Trashgreen: Rocking the ESP V-II FR

Trashgreen: Rocking the ESP V-II FR

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! According to his ESP Community profile, Trashgreen -- a self-described "metal dude" from Denmark -- has a pretty amazing collection of ESPs that includes an Eclipse CTM-1 FR Camo, an E-II T-B7,...
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Victor Kalinkin: "Five"

Victor Kalinkin: "Five"

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Okay, we have to admit... we're not sure where Victor is while filming this video. Yeah, it says he's at the great ESP dealer MusicMarket in Tallinn, Estonia, but it kind of looks like heaven...
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Stephen Lane Slaps the B-155DX

Stephen Lane Slaps the B-155DX

Our friends Down Under (aka CMI, the ESP distributor for Australia) always send us killer videos that show what can be done on our instruments. In this brief demo, Stephen Lane uses the affordable but great-sounding B-155DX...
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Bill Kelliher (Mastodon) Appearance at Guitar Center

Bill Kelliher (Mastodon) Appearance at Guitar Center

On the evening of Wednesday April 19, ESP player Bill Kelliher of Mastodon did a rare meet-and-greet appearance at Guitar Center's flagship Hollywood store on Sunset Boulevard. We stopped by to say hi to Bill (because he just...
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Monte Pittman: "Obliterated"

Monte Pittman: "Obliterated"

Calling in a little help from his friends, drummer Richard Christy and bassist Billy Sheehan, ESP player Monte Pittman takes out a couple of his ESP Eclipses and rocks the hell out of his song "Obliterated" from his album...
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Dan Logoluso: "With Heart"

Dan Logoluso: "With Heart"

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Dan Logoluso is a member of the ESP Community and a respected player in his native Milan, Italy. Dan's profile states that he likes rock, melodic metal, and progressive rock, which is pretty...
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Tech Corner: Adjusting String Height on a Floyd Rose

Tech Corner: Adjusting String Height on a Floyd Rose

When you set up a guitar equipped with a Floyd Rose double-locking bridge system, a number of things can go wrong, and one of them is not understanding how to properly adjust the string height (a.k.a. string action). ESP's VP...
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David E.K. (Fuge): "Diode"

David E.K. (Fuge): "Diode"

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We don't know much about ESP Community Member David E.K., except that he seems to create music under the name Fuge (and you can see their Facebook page here). But we also know that a) he rocks...
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Tech Corner: Adjusting Bridge "Float" Angle on a Floyd Rose

Tech Corner: Adjusting Bridge "Float" Angle on a Floyd Rose

In this very detailed Tech Corner video, ESP's VP of product development and highly-experienced guitar tech Todd Binder walks you through the entire process of setting up the "float" angle of a Floyd Rose bridge, including...
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TL Series Bass Demo

TL Series Bass Demo

Our friends at ESP Australia distributor CMI just created this terrific video to show your the sounds and vibes of the LTD TL Series basses, including the new TL-5SM and TL-4Z Fretless. These basses have a ton of excellent...
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Billy Connally: "Hyperion"

Billy Connally: "Hyperion"

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! According to his ESP Community profile, Billy Connally is a guitarist living in the San Francisco Bay Area, and owns a number of killer LTDs... an H-1000, a coveted 30th anniversary...
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KXM: "Scatterbrain"

KXM: "Scatterbrain"

"Scatterbrain" is the title track from the second album by KXM, the metal supertrio consisting of ESP legend George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob) along with dUg Pinnick (King's X) and Ray Luzier (Korn). George is playing an ESP...
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B-1005SE Multi-Scale Demo with Gabe Rosales

B-1005SE Multi-Scale Demo with Gabe Rosales

The first multi-scale bass in the ESP lineup gets a complete and thorough rundown by Gabe Rosales, a widely respected bass player in nearly every genre of music from Latin to rock, jazz, fusion, funk, hip hop, death metal and...
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Home Metal Project: "O.W.M.F.F."

Home Metal Project: "O.W.M.F.F."

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's Silvère Escande of France-based Home Metal Project with his James Hetfield LTD Signature Series Snakebyte performing a playthrough of their song "O.W.M.F.F.". We don't know what the...
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Metallica: "Halo On Fire" (Live in São Paulo, March 25, 2017)

Metallica: "Halo On Fire" (Live in São Paulo, March 25, 2017)

Metallica are out on the road and tearing it up at every show. On March 25, the Bay Area metal icons were in São Paulo, Brazil, headlining Lollapalooza. Here's they are with "Halo On Fire" off their latest multi-platinum...
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Jon Symons: "Baritone Jam"

Jon Symons: "Baritone Jam"

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! The thing we like most about Jon's video is that he had just purchased the LTD EC-401B Baritone a few days before creating this song. As guitar and bass players, we all understand how a new...
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Obituary: "Ten Thousand Ways To Die"

Obituary: "Ten Thousand Ways To Die"

Obituary, featuring ESP players Ken Andrews and Terry Butler, are pioneers of the entire death metal genre, having formed back in 1984. Their tenth album, the self-titled Obituary, was just released, and what better way for...
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Sinaro: "The Living Dead" (ft. Andy James)

Sinaro: "The Living Dead" (ft. Andy James)

We love it when ESP artists do music together. In this case, Sinaro, the self-named band of ESP rocker Gus Sinaro, turned to UK-based shred king Andy James to do a solo on Gus's song "The Living Dead". Andy unsurprisingly...
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Davide Rinaldi: "Of War and Men"

Davide Rinaldi: "Of War and Men"

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! This week's spotlight shines on ESP Community Member Davide Rinaldi doing a playthrough of his original song "Of War and Men". According to his ESP member profile, Davide is from Italy, and...
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Live at NAMM 17: Mike Spreitzer (DevilDriver)

Live at NAMM 17: Mike Spreitzer (DevilDriver)

ESP player Mike Spreitzer of DevilDriver stopped by our booth at NAMM 2017 to see what new guitars we had on display, and instead got dragged backstage by ESP artist relations dude Chris Cannella. Note: we did let him check...
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Fabio Spagnoli: "Ethereal" (Andy James cover)

Fabio Spagnoli: "Ethereal" (Andy James cover)

ESP COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! According to the ESP site profile of Fabio S., he enjoys metal, instrumental metal, shred, and progressive metal, which probably explains why he's covering the fantastic Andy James! Fabio is...
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