ESP was founded in 1975 by Hisatake Shibuya in Tokyo. It was initially a shop (Electric Sound Products) that supplied guitar parts, though he also made custom guitars around the same time.

Just a few days after someone paid $112,500 for the guitar Kirk Hammett used in the music video for Metallica’s “One,” another, even more famous on his axes is going up on the auction block: his ...

NAMM 2025: At long last, ESP has released its first Mick Thomson signature guitar, almost two years ... for some of the ...