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April 29, 2024 14:52

Check out this exclusive video profile on ESP artist Caleb Shomo of Beartooth. Caleb tells us about his process in songwriting and producing as a multi-instrumentalist, and how his ESP guitars have helped inspire some of the...

ESP Presents 2021: Bruce Kulick (Kiss/Grand Funk Railroad) Interview

January 14, 2021 22:27

The master of rock Bruce Kulick (Kiss, Grand funk Railroad) spoke to us for ESP Presents 2021 about his long history with ESP, and his love for specific ESP and LTD guitar series....

ESP Presents 2021: Mike Leon (Soulfly/Cavalera Conspiracy/The Absence) Interview

January 14, 2021 22:23

Mike Leon, the energetic and always-busy bass master from Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, and The Absence, chats with us during ESP Presents 2021 about his love for LTD B Series basses. ...

ESP Presents 2021: Derek Engemann, Mark Kloeppel & John Jarvis (Scour) Interview

January 14, 2021 22:19

We got three members of Scour, the black metal supergroup featuring Philip H. Anselmo, to talk to us about their love of the LTD Black Metal Series. Here are Derek Engemann, Mark Kloeppel, and John Jarvis with their unique...

ESP Presents 2021: Reba Meyers (Code Orange) Interview

January 12, 2021 17:05

Reba Meyers of Grammy-nominated Pittsburgh-based metal band Code Orange talks to us about the details of her LTD Signature Series RM-600 guitar....

ESP Presents 2021: Gary Holt (Exodus/Slayer) Interview

January 12, 2021 17:02

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Gary Holt, one of thrash metal's most influential and beloved guitar players, chats with us about the creation of his ESP and LTD Signature Series guitars....

ESP Presents 2021: Neil Westfall (A Day To Remember) and Alan Ashby (Of Mice & Men) Interview

January 12, 2021 17:00

We got together with two ESP signature artists from two different bands -- A Day To Remember's Neil Westfall and Of Mice & Men's Alan Ashby -- to discuss the details of their respective LTD Signature Series guitars... the...

ESP Presents 2021: Alex Wade (Whitechapel) Interview

January 12, 2021 16:56

Alex Wade of Whitechapel talks to us about the details of his current LTD Signature Series guitar, the AW-7 Baritone....

ESP Presents 2021: Alex Skolnick (Testament) Interview

January 12, 2021 16:54

Alex Skolnick, the acclaimed and respected guitarist from Testament, talks to us in detail about the creation of his ESP and LTD Signature Series guitars. ...

30 Years of Helmet and ESP with Page Hamilton

June 21, 2019 16:20

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Alternative music icon Page Hamilton of Helmet is celebrating his band's 30th anniversary with a huge tour... but it's also his 30th anniversary playing ESP guitars. This influential player and composer recently stopped by...

ESP Custom Shop Guitars of Sammy Duet (Goatwhore)

March 04, 2019 18:00

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Sammy Duet is the founding member and creative leader of Goatwhore, a New Orleans-based metal band who have spent the last 20+ years blowing minds around the world. Sammy has played a number of our guitars, but is most...

Artist Spotlight: Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)

January 11, 2019 19:58

ESP Signature artist Alexi Laiho of the renowned Finnish extreme metal band Children of Bodom stopped by ESP headquarters to tell some stories of his many ESP and LTD Signature Series guitars. He also does a playthrough...

Billy Graziadei (Biohazard/Powerflo) on the LTD EC-1000 EverTune

October 09, 2018 18:31

Billy Graziadei stopped by the ESP offices to talk about his love for the LTD EC-1000 EverTune as well as his discovery of ESP via Vernon Reid of Living Colour, and tells some great stories from the road....

Zach Johnson (The Ghost Inside) on the E-II Eclipse BB

July 16, 2018 21:37

It was November 2015 when the lives of Los Angeles-based metalcore band The Ghost Inside all changed forever. Traveling to a show in Arizona, their tour bus collided head-on with a tractor trailer, resulting in the deaths of...

James Hetfield (Metallica) Discusses His Guitars

July 04, 2018 19:42

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In this recent video released by the Metallica team, James Hetfield talks about the guitars he’s owned, from the first instrument his mom bought him (that he traded in for a PA) through his love for non-traditional guitar...

James Barnett (Cane Hill) on his LTD Guitars

June 06, 2018 20:07

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Since 2011, Cane Hill has taken their heavy sounds from the swampy New Orleans environment all the way around the world, building a huge fan base due in part to the great guitar playing of ESP artist James Barnett. In this...

Mike Spreitzer (DevilDriver) on his ESP Customs

May 23, 2018 18:32

Mike Spreitzer, who has held down guitar duties for groove metal titans DevilDriver since 2004, takes us into his Audio Vault studio to show us some of the guitars he uses to record and perform with the band, including the...

Dimmu Borgir on their ESP Guitars

May 02, 2018 17:03

It's been almost eight years since the last time Norwegian symphonic black metal kings Dimmu Borgir put out a new studio album, but on May 4, their highly-anticipated album Eonian gets released. We sat down with founding...

Aaron Deal (Darkest Hour) on the LTD JC-4FM

March 29, 2018 22:49

Aaron Deal, bass player of D.C.-based metal band Darkest Hour, has been a fan of the ESP Stream bass style for some time now. In this video, he tries out the LTD Signature Series JC-4FM from John Campbell of Lamb of God. The...

Darkest Hour on the ESP E-II Arrow

March 07, 2018 16:57

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...

Andrew W.K.'s ESP Custom Taco Guitar

October 04, 2017 14:05

Andrew W.K. knows how to party hard, but he's pretty serious about high-quality instruments, which is why he turned to the ESP Custom Shop to create his own Taco Guitar, which is being appropriately unveiled on October 4,...

Whakaio and Jake of Tonight Alive

November 03, 2016 17:32

Australian pop punk/rock band Tonight Alive includes guitarists Whakaio and Jake Hardy, and both gentlemen play ESP. Whether doing year-round world tours or working in the studio, Whakaio and Jake are both partial to ESP and...

Billy Graziadei (Biohazard) Interview

June 30, 2016 01:10

When Billy Graziadei isn't busy making music with Biohazard, he's busy running his Los Angeles-based recording studio. Either way, we were happy to see him at the NAMM Show ealier this year, where he stopped in to talk about...

Josh Middleton: Hollowed-Out Planetoid

May 20, 2016 11:09

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ESP player Josh Middleton, who is well known for his extremely technical playing chops in the UK metal band Sylosis, has just come out with his debut solo album Hollowed-Out Planetoid, and it's as good as you would imagine......

Rob Caggiano (Volbeat) Interview: NAMM 2016

May 13, 2016 22:35

Rob Caggiano of Volbeat, one of the nicest guys in rock, sat down with ESP at the NAMM Show in January to talk about the creation of his signature model ESP Rob Caggiano and LTD RC-600 guitars, and also to tell us what...

Artist Spotlight: Alan Ashby (Of Mice & Men)

April 05, 2016 19:12

Alan Ashby, guitarist for hugely popular metalcore band Of Mice & Men, tells you all about his new LTD Signature Series AA-600, a neck-thru-body design that focuses on simplicity so you can concentrate on playing. Alan...

Mille Petrozza Interview (NAMM 2016)

March 29, 2016 02:16

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Mille Petrozza of Kreator hung out at our NAMM booth for the introduction of his new ESP and LTD Signature Series guitars, and chatted with Chris Cannella about what went into the design of his signature models.

What...

Stephen Carpenter Interview (NAMM 2016)

March 17, 2016 20:50

Stephen Carpenter of Deftones has been playing ESP Guitars for over 20 years. In this exclusive video for ESP Community Members, Stephen discusses his long-term love of ESP, his ESP/LTD Signature Series guitars, the reasons...

Artist Spotlight: Derek Engemann (Cattle Decapitation)