16 Facts About ESP Guitars

Lynch walked into an ESP shop looking for a replacement neck and learned that ESP built custom guitars.

ESP Guitars soon introduced the M1 Standard, MI Custom, Horizon Custom, and the Surveyor bass.

Between 1990 and 1992, ESP Guitars expanded its Signature Series as well as its standard product line.

In 1993, ESP Guitars moved its headquarters again but this time to Los Angeles, on Sunset Blvd.

Similarly to Ibanez, ESP's chief competitor in Japan, ESP was initially known for making high-quality and customized replicas of famous American guitars, including hot rodded Strats and Teles, as well as Gibson Explorers.

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However, just like with Ibanez, when the Gibson company realized the extent to which ESP was denting into sales of its own guitars, it filed a suit to prevent sales of these guitars in the Americas.

ESP Guitars redesigned its lines to be less similar to the American models.

In 2002, ESP Guitars was ranked among the music industry's fastest-growing companies.

Some artists who left Jackson for ESP included Dave Mustaine, as well as Adam Darski, Alexi Laiho and Roope Latvala, Jeff Hanneman, Galder and Silenoz .

ESP Guitars introduced its Xtone line, beginning with the semi-hollow Paramount Series.

In 2005, ESP Guitars celebrated its 30th Anniversary and released James Hetfield's "Truckster" into its Signature Series.

In 2006, ESP Guitars showcased 22 of its newest Signature Series and Standard Series models at Winter NAMM 2006.

Additionally, ESP has two separate Japan-only lines of guitars, the Grassroots and Edwards .

ESP Guitars technically has two lines, one for USA and Japan, but there are slight differences.

ESP Guitars instruments are endorsed by musicians numbering in the hundreds.

The ESP Navigator Series on the other hand is a line which produces mainly replicas of Gibson and Fender guitars and basses, to a very high standard.