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Gojira’s Joe Duplantier on the origins of the pick scrape, playing Ozzy Osbourne’s final show – and what he’s got cooking with ESP
By Amit Sharma published
As the frontman looks back at 20 years of Gojira’s groundbreaking From Mars to Sirius, he explains why switching guitar brands is not like having an affair, and how he learned about Ozzy Osbourne’s death as the band were midway through a show

Joe Duplantier explains how he started playing ESP guitars – and why he’s still playing Charvels
By Janelle Borg published
The Gojira guitarist stunned gearheads with his custom ESP at last year's Paris Olympics opening ceremony – now, he's explaining his relationship with the guitar brand

ESP LTD RZK-III OW review
By Phil Weller published
Rammstein’s riffer-in-chief Richard ZK returns with his third signature guitar, marking a departure from its predecessors with an arsenal of fun features

How Spiro Dussias became shred’s next great hope – and ended up giving Dream Theater guitar lessons
By Phil Weller published
One of 2024’s standout metal guitarists on what it’s like to be compared to Tosin Abasi, why nothing compares to his ESP Horizon, and how amp modeling is about to get crazy

ESP has dropped a new LTD signature guitar for Richard ZK – and it’s got the Rammstein riffer rather excited
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist road-tested and experimented with various prototypes before landing on the final form

“A luxurious axe that’s much more than a bare-bones Junior model”: ESP LTD Deluxe EC-01FT review
By Chris Gill published
This mid-priced single-cut offers a simple single-pickup drive – but a whole lot of tones to sniff out

“Historic for Gojira and metal”: Why the Olympics played an unlikely host for some of the biggest guitar moments of the year
By Amit Sharma published
2024 Year in Review: Mainstream metal, historic guitar partnerships and solos while Tom Cruise abseiled – sports and music collided this year, with spectacular results

The ESP LTD Deluxe EC-01FT is a no-nonsense tone machine that asserts single-pickup supremacy
By Guitar World published
Sponsored by ESP
This new offering from ESP draws raw inspiration from the brand’s popular Eclipse series, enhanced with refined features and a cutting-edge custom Seymour Duncan humbucker pickup
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