Best Esp in 2026

Offers a classic combination of a single-cutaway design with a mahogany body and neck and roasted jatoba fingerboard

An amazingly affordable way to get into the look and sound of an all-time great guitar for every style of music

Features great-sounding ESP Designed LH-150 passive pickups

Designed to offer the tone, feel, looks, and quality that professional musicians need, while still being affordable

Consistently one of ESP's most popular guitars due to its combination of incredible looks and great performance

Offers a vintage looking body/neck/headstock binding and gold hardware and includes premier components

An affordable and popular guitar with many similarites to some of the most highly-regarded guitars in history

Features a comfortable Mahogany body and 3 pc. neck, as well as roasted jatoba fingerboard and flamed maple top

Also features covered passive pickups, set-neck construction, and 22XJ frets

Takes the coolest aspects of our higher-end EC models, and puts them in a super-affordable guitar that's ready to rock

A classic shape that's excellent for all musical styles and genres

Has multiple binding on the body and headstock like you expect from high-quality guitars

With unique coloration and grain pattern, spalted maple is a great look to stand out from the crowd

Offers an ash body with a spalted maple top in Natural Satin finish

Also offers an extra thin U-shaped 5-piece maple/jatoba neck for excellent playing feel

An affordable and popular guitar with many similarites to some of the most highly-regarded guitars in history

Features a comfortable Mahogany body and 3 pc. neck, as well as roasted jatoba fingerboard and flamed maple top

Also features covered passive pickups, set-neck construction, and 22XJ frets

With unique coloration and grain pattern, spalted maple is a great look to stand out from the crowd

An affordable yet high quality 5-string bass that offers an ash body with a spalted maple top in Natural Satin finish

Designed with an extra thin U-shaped 5-piece maple/jatoba neck for excellent playing feel

The LTD TL-6N Natural Nylon String has a Mahogany Body with a Spruce Top, Mahogany Neck and a Rosewood Fingerboard

This guitar comes equipped with a Rosewood Bridge w/ Graphtech Nubone XB Saddle

It has a Set-Neck Construction with a 25" Scale with 22 Jumbo Frets and a Thin-U Neck Contour

A transducer-electric instrument that provides incredible acoustic tones with the comfortable playability of an electric guitar

Offers high-quality woods and components, like a mahogany body, a 3-piece mahogany neck, and a roasted jatoba fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets

Also features Grover tuners, Graphtech NuBone-XB nut and saddle, and a Fishman SONICORE pickup and TL-3 preamp w/ onboard tuner

The LTD TL-6 Black has a Mahogany Body with a Maple Top, Mahogany Neck and a Rosewood Fingerboard

This guitar comes equipped with a Rosewood Bridge w/ Graphtech Nubone XB Saddle

It has a Set-Neck Construction with a 25" Scale with 22 Jumbo Frets and a Thin-U Neck Contour

Offers nearly everything of its higher-end cousin, the ESP KH-2, at a price that more musicians can afford

Features neck-thru-body construction, a comfortable alder body, and a 3 pc. extra-thin U-shaped maple neck

The pau ferro fingerboard features 24 extra-jumbo frets and Kirk Hammett's skull-and-bones inlays

The CBBASSFF will fit all B-Series ESP/LTD basses

ESP Logo on top of the case

Heavy-Duty with Neck Support and Form Fit to the body to keep your bass protected

A killer 27” scale baritone guitar that’s ready to rock while still being affordable

The classic offset double-cutaway design is made with set-neck construction for incredible tone and strength

Includes a pair of ESP-designed humbucker pickups along with a TOM bridge and tailpiece

Designed to offer the tone, feel, looks, and quality that professional musicians need, while still being affordable

Enjoy the great look and feel of the single-cutaway design based on the ESP Eclipse

The addition of Fishman’s Fishman Modern Humbucker pickup set offers extraordinary versatility in tones

One of the most innovative and versatile guitars in the LTD Deluxe Series

Our first model to include both standard magnetic pickups as well as a completely separate piezo pickup system

Piezo pickups create a very different sound which offers excellent, articulate, acoustic-like tones

Designed for James Hetfield, frontman of Metallica and one of the most highly respected rhtyhm guitarists

Based on James' custom design, with set-neck construction for stability and smooth access to the highest frets

Features a mahogany body with maple cap, a 3 pc. mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard and 22 XJ frets with an Iron Cross inlay

Comparable in build quality to ESP's LTD Deluxe "1000 Series" instruments

Features a dark and menacing design theme of all-black finish, components, and hardware

Features a single premium pickup, Macassar ebony fingerboards with no inlays, and glow-in-the-dark side markers

Comparable in build quality to ESP's LTD Deluxe "1000 Series" instruments

Features a dark and menacing design theme of all-black finish, components, and hardware

Features a single premium pickup, Macassar ebony fingerboards with no inlays, and glow-in-the-dark side markers

Designed for James Hetfield, frontman of Metallica and one of the most highly respected rhtyhm guitarists

Features set-neck construction at 24.75" scale, with a mahogany body and a three-piece mahogany neck

The ebony fingerboard has 22 extra-jumbo frets with a snake inlay at the 12th fret

Designed by Gary Holt of Slayer and Exodus to handle the most aggressive, fast, and powerful playing possible

Driven by an EMG 89R neck pickup, with a coil splitter controlled by a volume knob pull switch, and an EMG 81 bridge pickup

Offers a set-thru neck design for terrific stability and smooth, unhampered access to the highest frets

Construction: Neck-Thru

Body: Alder; Neck: 3Pc Maple; Fingerboard: Macassar Ebony

Bridge: Floyd Rose 1000

Designed to offer the tone, feel, looks, and quality that professional musicians need, while still being affordable

The EverTune bridge system delivers constant tension that keeps your guitar in tune

Enjoy near perfect intonation up and down the neck under almost any condition

The Kirk Hammett Demonology is a guitar powerful enough to summon the mightiest of dark forces

Features a neck-thru-body design, with a comfortably contoured alder body and extra-thin U-shaped 3 pc. maple neck

The pau ferro fingerboard features 24 extra-jumbo frets inlaid with Kirk's skull-and-crossbones motif

Combines the bold Arrow body shape with the killer Black Metal design

Comparable in build quality to ESP's LTD Deluxe “1000 Series” instruments

Designed with a single aggressive EMG 81 pickup, single volume control, and an EMG TKO kill switch

Designed with the arched top of the ESP Horizon with the aggressive styling elements of the M Series

All that is wrapped in an affordable high-quality instrument, with a quilted maple top in See Thru Blue finish

Offers the versatile H/S/S pickup configuration, making it great for many genres of music

A great extended range guitar that doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg

Affordable for just about any musician, and allow you to explore the depths of lower pitches for today’s modern sounds

Feature excellent ESP Designed pickups, a comfortable mahogany body, and a three-piece mahogany necks

Built with set-neck construction for smooth access to the highest frets

Offers ESP-designed humbucker pickups and TOM-style bridge and tailpiece

Features aggressive styling in its mahogany body, with a 3 pc. maple neck with roasted jatoba fingerboard and 22 XJ frets

Designed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of innovative guitarist Stephen Carpenter's first ESP Signature guitar

Handles extremely low tunings, while still maintaining string tension expressive playing and excellent tones

Offers a comfortable alder body and a three-piece maple neck, with an unadorned ebony fingerboard

The LTD Kirk Hammett Signature KH-WZ has an Alder Body with a Maple Neck and a Rosewood Fingerboard

This guitar comes equipped with a Floyd Rose Bridge & Locking Nut and LTD Tuners

It has a Bolt-On Neck with a 25.5" Scale, 24 Extra Jumbo Frets and a Thin-U Neck Contour

Construction: Neck-Thru

Body: Alder; Neck: 3Pc Maple

Top: Burled Poplar; Fingerboard: Macassar Ebony