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ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We were impressed by the tone and performance style of community member chrisxbailer, also known as Chris Harte of Cork, Ireland-based hardcore metal band Bailer. He's doing a...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Looking at community member Late Honkola's profile page here on the ESP site, it's obvious he's a pretty serious player, based purely on his amazing guitar collection that includes...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Released August 12, 1991, Metallica's fifth studio album was simply self-titled as Metallica, but has ever since been known as The Black Album due to its ominous dark packaging. It's...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! If you want to know how to get featured on our ESP All Access weekly spotlight, you might want to ask Brendan Breakdown. We've featured him a bunch of times due to his great playing...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We receive all kinds of videos here at ESP. Some are just quick captures via phone cameras of jams in bedrooms, and some are full-on studio-based recordings, with people doing...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's something you might not know: of all the major guitar manufacturers, ESP offers a wider range of readily-available left-handed models than just about anyone. A good example is...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Let's talk about pop music for a moment. Ask nine out of ten musicians in any genre from metal to classical to jazz, and they'll all claim to hate pop. Why? Well, it's because it...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Community member Daniel Kesler is part of the extended ESP family, working as a product specialist for European ESP distributor Sound Service. We're always glad when he cranks out a...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! French musician and guitar teacher Florian Soum has a bunch of our guitars, and his collection includes an ESP M-I, an LTD Deluxe EC-1000 EverTune, and several ESP E-II models like...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! The USA is heading into a holiday weekend for Independence Day, so what better choice for our weekly All Access Spotlight than to show member Darren Stroud and his LTD Gary Holt...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! July 10, 1942 marked the birth of one of the greatest singing voices that ever existed, or possibly ever will exist. It was a voice that helped define hard rock and metal as we know...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We love getting bass videos from members of the ESP All Access community. ESP basses are the not-so-secret weapon of thousands of players in genres that range from rock and metal to...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! This week, the All Access spotlight shines on community member Marcin G., using his LTD Deluxe EC-1000 Duncan Vintage Black to do a playthrough cover of "Blood to Bleed" by Rise...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Meet ESP All Access member Harry Gandler of Vienna, Austria. Like most of us guitar players, he is overly critical of his own playing, saying that he doesn't nail this Kirk Hammett...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's ESP All Access member Francesca Mazzucchetti, who just joined our happy community a week ago and posted this excellent playthrough of the solo from "Anything for You" off the...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Let's face it; the '80s were a great time for shred guitarists, and in both look and sound, Brazilian guitarist and ESP community member Alex Meister has a complete '80s vibe. He's...

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Here's a tip on creativity for you, courtesy of All Access member Rhiza. It's often said that you can't force yourself to write good music... but sometimes, the opposite is true....

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Antoine I. is a new member of the ESP All Access community, having joined us just last month in April 2021, but he's obviously been a big ESP supporter for much longer than that....

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! This isn't the first time we've featured a video contribution from Aydin Zahedi, and when you hear him play, you'll know why. This Sydney, Australia-based musician has chops for...