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ESP remembers Alexi Liaho and Jeff Hanneman as Slaughter to Prevail’s Jack Simmons gets his first signature in new 2026 lineup
By Phil Weller published
There are also new signatures for Mick Thomson, Stephen Carpenter, and George Lynch, while LTD celebrates its 30th anniversary

ESP unveils Joe Duplantier’s eagerly awaited signature guitar in time for NAMM 2026
By Matt Owen published
The Gojira juggernaut has been awarded his first ESP signature guitar, the LTD JD-1, 18 months after he made the switch from Charvel

Meet Dino Muradian, the pyrographer who makes a living burning artwork into stars’ guitars
By Phil Weller published
Defecting from his home country by flying himself over the border, the Romanian pilot wound up making guitar art for Metallica, B.B. King and the ESP Custom Shop

URNE’s Angus Neyra on the schoolboy scribble that got him an ESP endorsement and getting Troy Sanders to guest on their 9-minute single
By Dan Bradley published
The shred-era guitarist has become a Quad Cortex advocate ahead of joining Orange Goblin’s farewell tour and releasing changed-up new album Setting Fire to the Sky

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
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