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List of guitars manufactured by ESP

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ5324309
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This is a list of guitars manufactured by ESP Guitars.

ESP Original Series (Japan)

Guitars

Basses

ESP AP

ESP Bottom Bump

ESP Bottom Line

ESP Forest

ESP XJ

ESP Halibut

ESP Amaze

ESP Viper

ESP Standard Series (United States)

Guitars

Basses

Including ESP's budget line, LTD

ESP AX Series - produced in the United States and Europe. The design of the guitars in the AX Series is similar to that of the B.C. Rich Warlock. All of the AX guitars feature a string-thru body with a Tune-O-Matic Bridge. All of them also feature one volume and one tone control knob with a 3-way toggle with a pickup formation of H-H. The series began in 2003 with only the AX-350. In 2005, the AX-350 was discontinued and was replaced with the AX-400, AX-250, and the AX-50. The AX-250 is very similar to the AX-350 except that it is made with bolt-on neck construction instead of neck-thru like its predecessor and the pickups are not EMG HZs but instead are EMG-ESP LH-300's. Notable users of models in the AX Series include Makro, Peter Scheithauer, and Robb Flynn.

ESP LTD AX-50 - The AX-50 features bolt-on neck construction in a 25.5" scale. The fingerboard features dot inlays with the model name on the 12th fret.

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