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ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! The history of heavy music is a destination that has many roads. A lot of metal came from rock and roll music that was developed from blues, which itself came from African rhythms and musical motifs. But other parts of melodic shred metal came straight from the work of the baroque and classical master composers, and that's the influence we hear from a new member of the ESP All Access community, Luigi Pati. Luigi is using his LTD Eclipse '87 in Rainbow Crackle finish to do his tune "Hour by Hour", which uses well-controlled vibrato, minor-scale arpeggios, pinch harmonics, and economy picking to deliver a vibe that might have been enjoyed by Niccolò Paganini. Unlike the current single-cutaway Eclipse shape, the original ESP Eclipse was based on the TE archtop shape. This guitar offers neck-thru-body construction with a mahogany body and three-piece maple neck. You can check out more of Luigi on his YouTube channel.

If you're doing cool music with your ESP, ESP E-II, or LTD guitar or bass, upload a video to the ESP site and we might select you as the next ESP All Access Community Member to feature on our front page where thousands of other players can check you out! Get the details here.