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Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield (Metallica) Congratulate ESP on 50 Years
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For decades, Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield of the iconic metal band Metallica have relied on ESP Guitars for their greatest work, in the studio and on stages around the world. Here they are offering their congratulations to...
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David Sanchez (Havok) on his ESP Custom Shop Guitar
David Sanchez, founder and frontman of acclaimed Denver, CO-based thrash band Havok took delivery of a handcrafted guitar from ESP's world-renowned Custom Shop in Tokyo, Japan. In this video, David explains his reasoning for...
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Will Adler (Lamb of God) Unboxes his LTD Signature Series WA-Warbird
ESP Signature artist Will Adler of American metal band Lamb of God unboxes the prototype for his LTD Signature Series WA-Warbird. This outstanding guitar has been updated with a new black/gold color theme. Features: set-thru...
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Brendan Breakdown with Darren Stroud, Min Seok Kim & Pat Heath: ESP Quad Jam
ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! our minds just got blown by four members of the ESP All Access Community from around the world — Brendan "Breakdown" Hagey, Darren Stroud, Min Seok Kim, and Pat Heath — got together...
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Cody Quistad (Wage War) on the LTD Deluxe SN-1 HT Baritone
Cody Quistad — a founding member, guitarist, and vocalist for American metalcore band Wage War — talks about how he first got into ESP Guitars, his experiences using them on tour and in the studio, and his love of Metallica....
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Ville Koskinen: Melodic Shred on the LTD Deluxe M-1007 HT
ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! What happens when you get a new guitar? Just ask community member Ville Koskinen, who recently acquired an LTD Deluxe MH-1007 HT in Black Natural Fade, and proceeded to tear it up...
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Alex Skolnick on the LTD Signature Series AS-1FR
One of the world's most influential and respected guitar players, Alex Skolnick (Testament, Alex Skolnick Trio) takes you through the details of his LTD Signature Series AS-1FR, which has been updated in an outstanding Lime...
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Reba Meyers on her ESP Custom Shop Guitar
Guitarist and singer-songwriter Reba Meyers is an ESP Signature artist known for her work in the band Code Orange as well as having served as a touring musician with Marilyn Manson. She recently took delivery of a new guitar...
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Florian Soum: "Crazy Train" (solo cover)
ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! If heavy metal has been an important part of your life, there's just a short list of people who — beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s — are essentially responsible for having...
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Reba Meyers: "Clouded World"
Here's the music video for "Clouded World," the title track from ESP Signature artist Reba Meyers' upcoming debut solo album, which is due out in early 2026. Engineered by the late — and legendary — Steve Albini at Electrical...
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The ESP Guitars of Joakim "Jolly" Karlsson (Bad Omens)
We caught up with Jolly from respected heavy metal band Bad Omens during a tour stop, and he was cool enough to take us on a tour of his entire touring rig of guitars that includes an LTD Deluxe Phoenix-1000, a customized LTD...
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Dave Sevenstrings: "Donkey Kong Country 2 - Stickerbush Symphony" (cover)
ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Question for you: what makes music "good"? Is it whether or not it's challenging to perform? Is "good" music confined to one style or genre? Does it have to be musically complex, or...
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The Touring Basses of Tom Araya (Slayer)
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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"
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 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
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
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
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
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)
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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