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Stef's ESP Customs: Glow-In-the-Dark Baritone 8-String
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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, we have Stef explain the thoughts behind the design of many of his all-time...
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Steve Erickson: "HyperCurve"
ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Steve Erickson went beyond the usual "cell phone in bedroom" video that we usually see in our community spotlights; instead, he produced a full music video using presumably...
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Stef's ESP Customs: TE Red Sparkle
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, we have Stef explain the thoughts behind the design of many of his all-time...
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Ken Susi Plays Ken Susi (Unearth)
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...
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Darkest Hour on the ESP E-II Arrow
Guitarists Mike Schleibaum and Mike "Lonestar" Carrigan from Darkest Hour visited the ESP offices to tell us what makes the ESP E-II Arrow the right guitar for them. For players on a tighter budget, we also offer the Arrow in...
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Meka Nism: "The War Inside"
Meka Nism is the band of longtime ESP player Bobby Keller, and March 1 is the official release date of their debut single "The War Inside". Based in Orlando, FL , the band has been rocking the local area for a few years, and...
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Bad Wolves: "Zombie"
ESP player Doc Coyle is a member of Bad Wolves, whose debut album is slated for release later this spring. In a rather tragic note, this cover of "Zombie" by the Cranberries was supposed to feature the guest vocals of Dolores...
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2018 NAMM Show: Why I Play ESP
We did something different at the 2018 NAMM Show: we let our guitars and basses be the star attraction at the ESP booth. No big artist performances, no signing sessions. Instead, when our many members of the ESP artist family...
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Dimmu Borgir: "Interdimensional Summit"
It's been over seven years since the last album by Norwegian symphonic death metal band Dimmu Borgir, but they just released the first song off their highly-anticipated upcoming album Eonian. "Interdimensional Summit"...
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Tempting Fate: "I'd Rather Burn"
Here's "I'd Rather Burn", a new single by Los Angeles-based rock/metal band Tempting Fate. The band features ESP player Shane Beecher on guitar, who rocks an ESP E-II TE Series. Tempting Fate is hitting the road with We Came...
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LTD Bill Kelliher Sparrowhawk Demo by Tim Gauci
Tim Gauci, who works for ESP Australia distributor CMI, got to try out the LTD Bill Kelliher Sparrowhawk in its sweet new Pelham Blue finish that we've just introduced for 2018. The Sparrowhawk has a set-thru neck and is...
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LTD EC-1000T/CTM Demo by Samy Elbanna of Lost Society
Samy Elbanna of Finland-based thrash band Lost Society has a few things to say about his new LTD EC-1000T/CTM. More importantly, he backs up his words with some speedy shred leads and brutal chunky rhythms. The EC-1000T/CTM...
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Dying Fetus: "Wrong One to Fuck With"
Perhaps the most beloved death metal band to come out of Maryland, Dying Fetus includes two ESP players who can both throw down riffs with extraordinary brutality. Guitarist/vocalist and founding member John Gallagher has...
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An ESP USA for Ret USAF SMSgt Justin King
Justin King is a player and collector of ESP, ESP E-II, and LTD guitars who lives in Oklahoma City, OK. After a career in the US Air Force that spanned more than two decades and multiple tours of duty, his wife Sara made sure...
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Premier Guitar: M-1007 Multi-Scale Demo at NAMM 2018
It's always good to look up at our NAMM Show booth and see Jason Shadrick and Chris Kies from Premier Guitar coming in. These are two guys who really understand what goes into a great guitar, and they certainly seemed to...
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ESP Custom Shop 2018: The Buccaneer
Every so often, the most senior master luthier at the ESP Custom Shop creates a handcrafted guitar that is every bit as much a fine art piece as it is a playable instrument. For 2018, that guitar is The Buccaneer... a tribute...
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ESP Custom Shop: 2018 Exhibition Limited Series
The ESP Exhibition Limited Series is comprised of a small number of guitars and basses that originate from the imagination and amazing skill of the luthiers in the ESP Custom Shop. For the Exhibition Limited Series, each...
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Project46: "Pánico"
Hailing from São Paulo, Brazil, Project46 is a metal band to whom you should be paying attention. Including ESP players Jean Patton and Vinicius Castellari, the band started out as a tribute band for Slipknot, but soon began...
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Breath Of Nibiru: "Nebularization"
Our Italian ESP shredders have been just killing it lately. Case in point: here's amazing ESP player Gianluca Ferro, who's put together a progressive metal supergroup along with drummer Nick Pierce from Unearth. The band is...
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Tengger Cavalry: "Cian Bi (Fight Your Darkness)"
You're probably thinking to yourself, "Self, I need to get some more nomadic folk metal into my life." Well, your search for musical inspiration is over, because Tengger Cavalry, the New York-based band of ESP-playing...
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Hail Sagan: "Doors Will Open"
Hail Sagan, the LA-based hard rock band featuring vocalist Sagan Amery and ESP player Nick Quijano (who you may recall as "Sci55ors" from Powerman 5000), has a new song and a new video to go with it. Enjoy "Doors Will Open",...
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