Stef's ESP Customs: Dorothy

Stef's ESP Customs: Dorothy

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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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    Jason Melidonie: Solo from "Erised" (Periphery)

    Jason Melidonie: Solo from "Erised" (Periphery)

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    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,...
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      Javier Reyes JR-608 Demo & Playthrough

      Javier Reyes JR-608 Demo & Playthrough

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

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

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        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...
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          Bill Kelliher "Roots Remain" on Premier Guitar Riff Rundown

          Bill Kelliher "Roots Remain" on Premier Guitar Riff Rundown

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          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...
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            ESP USA Configurator 2018

            ESP USA Configurator 2018

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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,...
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              Westfield Massacre: "Famine"

              Westfield Massacre: "Famine"

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              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...
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                Andres Castro: "17th Century Chicken Pickin'"

                Andres Castro: "17th Century Chicken Pickin'"

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

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

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                  We’ve teamed up with the innovators at Traveler Guitar to offer this perfect solution for ESP players who need a super-compact guitar for road trips, to keep at the office, or just to have handy anytime you need to rock, as...
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                    Stephanie Bradley on the LTD TL-6 and M-200FM

                    Stephanie Bradley on the LTD TL-6 and M-200FM

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                    In this video, guitarist Stephanie Bradley proves once again that a great player can work with guitars within just about any budget and still make them sound excellent. She created this original composition using a chambered...
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                      Andertons Music Tries Out E-II (w/Chappers & The Captain)

                      Andertons Music Tries Out E-II (w/Chappers & The Captain)

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                      Andertons is one of the UK's largest and most respected music stores, and was recently named by NAMM at the 2018 Summer NAMM Show as the #1 dealer in the world. In this video, Lee Anderton (aka "The Captain") and Rob Chapman...
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                        Crepuscle: "In All its Majesty"

                        Crepuscle: "In All its Majesty"

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                        ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! There is a wide range of musicians who are members of the ESP All Access community. Some are typical guitar and bass players who make music for fun and to express their creative...
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                          SN-200FR Demo by Chris Cooper

                          SN-200FR Demo by Chris Cooper

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                          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...
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                            Al Threats on the LTD TL-4Z Fretless Bass

                            Al Threats on the LTD TL-4Z Fretless Bass

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                            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...
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                              Carlos M. Arzola Solos on the H-1007FR

                              Carlos M. Arzola Solos on the H-1007FR

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                              ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Carlos M. Arzola has been featured before in our ESP All Access spotlight, and we're featuring him again. Why? Because he's good! We enjoyed this solo due to the way that Carlos...
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                                Zao's Scott Mellinger on Premier Guitar Rig Rundown

                                Zao's Scott Mellinger on Premier Guitar Rig Rundown

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                                Our pals at Premier Guitar Magazine just did another of their excellent Rig Rundown web articles, this time focusing on the guys in veteran West Virginia-based metalcore band Zao. The band has been around since 1993, and...
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                                  Win This KH-602 Purple Sparkle Signed by Kirk Hammett

                                  Win This KH-602 Purple Sparkle Signed by Kirk Hammett

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                                  Metallica's Kirk Hammett signs the headstock and case of the new LTD KH-602 Purple Sparkle, a guitar that a lucky winner will call his or her own. ENTER NOW!...
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                                    Zach Johnson (The Ghost Inside) on the E-II Eclipse BB

                                    Zach Johnson (The Ghost Inside) on the E-II Eclipse BB

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                                    It was November 2015 when the lives of Los Angeles-based metalcore band The Ghost Inside all changed forever. Traveling to a show in Arizona, their tour bus collided head-on with a tractor trailer, resulting in the deaths of...
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                                      Loudwire Talks to Reba Meyers (Code Orange)

                                      Loudwire Talks to Reba Meyers (Code Orange)

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                                      Our friends at Loudwire recently caught up with one of the most badass women in the world of metal and hardcore: Reba Meyers of Pittsburgh-based band Code Orange. Squiggy DiGiacomo talks to Reba about some of her early punk...
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                                        Jon Symons: "The New Brutal"

                                        Jon Symons: "The New Brutal"

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                                        ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We've featured the playing of ESP All Access community member Jon S. before, and the reasons are pretty obvious: this guy knows how to get great tones, has super tight rhythms, and...
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                                          Chop & Shred with Chef Brian Tsao and Ben Weinman

                                          Chop & Shred with Chef Brian Tsao and Ben Weinman

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                                          The Music Zoo is a terrific ESP dealer in New York, and we're loving this new series of "Chop & Shred" videos they're producing along with Chef Brian Tsao, who you may already know from his "Taste of Metal" series. If...
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