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Metallica: "Dream No More" (Live in Mexico)
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Metallica, the iconic band featuring legendary ESP players James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, play live on March 5, 2017 in Mexico City doing "Dream No More" from their new album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct. Kirk is using one...
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Blackfoot: "I Need My Ride"
Do you like your Southern Rock with a hard edge on it? Then it's time to enjoy some Blackfoot, featuring ESP-playing members Tim Rossi and Rick Krasowski. In the video for "Need My Ride", we see Tim using his...
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Dimmu Borgir: "Mourning Palace" (Live at Wacken)
This April, Dimmu Borgir, the kings of Norwegian symphonic black metal, are going to be releasing a live DVD called Forces of the Northern Night. It's going to include legendary live shows that they recorded in Oslo with the...
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Obituary: "Sentence Day" Playthrough
Kenny Andrews, lead guitarist of Obituary -- one of the world's most long-running and influential death metal bands -- sits down with his ESP M-II and does a full playthrough of "Sentence Day", a song from their upcoming...
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Melissa Evila (The B.A. Sisters)
Argentinian multi-instrumentalist and producer Melissa Evila stopped by the ESP offices in North Hollywood to tell us what drew her toward being an ESP player, and to check out the LTD EX-401, which features a set-thru neck...
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Stephen Carpenter on his signature Fishman Fluence Pickups
Last year, ESP signature series guitarist Stephen Carpenter of Deftones switched over to Fishman Fluence pickups, and ended up creating his own SRC signature pickup model for the company. Since then, we've added his Fluence...
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LTD EC-1000 PIEZO Demo by Chris Cannella
ESP's Chris Cannella takes you through the details of one of the most flexible guitars in the LTD Deluxe Series: the EC-1000 PIEZO. Available in both See Thru Blue and See Thru Black finishes, the EC-1000P features two kinds...
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Nightrage: "The Venomous"
Nightrage, the Greek metal band featuring ESP player Marios Iliopoulos, has just debuted the video for "The Venomous" which is the title track for their upcoming album that's set for release on March 31. Marios is well known...
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Live at NAMM 17: Incite Interview
Christopher El and Dru "Tang" Rome of Phoenix-based metal band Incite dropped by to hang out with us at the 2017 NAMM Show. While they were there, we asked them about what makes ESP the right choice for their music. ...
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Bill Kelliher on Metal Injection's "A Taste of Metal"
We don't know if you've seen this Metal Injection web series yet, but if you like metal and good food -- and really, what kind of monster doesn't like those things? -- you'd probably be into it. "A Taste of Metal" pairs metal...
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Red Frandany: "I'm Awake" Cover
We love it when we're cruising around the Internet and we randomly stumble across a great guitar player who also happens to be playing a guitar we made. According to a bio on her Facebook page, Red Frandany is a prog metal...
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B-1005SE Demo by Gabe Rosales
Gabe Rosales is a widely respected bass player who has established himself as a go-to player in nearly every genre of music, from Latin to rock, jazz, fusion, funk, hip hop, death metal and more. His resume includes work with...
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Exhibition Series 2017
Each year, the luthiers in our ESP Custom Shop in Tokyo are given free reign to create their ultimate fantasy guitars and basses. Each one is a completely unique, hand-made instrument that uses the very best tonewoods,...
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Bill Kelliher on the LTD Sparrowhawk
Bill Kelliher of Mastodon takes you through the details of his second LTD Signature Series guitar, the Sparrowhawk. Completely designed by Bill for release in 2017, the Sparrowhawk offers set-thru construction at 24.75”...
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Der Elefant: "Elefante"
Respected German ESP player Alex Scholpp of Der Elefant pulls out his custom-finished ESP M-II and rocks his way through this killer instrumental track. Alex has been shredding on ESP guitars since 1999....
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Monte Pittman: "La Isla Bonita"
When you think of Madonna, which we assume you do from time to time, you're probably not thinking of metal. We really don't want to know what you are thinking about, but regardless of that, ESP player Monte Pittman has held...
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LTD AP-204 Bass Demo
Who knows cool basses better than Australians? After all, they're "down under"! Get it? Get it?
Okay, our friends at Australian ESP distributor CMI are better musicians than we are comedians, so stop reading this and...
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Okay, our friends at Australian ESP distributor CMI are better musicians than we are comedians, so stop reading this and...
Tomasz Andrzejewski: "Jingle Bells"
Polish ESP rocker Tomasz Andrzejewski gets us in the holiday spirit with his metal take on "Jingle Bells", complete with some sweep picking on his 7-string Buz McGrath signature series LTD BUZ-7....
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Ken Susi (Unearth) on his LTD KS M-7 EverTune
Ken Susi of Unearth has one of the most advanced guitars in the LTD Signature Series, or anywhere for that matter. The LTD KS M-7 EverTune is a 7-string, neck-thru-body design, with a mahogany body, maple neck, and ebony...
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Melissa Evila: "Drumception"
Hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Melissa Evila is a multi-instrumentalist and producer who loves ESP Guitars. This video, shot at Venice Beach here in Southern California, shows Melissa rocking to "Drumception", a song...
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B-1005SE Multi-Scale Review by Premier Guitar
Steve Cook of Premier Guitar gets his hands on the new LTD B-1005SE Multi-Scale, and gives you a ridiculously thorough demo of this innovative bass, including almost every possible tone combination using its Nordstrand...
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