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Featuring ESP players Jake Kolatis (guitar) and Rick Lopez (bass), The Casualties bring the classic vibe of real punk rock to every one of their songs. Here's the video for "Season of Mist" off their new album Chaos Sound,...

Ratt Black: "Face In Blood"

Ratt Black is bringing the skate rock sound of Southern California back to the ears of the world. Featuring ESP players David Gonzalez, Raul Hernandez, and Nico Santora (who also rocks hard in Suicidal Tendencies), here's...

Marco Mendoza LTD MM-4FM Bass

Marco Mendoza has been called on for some of the most high-profile bass gigs in rock history, performing as an outstanding musician and singer for bands and artists including Thin Lizzy, Lynch Mob, Ted Nugent, Whitesnake,...

Lost Society: "I Am The Antidote"

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From their album Braindead which comes out this week, here's Lost Society, a Finnish thrash metal band with their song "I Am the Antidote". Lost Society features three ESP players: guitarists Samy Elbanna and Arttu Lesonen,...

Deftones: "Prayers/Triangles"

When we spoke with ESP player Stephen Carpenter at the NAMM Show a couple of weeks back, he casually mentioned that the new album by his band Deftones would be coming out this April. Here's the official audio from the new...

Murashita: "Conquer The Foe"

Here's the music video for "Conquer The Foe" from the EP "Inescapable Damnation" by US-based Japanese guitarist Masaki Murashita and his eponymously-named band. Murashita plays a number of ESP guitar models, including the ESP...

2016 NAMM Show Recap

A fast but fun look at some of the guitars, basses, performances, interviews, crowds, and other craziness that went down at the ESP booth during the 2016 NAMM Show....

ESP Custom Shop 2016: Shinobi

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Every so often, the master luthiers of the ESP Custom Shop in Tokyo, Japan create an instrument that showcases the very best of their rare artistic talents. For 2016, they've made Shinobi, the sword-wielding ninja warrior...

Omega Diatribe: "Extrinsic" Playthrough

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Here's Gergő Hájer of Hungarian metal band Omega Diatribe doing a playthrough of his song "Extrinsic" using his ESP Horizon NT-7B for some tight and focused low-end lines and fluid, textured leads. Check out Omega Diatribe at...

Fabio Cerrone: "Outside"

Italian ESP player Fabio Cerrone grabs his ESP E-II Horizon and slays his progressive-fusion song "Outside" with some really tasty soloing. The E-II Horizon FM/NT features set-thru-neck construction, a mahogany body with...

ESP Artist Spotlight: Bunny Brunel

With a resume that reads like a “who’s who” of the jazz world, bass player Bunny Brunel is one of the most accomplished bass players in music, having played with Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette,...

2016 ESP Exhibition Limited

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Each year, the master luthiers of the ESP Custom Shop in Tokyo, Japan, are given free reign to let their creativity flow. The result is the ESP Exhibition Limited Series, a collection of completely unique guitars and basses....

LTD SN-1000FR Demo by Jack Fliegler

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Jack Fliegler of Arizona-based Singularity sends his technical metal chops on a ride through time and space using the new-for-2016 LTD Deluxe SN-1000FR, a gun metal blue guitar with Fishman Fluence pickups and a Floyd Rose....

LTD SN-1000W Demo with Stuart Ziff

Stuart Ziff, the guitar player for the legendary funk/rock band War, picks up the new LTD SN-1000W and cranks out some tasty blues licks before filling you in on its great features, which include a pair of Seymour Duncan...

ESP USA Horizon-II Demo by Chris Cannella

ESP's Chris Cannella takes you on a tour of one of the finest instruments we've ever made: the ESP USA Horizon-II. Built in our California-based factory by highly experienced luthiers, the USA Horizon leaves no detail...

Ted Aguilar (Death Angel) Previews the TED-600

Death Angel is one of the legendary Bay Area thrash metal bands who got their start alongside other local bands like Metallica and Exodus. Their guitarist Ted Aguilar has been an ESP player for a long time, and for 2016,...

Murashita: "Inescapable Damnation" Playthrough

Here's Los Angeles-based Japanese metal guitarist Masaki Murashita and his LTD Arrow-401, shredding it up on a playthrough of his song "Inescapable Damnation", which features some guest spots by David Ellefson (bass) and...

Mestis: "Paloma" Playthrough

Mestis is the solo project of ESP player and Animals As Leaders member Javier Reyes. Here, Javier uses the eight strings of his LTD Signature Series JR-608 to create a truly amazing solo guitar performance with the feel and...

Francesco Fareri: "Equilibrium Elements" Playthrough

Italian ESP player Francesco Fareri can always be counted on for mind-blowing speed and precision on his ESP guitars. Here he is doing a playthrough of his song "Equilibrium Elements" from his instrumental solo album...

LTD FRX-407 Demo by Silas Fernandes

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Brazilian-born, US-based guitarist Silas Fernandes lets his LTD FRX-407 do the talking in this demo video. You get a quick look at the FRX-407's features, and then a cool playthgough of Silas's song "Electrical Storm". ...

Armored Saint: "An Exercise in Debauchery"

How many bands, metal or otherwise, have kept the horns held high for over 30 years with almost no changes in lineup, and no lessening of their brutal sound? Armored Saint started rocking in Los Angeles in 1982, and have been...

Kevin Thrasher & TJ Bell (Escape the Fate)

Two ESP rockers from post-hardcore band Escape the Fate, Kevin "Thrasher" Gruft and TJ Bell, tell you why they chose ESP, and then do a playthrough of their song "Just A Memory", the opening track from their brand new album...

Kampfar: "Daimon"

Hailing from Fredrikstad, Norway, Kampfar is a black metal band that includes ESP players Jon Bakker on bass and Ole Hartvigsen on guitar. "Daimon" is off of Kampfar's upcoming album Profan, due out on November 13th....

LTD FRX-407 Demo by Chris Cannella

ESP's Chris Cannella takes you through the features of the 7-string LTD FRX-407, and also rocks its extended low range for you. More info on the FRX-407 here....

Mike Duda (W.A.S.P.)

For over 20 years, Mike Duda has held down the low end for the iconic LA-based metal group W.A.S.P., and has spent the majority of that time touring and recording with his ESP basses. Mike's bandmates in W.A.S.P., Blackie...

ESP Eclipse 40th Anniversary Demo with Chris Cannella

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2015 marks the 40th anniversary of ESP Guitars, and our ESP Custom Shop has created some of the most finely-crafted, highly-detailed guitars they've ever made to help commemorate the occasion. Made in extremely limited...

Ektomorf: "Holocaust"

Featuring ESP player Zoli Farkas and his custom 8-string guitar (along with LTD players Tamás Schrottner and Szabolcs Murvai), Ektomorf is a groove metal band based in Hungary. Their new album Aggressor is coming soon....

Serpentor play through "El Negocio de la Fé"

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