Derrick Parreno: "Hell in God's Eyes" (Playthrough)

Derrick Parreno: "Hell in God's Eyes" (Playthrough)

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Derrick Parreno is a member of Manila, Philippines-based metal band Lostthreads, and like many of you is a member of the ESP All Access community. He's been using his trusty LTD...
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Bobby Lynge (Fit for a King) on the E-II Horizon NT-7 EverTune

Bobby Lynge (Fit for a King) on the E-II Horizon NT-7 EverTune

Bobby Lynge of Dallas, TX-based Christian metalcore band Fit for a King gets into extraordinary detail in discussing why the ESP E-II Horizon NT-7 EverTune is the ultimate guitar for him. Getting into aspects like the string...
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Classic Customs Ep. 1: Page Hamilton's ESP Horizon

Classic Customs Ep. 1: Page Hamilton's ESP Horizon

It was 1989 when Page Hamilton, guitarist and vocalist for an up-and-coming alternative metal band called Helmet, visited a somewhat obscure guitar maker called ESP, when we were based in New York City on 48th Street....
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Stephanie Bradley: "Jam Time"

Stephanie Bradley: "Jam Time"

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's a question to ponder: if more than half of the world's population are women, why do women make up such a comparatively small percentage of rock and metal guitar players?...
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Francesco Fareri: "Sweepy Todd"

Francesco Fareri: "Sweepy Todd"

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! This isn't the first time we've featured Italian ESP shred king Francesco Fareri in our weekly community spotlight, but you really can't blame us... the dude is just outstanding....
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James Barnett (Cane Hill) on his LTD Guitars

James Barnett (Cane Hill) on his LTD Guitars

Since 2011, Cane Hill has taken their heavy sounds from the swampy New Orleans environment all the way around the world, building a huge fan base due in part to the great guitar playing of ESP artist James Barnett. In this...
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Of Mice & Men: "Instincts"

Of Mice & Men: "Instincts"

Coming out of Costa Mesa, CA and rocking the world hard since 2009, Of Mice & Men's latest album Defy is one of the best straight-up metal albums they've done yet. It includes the song "Instincts" shown here, with ESP...
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Jason Melidonie: "Damage Control" Solo Cover

Jason Melidonie: "Damage Control" Solo Cover

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's All Access community member Jason Melidonie and his LTD H-1007 taking on the solo from John Petrucci's song "Damage Control". As we know from our own experiences learning an...
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Sinsaenum: "Final Resolve"

Sinsaenum: "Final Resolve"

Sinsaenum is the international supergroup that includes guitarists Frédéric Leclercq and Stéphane Buriez, bassist Heimoth, and drummer Joey Jordison. While some people may think of Fred foremost as the bass player from...
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Bill Kelliher "Sultan's Curse" from Premier Guitar

Bill Kelliher "Sultan's Curse" from Premier Guitar

You gotta love the folks at Premier Guitar Magazine. They're really good at showing their readers the ins and outs of not only the gear we use and yearn for, but how it's used. That's the case here in one of their Riff...
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Jannik S: "The Pursuit of Vikings" (cover)

Jannik S: "The Pursuit of Vikings" (cover)

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Jannik S. is a bit of a mystery man (hint to everyone: fill out your ESP All Access member profiles fully so we can help promote your music!). But we do know that he picked up his...
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Mike Spreitzer (DevilDriver) on his ESP Customs

Mike Spreitzer (DevilDriver) on his ESP Customs

Mike Spreitzer, who has held down guitar duties for groove metal titans DevilDriver since 2004, takes us into his Audio Vault studio to show us some of the guitars he uses to record and perform with the band, including the...
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Ultraphonix: "Walk Run Crawl"

Ultraphonix: "Walk Run Crawl"

What happens when ESP legend George Lynch hooks up with vocalist Corey Glover (Living Colour), bass player Pancho Tomaselli (War), and acclaimed drummer Chris Moore? Apparently, you get some seriously great hard rock! This...
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Ada Kaczanowska: "Leather Rebel" (cover)

Ada Kaczanowska: "Leather Rebel" (cover)

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Choosing this week's member spotlight was not a difficult task. Ada Kaczanowska uses her LTD MH-327 to completely rock hard on a killer Judas Priest song from their 1990 album...
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Light This City: "Agents of Fate"

Light This City: "Agents of Fate"

Formed in 2002, Light This City is a shining beacon of the underground melodic death metal scene of the San Francisco Bay Area. Going through long periods on hiatus, the band recently reformed in late 2017, and have been hard...
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Andrew W.K.: "Music Is Worth Living For" on Coco

Andrew W.K.: "Music Is Worth Living For" on Coco

Do you even know how to party? ESP player and all-around nice guy Andrew W.K. does, and he'll tell you exactly how to do it properly. In this clip from a recent episode of Conan, Andrew and his band (which includes ESP...
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Monte Pittman: "Panic Attack"

Monte Pittman: "Panic Attack"

Monte Pittman has one of the most versatile careers in rock and pop music. Known for his long connection to the "Queen of Pop" Madonna as her touring and studio guitarist, Monte has also received accolades on the metal side...
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LTD MH-417 Demo by Francesco Fareri

LTD MH-417 Demo by Francesco Fareri

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...
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Stef's ESP Customs: Goldie

Stef's ESP Customs: Goldie

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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Brian Krahe on the LTD B-206SM Bass

Brian Krahe on the LTD B-206SM Bass

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! If you were under the impression that you needed to submit a complete, lengthy song for us to consider you for an ESP All Access spotlight, here's Brian Krahe from Raleigh, NC to...
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Dimmu Borgir on their ESP Guitars

Dimmu Borgir on their ESP Guitars

It's been almost eight years since the last time Norwegian symphonic black metal kings Dimmu Borgir put out a new studio album, but on May 4, their highly-anticipated album Eonian gets released. We sat down with founding...
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