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The Touring Basses of Tom Araya (Slayer)

The Touring Basses of Tom Araya (Slayer)

Jeff K.Jeff K.
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Slayer's longtime guitar/bass tech Warren Lee takes us through all the details of the touring basses of ESP Signature artist and Slayer frontman Tom Araya, including his special basses from the ESP Custom Shop....
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    The Touring Guitars of Gary Holt (Slayer)

    The Touring Guitars of Gary Holt (Slayer)

    Jeff K.Jeff K.
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    Slayer's longtime guitar/bass tech Warren Lee takes us through all the details of the touring guitars of ESP Signature artist Gary Holt. including his outstanding models from the ESP Custom Shop as well as the LTD guitars...
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      Darren Stroud: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" on the LTD TE-200

      Darren Stroud: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" on the LTD TE-200

      Jeff K.Jeff K.
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      ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! What kinds of music can you play on an ESP guitar? Metal, right? Well, that's true. But if you think that your creativity and performance style is limited to only metal, you'd be...
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        Francesco Fareri: Speedy Shred on an ESP Original Series Horizon-I

        Francesco Fareri: Speedy Shred on an ESP Original Series Horizon-I

        Jeff K.Jeff K.
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        ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! As we've mentioned before, the ESP All Access Community covers a huge range of guitar and bass players. Some are beginning musicians and players who love rocking for fun; others —...
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          Johan Sonambulo: "The Disease" (Bless the Silence)

          Johan Sonambulo: "The Disease" (Bless the Silence)

          Jeff K.Jeff K.
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          ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Community member Johan Sonambulo submitted this great playthrough of his band Bless the Silence performing the song "The Disease" from their latest album Bizarrely Beautiful Things....
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            Gaerea: "World Ablaze" on LTD Deluxe EC-01FT & MH-1000NT BB

            Gaerea: "World Ablaze" on LTD Deluxe EC-01FT & MH-1000NT BB

            Jeff K.Jeff K.
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            Hailing from Portugal, Gaerea is a highly respected metal band that has gained the admiration of audiences worldwide. For this live playthrough of their song "World Ablaze," two of Gaerea's members came by ESP's US...
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              Josh Fore (Tetrarch) on the LTD Deluxe EC-01FT

              Josh Fore (Tetrarch) on the LTD Deluxe EC-01FT

              Jeff K.Jeff K.
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              ESP artist Josh Fore is a cofounder of the metal group Tetrarch, and he’s here to tell you why the LTD Deluxe EC-01FT is ideal for his precise style of guitar playing. “We play in drop-A on a six-string, which can be a...
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                Daniel Carr: Buying an ESP Original Series Eclipse

                Daniel Carr: Buying an ESP Original Series Eclipse

                Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's longtime community member Daniel Carr, trying out an ESP Original Series Eclipse in a music store. Daniel already has an outstanding collection of ESP models, but as we all...
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                  Joan Rockguitar: "Turbo Lover" solo (playthrough cover)

                  Joan Rockguitar: "Turbo Lover" solo (playthrough cover)

                  Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                  ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's community member Joan Rockguitar using his ESP E-II M-II on a playthrough cover of the solo from Judas Priest's "Turbo Lover" from their 1986 album Turbo. This was a...
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                    Scour: "Hell" (playthrough)

                    Scour: "Hell" (playthrough)

                    Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                    Here's Scour, the black metal supergroup featuring vocalist Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down), as well as ESP artists Derek Engemann (ex-Cattle Decapitation), Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index), and John Jarvis (Agoraphobic Nosebleed,...
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                      Victor Kovalchuk: Hard Chugging on LTD and ENGL

                      Victor Kovalchuk: Hard Chugging on LTD and ENGL

                      Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                      ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's community member Victor Kovalchuk of Ukraine, who's submitted tons of great videos to the ESP site over the years. He's doing a playthrough of a song by his studio...
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                        Craig "Goonzi" Gowans (Bleed From Within) on "The Riffs That Taught Me"

                        Craig "Goonzi" Gowans (Bleed From Within) on "The Riffs That Taught Me"

                        Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                        Here's ESP artist Craig "Goonzi" Gowans of Bleed From Within doing a video for Metal Injection on "The Riffs That Taught Me," where he goes through a number of riffs that inspired his own playing and writing. Goonzi is using...
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                          ESP On Tour: Mick Thomson's (Slipknot) Guitar Rack w/Tech Mike Smith

                          ESP On Tour: Mick Thomson's (Slipknot) Guitar Rack w/Tech Mike Smith

                          Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                          ESP Signature artist Mick Thomson (Slipknot) has a mind-blowing collection of ESP models, so here's his guitar tech Mike Smith to take you through a rundown of each one Mick has with him out on tour, with the stories behind...
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                            LTD Deluxe TE-1007 Baritone Demo by Jean Patton

                            LTD Deluxe TE-1007 Baritone Demo by Jean Patton

                            Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                            Guitarist Jean Patton is here with a brutal demo of the LTD Deluxe TE-1007 Baritone. Features: 7 strings, 27” baritone scale, sandblasted swamp ash body, roasted maple neck, tiltback headstock, Macassar ebony fingerboard, 22...
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                              Alex Chichikailo: Metal Riffs on the LTD EC-407

                              Alex Chichikailo: Metal Riffs on the LTD EC-407

                              Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                              ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! This video, submitted a short while ago to the ESP site by community member Alex Chichikailo, is a little bit late. Like, over seven years late. See, we noticed that his original...
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                                LTD Richard ZK Signature Series RZK-III Demo by Gergő Hájer

                                LTD Richard ZK Signature Series RZK-III Demo by Gergő Hájer

                                Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                ESP artist Gergő Hájer of Hungarian groove metal band Omega Diatribe does a thorough demo and in-depth feature spotlight of the LTD Richard ZK Signature Series RZK-III. This outstanding guitar from the legendary co-founder...
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                                  Mille Petrozza (Kreator) on the ESP Custom Shop

                                  Mille Petrozza (Kreator) on the ESP Custom Shop

                                  Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                  Iconic metal guitarist Mille Petrozza of the legendary German thrash band Kreator recently got his latest guitar -- a green V-shaped brutality machine with black design elements and custom inlays and component set -- from the...
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                                    Andres Castro: "Rebirth" solo (playthrough cover)

                                    Andres Castro: "Rebirth" solo (playthrough cover)

                                    Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                    ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Andres Castro has submitted a number of impressive videos for our weekly All Access spotlight over the years. This one is no less cool; it's a solo cover of "Rebirth," the title...
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                                      Red Frandany: "It’s Up To You" on the LTD Deluxe H-1001

                                      Red Frandany: "It’s Up To You" on the LTD Deluxe H-1001

                                      Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                      ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! As we've mentioned many times before, the ESP All Access community is made up of every level of player from everywhere on the planet. We enjoyed this submission from Chilean ESP...
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                                        Brendan Breakdown with Joe G & Edd Jiménez: Global ESP Shred

                                        Brendan Breakdown with Joe G & Edd Jiménez: Global ESP Shred

                                        Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                        ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! What could be better than a shreddy jam with members of the ESP All Access community from around the world? Here's longtime US-based community contributor Brendan Breakdown, who's...
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                                          Darren Stroud: AC/DC Medley on the LTD TE-201

                                          Darren Stroud: AC/DC Medley on the LTD TE-201

                                          Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                          ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Darren Stroud is one of our most prolific contributors to the All Access community, having submitted dozens and dozens of videos over the years. This one is particularly fun; he's...
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                                            LTD Deluxe SN-1 HT Demo by Jean Patton

                                            LTD Deluxe SN-1 HT Demo by Jean Patton

                                            Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                            Guitarist Jean Patton does this outstanding demo of the LTD Deluxe SN-1 HT, a guitar that gives you a traditional body shape with all of the modern updates needed for contemporary music styles. Features: sandblasted Black...
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                                              Ville Koskinen: "VHS Shred" on the LTD M-200FM and LTD Deluxe SN-1000 EverTune

                                              Ville Koskinen: "VHS Shred" on the LTD M-200FM and LTD Deluxe SN-1000 EverTune

                                              Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                              ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! This is one of the most fun video submissions we've seen in a good while. Community member Ville Koskinen says, "This video is my tribute to the awesome guitar tutorial videos of the...
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                                                Malxolm Brixkhouse: "Caroline" playthrough on an LTD TE-1000

                                                Malxolm Brixkhouse: "Caroline" playthrough on an LTD TE-1000

                                                Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                                ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Community member Malxolm Brixkhouse first got noticed by ESP in the early 2010s when he was a pre-teen in a band named Unlocking the Truth. Today he's pursuing a solo career, but is...
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                                                  Alex Wade (Whitechapel) on the LTD Signature Series AW-XJ7 Baritone EverTune

                                                  Alex Wade (Whitechapel) on the LTD Signature Series AW-XJ7 Baritone EverTune

                                                  Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                                  Whitechapel guitarist and co-founding member Alex Wade is here to get into the details of his latest LTD Signature Series guitar, the AW-XJ7 Baritone EverTune. Features: 7-string guitar, 27” baritone scale, EverTune constant...
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                                                    Paajanenae: "Dreams" playthrough cover on an ESP Amaze bass

                                                    Paajanenae: "Dreams" playthrough cover on an ESP Amaze bass

                                                    Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                                    ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! It's always cool when we see a video upload from an All Access member we hadn't featured previously, and today, it's Paajanenae on his ESP Amaze bass doing a playthrough cover of...
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                                                      Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) Introduces the updated LTD Signature Series SC-608 Baritone

                                                      Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) Introduces the updated LTD Signature Series SC-608 Baritone

                                                      Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                                      Stephen Carpenter of Deftones has been acclaimed for exploring his own textures on guitar, and, in the process, becoming one of the foundations of the alternative metal musical genre. The newest version of his LTD Signature...
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                                                        Late Honkola: Atmospheric Tones on the ESP Eclipse

                                                        Late Honkola: Atmospheric Tones on the ESP Eclipse

                                                        Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                                        ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Community member Late Honkola has contributed a ton of cool videos over the years. In this one, he's using his ESP Original Series Eclipse-II CTM Baritone in Volcano Red finish (with...
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                                                          Bleed from Within: "God Complex"

                                                          Bleed from Within: "God Complex"

                                                          Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                                          Here's Scottish metal band Bleed from Within and the music video for their song "God Complex," featuring ESP shred lord and founding member Craig "Goonzi" Gowans on lead guitar. Craig is ripping it up on his LTD Deluxe M-1001...
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                                                            Nikola Gochev: "Awaken" on the LTD Deluxe EC-1000 Duncan Vintage Black (playthrough)

                                                            Nikola Gochev: "Awaken" on the LTD Deluxe EC-1000 Duncan Vintage Black (playthrough)

                                                            Jeff K.Jeff K.
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                                                            ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's community member Nikola Gochev doing a great playthrough cover of "Awaken" by Breaking Benjamin, using his LTD Deluxe EC-1000 Duncan Vintage Black. This guitar has remained...
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