ESP Guitars

ESP Guitars are a Japanese brand widely loved within metal music. ESP guitars founded in 1975 when Hisatake Shibuya opened a shop called Electric Sound Products (ESP) in Tokyo to provide custom replacement part for electric guitars. ESP started to build guitars in Japan before slowly becoming a worldwide phenomenon.

With their popularity they have made many signature models for legendary metal players such as James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, Stephen Carpenter, Mick Thompson and Alexi Laiho, with George Lynch being the first to recieve a signature ESP guitar.

With a wide selection of price points from the high end ESP Custom shop, to the E-II series (formerly ESP Original series) and the more affordable price of the LTD guitars. The LTD line even features signature models from James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Stephen Carpenter.

With great build quality, iconic metal shapes and pickup options including Seymour Duncan and active pickups, an ESP guitar is not only a perfect choice for metal, but also great for other genres. 

ESP guitars have been one of the top choices for hard rock and metal electric guitars for decades now. With several high profile performers choosing to play ESP, their visibility as a brand is very strong. This is backed up by a famously high level of quality, sound and playability.

Specifications are tailored more to the harder rock/metal player with high output pickups and many models featuring locking tremolos. Whether it is an ESP, E-II or ESP LTD, the same body shapes are available such as the Horizon, the Viper and the Eclipse. A wide variety of colours are available, including more unusual choices such as purple. We think that there is an ESP to suit almost every metal player out there.

What Makes an ESP Guitar Different?

• A wide selection of models catering to the modern rock and metal player
• Quality guitars available across a number of price points
• Played by Metallica, Slayer, Deftones, Mastodon, Rammstein and many more