The ESP Guitar Company

The ESP E-II Series are guitars and basses we produce in our Japan-based factory, and represent a more affordable way to experience the quality of ESP along with all the build quality and high-end components you expect for...

UK-based pro guitarist and teacher Jamie Hunt gives you a very thorough rundown of the LTD EC-Black Metal. A guitar with similar build quality to the LTD Deluxe EC-1000, the EC-Black Metal offers a menacing design theme of...

The LTD Deluxe SN-1000HT is based on the traditional look of ESP’s Snapper guitar shape, and offers a dual-humbucker design with a high-quality Seymour Duncan  Sentient/Pegasus pickups set and a Hipshot hardtail bridge with...

Mika Lagrèn of Swedish death metal titans Grave shows off the power and glory of the LTD EC-1000 EverTune, a professional-caliber guitar with the EverTune bridge system which delivers constant tension that keeps your guitar...

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...

Rob Ketch, the VP of OEM Sales at Fishman, stopped by ESP to talk about the special Fishman Fluence Open Core Classic Humbucker pickups included with the new LTD Deluxe EC-1000T, part of our "New for 2019" lineup....

The LTD M-400 is a bolt-on shredding machine, complete with the classic M-style extra thin flat neck profile. Available in this great-looking Black Satin finish, as well as a mahogany-topped passive-pickup version with the...

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...

The LTD MH-203QM gives you a lot of guitar for a very affordable price, as shown here by UK-based guitarist Pat Heath. The guitar features a quilted maple top in See Thru Blue finish, and offers a versatile...

ESP artist Vahan Aslanyan, guitarist for Los Angeles-based rock band Chasing Desolation, does a playthrough and then talks about the features of the updated LTD Deluxe H-1007,  a seven-string guitar with features that...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Chris Cooper is a guitar player who runs a YouTube channel he calls "Blue Collar Shred", since his gear is more in line with the types of guitars, amps, and effects that typical people can afford and use. He created this...

Al Threats has been a respected bass player for decades, with a list of credits that includes musical legends in pop, R&B, and hip hop such as Mary Wells, Staple Singers, The Chi-lites, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, and...

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...

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...