as boost in this music track.. End of the Rainbow....
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LTD TE-407 Demo with Chris Cannella

LTD TE-407 Demo with Chris Cannella

ESP's own Chris Cannella (N17, Autumn's End) shows you the details of the new 7-string LTD TE-407, and also explains a bit about why some guitars use 22 frets instead of 24. More info on the LTD TE-407:...
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Luis Kalil: "The Unforgiven" (Metallica Solo)

Luis Kalil: "The Unforgiven" (Metallica Solo)

Here's a rare moment where we get to show you the incredible skill of an virtuoso guitarist who plays ESP as well as Takamine Guitars, which we distribute in the USA. Luís Kalil became the youngest-ever ESP endorsee at age...
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LTD Deluxe EC-1000T CTM Demo by Cameron Stucky

LTD Deluxe EC-1000T CTM Demo by Cameron Stucky

Guitarist Cameron Stucky takes the great-looking, great-sounding LTD Deluxe EC-1000T CTM See Thru Black Cherry out for a spin. With the EC-1000T CTM, the “T” stands for “traditional”, referring to this model’s full-thickness...
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Nils Courbaron: "Into the Night" Solo

Nils Courbaron: "Into the Night" Solo

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! As we've mentioned on multiple occasions, members of the ESP All Access community includes everyone from teenagers who are learning their chops to some of the world's best and most...
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Stef's ESP Customs: Blue Skies

Stef's ESP Customs: Blue Skies

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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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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Ltd arrow 1000nt. Issue

Ltd arrow 1000nt. Issue

It doesn’t turn off sound when volume knob is turned all the way counter clockwise. I was asked to send a video ...
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LTD SCT-607B Demo by Alex Wade

LTD SCT-607B Demo by Alex Wade

A gear demo for the SCT-607B by ESP/LTD featuring original music written and produced by Alex Wade of Whitechapel. ...
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