Loudwire Interviews Gary Holt (Slayer/Exodus)

Loudwire Interviews Gary Holt (Slayer/Exodus)

We love the folks at Loudwire... especially our bro Squiggy, who handles their Gear Factor reports. In a recent video and article on their site, Squiggy hung out with legendary ESP player and thrash metal icon Gary Holt, who...
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Farmer Boys: "Revolt"

Farmer Boys: "Revolt"

Featuring ESP player Alex Scholpp, Farmer Boys are a groove metal band out of Stuttgart, Germany. Their new single "Revolt" is out now, and the band is starting a tour in November. Alex is a longtime ESP player, and rocks a...
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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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Aidan Cibich: "Demons of Derailment"

Aidan Cibich: "Demons of Derailment"

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Apophis was the ancient Egyptian snake deity who embodied chaos, but it's also a fitting name for the Australian instrumental melodic death metal band that ESP All Access community...
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Stef's ESP Customs: The Bishop

Stef's ESP Customs: The Bishop

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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Maxim P: "udAdept - Two rivers"

Maxim P: "udAdept - Two rivers"

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We'd love to tell you more about ESP All Access community member Maxim P... and if he'd filled out more of his profile, we gladly would! But as it is, we'll go with what we know...
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Nothgard: "Malady X"

Nothgard: "Malady X"

Hailing from Bavaria, Germany, Nothgard is the melodic death metal band with a touch of folk/pagan metal that's founded and led by ESP player Dom R. Crey, and also includes rhythm guitarist Skaahl and bass player Nico Kolja. ...
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Stef's ESP Customs: Dorothy

Stef's ESP Customs: Dorothy

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)

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

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

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

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

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"

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'"

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

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

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)

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"

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

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

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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