The Latest Breaking News from ESP

Since around 2020, the Mastodon maestro has been wielding an extraordinarily thick ESP Custom Shop model, which was recently reissued as the LTD Royal Shiva – and both closely follow Kelliher’s ethos of “the thicker, the better”

Featuring Bill Kelliher's hefty new double-cut, thrash legend Gary Holt's red on black GH SV-200, a Junior-inspired singlecut with an ESP-exclusive Seymour Duncan humbucker and more

Inspired by British glam rock, Andy LaRocque’s distinctive guitar approach means he’s in demand for guest solos – but recording for Chuck Schuldiner and co took his playing to the edge

ESP is also coming back.

Active EMG BoneBreaker humbucking pickups? Check. Floyd Rose vibrato? Check. Classic horror graphic? Check. But that doesn't mean you can't be chicken pickin' on it

Chad Zaemisch has been the Metallica leader’s right-hand man for 20 years. He discusses the metal titans’ amp modeling sea change, why his boss “chickened out” with his new 72 Seasons ESP Vulture, and what happens when things go very, very wrong onstage…

In this exclusive extract from his new book, the Metallica frontman describes the experience of getting torched by pyro while playing guitar, and offers a closer look at the damage done to his ESP double-neck during the band’s fateful 1992 performance in Montreal

Now armed with the B.C. Rich Assassin and its lethal Pitchfork headstock, the British shredder reveals what made him jump ship from Kiesel and ESP Guitars, what his last-minute FFDP initiation was really like, and why he couldn’t find any tube amps that “sounded as good and dependable as the…

Dozens of elementary-aged children gathered in front of Stonewall school Friday afternoon. They are the current participants in Lexington’s extended school program.