Maker

ESP

Japanese guitar maker

ESP is a Japanese guitar maker founded in Tokyo in 1975, known for custom and production electric guitars and basses, especially the pointed designs popular with metal and hard-rock players.

Models

  • ESP Skulls & Snakes

    Electric guitar · Japan

    Skulls & Snakes is a George Lynch (Dokken) signature electric guitar built in ESP's Custom Shop. It pairs an alder body and maple neck with a Floyd Rose vibrato and is best known for its distinctive skulls-and-snakes graphic finish.

  • ESP LTD SA-2

    Electric guitar

    The SA-2 is a Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) signature electric guitar from ESP's LTD line, developed with input from Sambora and designer Chris Hofschneider. It has a solid basswood body, a bolt-on maple neck, and a double-locking vibrato, and was offered in a black finish.

  • ESP Stephen Carpenter Signature Models

    The signature instruments ESP builds for Stephen Carpenter, guitarist of Deftones, designed for the band's heavy, down-tuned, atmospheric sound. The line spans six- and seven-string guitars as well as extended-scale baritone models.

  • ESP M-400

    Electric guitar

    A mid-to-upper model in ESP's M series, a superstrat built for metal with a thin neck and high-output pickups. It delivers a fast, aggressive instrument for modern hard rock.

  • ESP Sunburst Tiger

    Electric guitar · Japan

    Sunburst Tiger is a George Lynch (Dokken) signature electric guitar made in ESP's Custom Shop and closely related to his Kamikaze model. It is most recognizable for its tiger-stripe graphic finish, paired with a bolt-on maple neck and a high-output bridge pickup.

  • ESP KH-602

    Electric guitar

    The KH-602 is a higher-tier Kirk Hammett (Metallica) signature electric guitar in ESP's LTD line. It is a Superstrat-style solid-body fitted with a Floyd Rose double-locking vibrato and active EMG pickups, sitting above the entry-level KH models in ESP's signature range.

  • ESP KH-2 Vintage

    Electric guitar · Japan

    The KH-2 Vintage is the relic'd version of ESP's flagship Kirk Hammett signature guitar, built for the Metallica guitarist. It is a Superstrat-style solid-body electric with a Floyd Rose vibrato and active EMG pickups, finished with simulated wear that recreates the look of Hammett's heavily played originals.

  • ESP KH-203

    Electric guitar

    The KH-203 is a Kirk Hammett (Metallica) signature electric guitar from ESP's more affordable LTD line. It is a Superstrat-style solid-body with a double-locking Floyd Rose-style vibrato, aimed at players who want Hammett's look and feel at a lower price than the high-end ESP versions.

  • ESP LTD SC-607

    Electric guitar

    A seven-string LTD signature model for Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, with the extra low string suited to the band's heavy, atmospheric, down-tuned sound.

  • ESP KH-3

    Electric guitar · Japan

    A graphic-finish guitar in Kirk Hammett's signature line, decorated with a spider-web motif over its body. Like the rest of his line, it is a metal superstrat with active pickups and skull-and-bones inlays.

  • ESP Horizon FR-II

    Electric guitar · Japan

    A superstrat in ESP's Horizon line fitted with a Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo, indicated by the "FR" in its name. Built with a thin fast neck and high-output pickups, it is designed for the dive-bombs and lead playing of modern rock and metal.

  • ESP Eclipse

    Electric guitar

    ESP's flagship single-cutaway electric, the Eclipse takes the classic set-neck, carved-top format and builds it for modern hard rock and metal. Typically loaded with active humbuckers and finished in bold solid colors, it pairs a familiar single-cut shape with a high-output, aggressive voice.

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Representative model

  • ESP Eclipse

    Electric guitar

    ESP's flagship single-cutaway electric, the Eclipse takes the classic set-neck, carved-top format and builds it for modern hard rock and metal. Typically loaded with active humbuckers and finished in bold solid colors, it pairs a familiar single-cut shape with a high-output, aggressive voice.