The ESP Guitar Company

March 23, 2017 16:26

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! The thing we like most about Jon's video is that he had just purchased the LTD EC-401B Baritone a few days before creating this song. As guitar and bass players, we all understand how a new...

Obituary: "Ten Thousand Ways To Die"

March 23, 2017 16:16

Obituary, featuring ESP players Ken Andrews and Terry Butler, are pioneers of the entire death metal genre, having formed back in 1984. Their tenth album, the self-titled Obituary, was just released, and what better way for...

Sinaro: "The Living Dead" (ft. Andy James)

March 20, 2017 20:36

We love it when ESP artists do music together. In this case, Sinaro, the self-named band of ESP rocker Gus Sinaro, turned to UK-based shred king Andy James to do a solo on Gus's song "The Living Dead". Andy unsurprisingly...

Davide Rinaldi: "Of War and Men"

March 17, 2017 18:26

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! This week's spotlight shines on ESP Community Member Davide Rinaldi doing a playthrough of his original song "Of War and Men". According to his ESP member profile, Davide is from Italy, and...

Live at NAMM 17: Mike Spreitzer (DevilDriver)

March 15, 2017 19:05

ESP player Mike Spreitzer of DevilDriver stopped by our booth at NAMM 2017 to see what new guitars we had on display, and instead got dragged backstage by ESP artist relations dude Chris Cannella. Note: we did let him check...

Fabio Spagnoli: "Ethereal" (Andy James cover)

March 09, 2017 22:57

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! According to the ESP site profile of Fabio S., he enjoys metal, instrumental metal, shred, and progressive metal, which probably explains why he's covering the fantastic Andy James! Fabio is...

Metallica: "Dream No More" (Live in Mexico)

March 09, 2017 02:50

Metallica, the iconic band featuring legendary ESP players James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, play live on March 5, 2017 in Mexico City doing "Dream No More" from their new album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct. Kirk is using one...

Blackfoot: "I Need My Ride"

March 07, 2017 21:46

Do you like your Southern Rock with a hard edge on it? Then it's time to enjoy some Blackfoot, featuring ESP-playing members Tim Rossi and Rick Krasowski. In the video for "Need My Ride", we see Tim using his...

Dimmu Borgir: "Mourning Palace" (Live at Wacken)

March 02, 2017 17:33

This April, Dimmu Borgir, the kings of Norwegian symphonic black metal, are going to be releasing a live DVD called Forces of the Northern Night. It's going to include legendary live shows that they recorded in Oslo with the...

Obituary: "Sentence Day" Playthrough

March 01, 2017 17:13

Kenny Andrews, lead guitarist of Obituary -- one of the world's most long-running and influential death metal bands -- sits down with his ESP M-II and does a full playthrough of "Sentence Day", a song from their upcoming...

Melissa Evila (The B.A. Sisters)

February 28, 2017 16:50

Argentinian multi-instrumentalist and producer Melissa Evila stopped by the ESP offices in North Hollywood to tell us what drew her toward being an ESP player, and to check out the LTD EX-401, which features a set-thru neck...

Stephen Carpenter on his signature Fishman Fluence Pickups

February 27, 2017 08:13

Last year, ESP signature series guitarist Stephen Carpenter of Deftones switched over to Fishman Fluence pickups, and ended up creating his own SRC signature pickup model for the company. Since then, we've added his Fluence...

LTD EC-1000 PIEZO Demo by Chris Cannella

February 24, 2017 02:53

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ESP's Chris Cannella takes you through the details of one of the most flexible guitars in the LTD Deluxe Series: the EC-1000 PIEZO. Available in both See Thru Blue and See Thru Black finishes, the EC-1000P features two kinds...

Nightrage: "The Venomous"

February 21, 2017 17:22

Nightrage, the Greek metal band featuring ESP player Marios Iliopoulos, has just debuted the video for "The Venomous" which is the title track for their upcoming album that's set for release on March 31. Marios is well known...

Live at NAMM 17: Incite Interview

February 17, 2017 23:54

Christopher El and Dru "Tang" Rome of Phoenix-based metal band Incite dropped by to hang out with us at the 2017 NAMM Show. While they were there, we asked them about what makes ESP the right choice for their music. ...

Bill Kelliher on Metal Injection's "A Taste of Metal"

February 15, 2017 20:52

We don't know if you've seen this Metal Injection web series yet, but if you like metal and good food -- and really, what kind of monster doesn't like those things? -- you'd probably be into it. "A Taste of Metal" pairs metal...

Red Frandany: "I'm Awake" Cover

February 09, 2017 01:12

We love it when we're cruising around the Internet and we randomly stumble across a great guitar player who also happens to be playing a guitar we made. According to a bio on her Facebook page, Red Frandany is a prog metal...

Live at NAMM 17: Kevin Thrasher (Escape the Fate)

February 01, 2017 20:11

Escape the Fate's Kevin Thrasher visited us backstage at the 2017 NAMM Show, where he told us what he likes about his E-II M-II guitar....

Live at NAMM 17: Bill Hudson

January 31, 2017 20:48

Bill Hudson is a busy, working musician, performing and recording in bands like Trans-Siberia Orchestra, Nightrage, Jon Olivia's Pain, and others. Hanging out with us at the 2017 NAMM Show, Bill tells us about his choice of...

Live at NAMM 17: Jared MacEachern (Machine Head)

January 30, 2017 19:07

Jared MacEachern, bassist of Machine Head, visits with us backstage at the 2017 NAMM Show and tells us his reasons for having chosen ESP to create his custom instrument. You can get more information on the ESP Custom Shop...

Live at NAMM 17: Alex Skolnick plays ESP USA

January 26, 2017 17:58

Alex Skolnick (Testament) joins us at the 2017 NAMM Show and puts on a blistering display of great musicianship using a looper along with an ESP USA Eclipse. He also talks about what makes ESP USA a great choice....

Live at NAMM 17: Brian "Head" Welch on the SH-7ET

January 25, 2017 02:06

Brian "Head" Welch of Korn joins us at the 2017 NAMM Show onstage with ESP's Chris Cannella to talk about his choice to make the switch to ESP. At the show, we introduced Brian's new LTD Signature Series gutar, the SH-7ET. He...

Live at NAMM 17: Ted Aguilar Interview

January 24, 2017 01:00

Ted Aguilar of Death Angel talks about his Signature Series TED-600 guitar....

Live at NAMM 17: Bill Kelliher Interview

January 22, 2017 19:17

Bill Kelliher of Mastodon tells us why he chose ESP, and gives some details on his new LTD Signature Series Sparrowhawk....

Live at NAMM 17: Alex Skolnick Interview

January 22, 2017 01:21

Alex Skolnick of Testament hangs out with us backstage at the ESP booth at NAMM 2017 and tells us why he chose ESP, then talks about the quality of the ESP USA Series....

Live at NAMM 17: Brian "Head" Welch (Korn)

January 21, 2017 23:27

Visiting with us at the ESP booth at the 2017 NAMM Show, Brian "Head" Welch of Korn talks about his new LTD Signature Series guitar, the SH-7ET....

Live at NAMM 17: Gary Holt Interview

January 21, 2017 21:27

It's always a pleasure when Gary Holt (Exodus/Slayer) comes around to hang out with us at the ESP booth during the NAMM Show. We asked Gary why he chooses ESP. This is his answer. He also talks about the new non-tremolo...

Live at NAMM 17: Exhibition Series Spotlight

January 21, 2017 19:42

A look at some of the ESP Original Series and ESP Exhibition Series live from the 2017 NAMM Show....

Live at NAMM 17: Keiji by Zero Performance

January 21, 2017 07:42