ESP Guitars Japan Factory Tour 

@Premier Guitar 🎶 *You're host should of let the gentleman teach, and give the information of the factory. Instead of the host talking over him, and acting like he's the boss.*

@@ohravenous1 *Swallow.*

@@johnconnor6252 Isn't that how it works in the Western view

Lucky they failed ww2

@@mrjackbilbo I wasn't even born then. It's long over.

From cars to guitars Japan is top notch. The school they have to go to is awesome.

That's kind of racist. Some Japanese are some aren't. There is more of that idea in the culture though.

They are good a lots of things because it’s beaten into them from birth

espguitarsusa is this real ?

@@DMSProduktions you wrong little PAL, their are the Real ESP members!!! Check it out this channel

This video made my heart so happy. I love ESP so much.

@@asr1143 Esp Original series are labeled ESP and they are made in the custom shop in Japan. E-IIs are not custom shop made, they are production models.

@@DMSProduktions wrong

I own an edwards ...it really worth it

@@Mat-zt4bi Most likely as E-II, they are made in their Chinese factory and finished in Japan, unless it's an old Edwards, then it could be made in Japan, but not sure.

Edwards has really cheap, high quality alternatives

@@brandonharris9160 Such as?

​@@Masterfighterx e-ii, just like st-1 previously, are made in Japan.

Seems like one in the same eh

You’d still be a ninja but you’d be a guitar ninja.

Only Steven Seagal is allowed to do that Unfortunately. Sorry...

you can still go to ninja school on your days off. Win-win!

Become a ninja and then sneek into the ESP factory and secretly learn to make guitars.

Why do y'all always mention Gibson i own a 08 traditional nothing wrong with it go fuck off

Hits from the Bong i don’t care about quality, I care about american jobs. Buy authentic, buy American.

@@Ottophil esp literally has a USA line you fucktard

@@Ottophil I want to admire that patriotism, but outsourcing jobs to other locations is something that cannot be avoided. That's what globalization does. Gibson is merely trying to capitalize on americanism despite the fact they are charging a ton of money for low quality products.

I’ll take the Gibson.

@Gian GG Even mass produced ESP or Ibanez have more soul behind them than Gibson Custom

@Gian GG They literally showed them making E-ii guitars in the shop....

@@evrythingis1 You never see the milling or glueing process of an E-II, not even back in the ESP Standard days did you see a standard from start to finish, only finished on racks.

Beheaded with one of namm production guitars lol

Malchik Blue 😂

Edgar Patlan 😂

yeah except he said it flatly

What genre? There are more genres and subgenres of metal than any style of music. For example; I'm into Progressive Metal, Power Metal, and Neoclassical Metal... but I can't stand Hair Metal, or Death Metal. People need to be specific when talking "Metal".

Wew.. hulk playin gtr?

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

You forgot yeah, yeah.

thats really cool, thats so cool, awesome, wow, cool, man thats really cool man, awesome. Get somebody else that has a vocabulary of an adult to do this.

Yeah…ok

Even the cheap companies use a lot of hand finishing. Guitars are not really something that can be fully automated, the machines to do all the extra stuff would be way too complicated.

'Cos not cause. Just because, just 'cos. Just cause, makes no sense.

@@JosePineda-jn8jk not true man lots rely on electronic devices from start to finish. Which is cost effective, i get it. But what im talkimg about is how much skill through knowledge is being used.

ithinkigotworms you mean craftsmanship.

I love mine. It's tripled in value since 1995. I paid $1,300 for my new ESP KH-2 . heck that's probably just inflation tho :)

i had an LTD EC-1000 and now I'm shopping for my first Japanese made ESP. Been my dream guitar for 25 years. I'm absolutely over the moon i have the money to afford one. trying to choose just one is soooo tough!!!!!

I've got a Japan Custom Shop on the way and I am nearly jumping out of my skin with excitement. I know that even the standard lines are pretty flawless, so I can only imagine what level of perfection and quality comes with a custom shop ESP. I've never owned a MIJ ESP, now I own a "real" ESP that says it on the headstock! Was my dream guitar for 6 years, dreams come true fellas.

Blue Natural Fade if u didn't know already. By far the most beautiful thing i have ever seen

They have an LTD variant now that’s like $1200. It’s a 1000 series aka deluxe which is just a phenomenal line for the price.

The LTD 1000 Deluxe series guitars are fantastic and are professional instruments used by many known artists. I have an EC-1000 ASB and its great, no more guitars for me (i have 3)

Everything I value is from either Japan or Germany- instruments, gear, electronics, glasses frames, cars, art supplies, cameras, lab supplies etc etc

How ironic that the United States provided the technology so Germany and Japan could build products you mentioned.

@@rodrossi9749 my biostar in my lab is and was designed by German Orthodontist and dental r/d’s in Germany, dating back to the 60’s and 70’s. Orthodontics as we know it was primarily initiated in Germany and Austria. My Leica ic Rangefinder camera dates fromErnst Leica’s designs since the 1920’s. Japan and Germany manufactured their own optics well before the world wars. In fact, during world war 2, american B-52’s and ground artillery made sure not to level Leica’s optic/camera factories.

@@vividvulpe9842...... never said either country was filled with fools....just pointed out who's technology helped rebuild them.....look at Volkswagen after the British restarted that factory.

@@rodrossi9749 cool story. Have a beer on me this memorial day weekend. Cheers

Yeah, they don't need that "Murphy" mystique like Gibson. ESP custom shop only have 4 people....they probably equal to 10 Murphys

And yet much less expensive

Gibson not make replica guitars. They have their own original legendary models, what Asian guitar factorys copies. Sorry my bad English.

@@daneph Not really, ESP Custom Shop also rips your eyes out but what you get is totally worth it, unlike the Gibson Custom Shop.

@@vincenttam8642 You’ve never played a custom shop Gibson have you?

You won't regret it. I have 5 and they're all amazing guitars. Brilliant craftsmanship and playability.

I have 4 E-IIs, 2 Standards, and 2 LTDs. They are the best damn guitars I've ever played. I'll never go back to Schecter or Jackson. Ibanez Prestige models are still pretty sick tho.

@Jordan no, play a schecter and then really appreciate the beauty of an esp. ESP custom are the best and next are E-II. Edwards are good too and even some ltds are pretty nice.

Check Guitar Center used, I got a mint 2021 E-II Horizon FR for $1299 recently, a lot of the E-IIs are priced lower since I guess a lot of GC employees don't know that E-II is ESP.

@@joshbarnes6759 I'm sure Schecter USA is up there but I had a Jackson USA Chris Broderick and although it was an insane (and really heavy) build the fretwork and and inlay work was shoddy compared to the ESP/E-IIs I've had. I hear Jackson USA has issues to especially the Juggernaut line.

They have been doing this for 35+ years so any Japanese guitar I have owned was built with Japanese pride and you can tell when a Japanese guitar is in the hands !

Hi, did you play a top model ltd and how did it compare to the esp? I found even the cheaper ltd guitars were fantastic, but never played a esp

@@johancoes6984 I have an EC-1000, I’ve owned a few of Stef Carpenters high tier LTDs, I’ve owned an E-II, and I currently own a Stef B7! Honestly it’s all in the feel, the biggest noticeable difference is the fingerboard and the neck, and the attention to detail within the body and all everything pretty much. I couldn’t tell much if a difference between the ESP and EII, but the difference between the LTDs and the EII/ESP are far different than I expected, a lot of people say they aren’t that different but to me personally they felt night and day difference. EII/ESP obviously being superior. Hope that answers your question

@@RedCGhost it does. Exactly the info I wanted.thks

@@johancoes6984 Was in the market for a modern Single cut with high output pickups, tried both E-II Eclipse and the LTD EC-1000 and ended up buying a Korean made LTD Eclipse (EC-1000 ASB with Seymour Duncan 59/JB) its a well made, pro level guitar for a lower price.

@@johancoes6984 I've got an eii eclipse and an ltd ps1000... I just wanted to agree with everything he said. It's the fit and finish that really make esp stand above their ltd counterparts.

Bout to place my Tokai order before the end of the month when the price hikes kick in.

@@andrewbecker3700 USD to Yen exchange rate is _really_ good right now so I got a 550,000yen custom shop for $4800 total. Same guitar that was going for $5k+ previously before shipping and tax. I hope you get that order in before things go the other direction.

@@JohnDoeWasntTaken Decided not to take the gamble, dealing with Reverb and paypal. I have an "extra" so to speak Les Paul, that I'm gonna do a P-90 swap on instead. I only paid $599 for it, so with the P-90 pups, 250k. pots and the two .473 caps I already have(1 orange drop and 1 Mojotone paper and oil). I'm hoping to add some more tones to my arsenal.

Hell yeah! Me too

Babymetal 🤘

@@sulizztianz thats right 😂👌

Who

I was looking for that comment!

@@kennethbaggett5478 his name is takayoshi ohmura

Is he on coke or something

I thought it was awesome that he said cool so many cool times.

He's always like that. Nervous, and 'cooling' after each info

@@Echo_III oh, cool, really cool, rad, that's really rad, cool.

I had a JH-3 for almost 15ys...sold 2 ys ago to a Metallica Esp collector

I own a ESP E2 Horizon NT2...absolutely love it.

Is it an explorer? How much was it? Where can I get one?

@@anotherbigfootwithinternet2147 it's the snakebyte. One of the James Hetfield signature models. They have a few different price tiers.

I have an Ibanez les Paul copy made in Japan, can safely say I agree with you

they have for decades

greekfreak1980 agree! I don’t really care about the e-ii logo, actually they are the same product righ?!

i am a lucky owner of a '07 Standard Series Eclipse 2 (EU Version) in a beautiful amber cherry sunburst. Although i don't really play guitar anymore i will probably keep it forever.

captain subtext oh man you ate lucky! that was beautiful guitar!

Bagus SW e-ii is not the same, no matter what they tell you. There are well documented pictures of e-ii bodies being made in China. They may have their final assembly in Japan, but they are not fully made there. Go full ESP made in Japan, screw the e-iI. I’m sorry but those are not real esps

@@Critastic Here's the thing: fully made in Japan ESP,at least over here in Europe is as rare as a pink unicorn. Most guitar shops don't even have the E-II models,hell Thomann (one of the biggest online music stores in the world) only has half a dozen E-II models. You only find LTD models.

I wish I could afford an ESP. I have 3 LTDs, but not a true ESP. :(

Ernie Ball are definitely the best USA made guitars. I worked for a premier Music Man dealer. We also sold ESP standard (Japan) models and ESP custom shops. They were two highest quality brands we sold IMO.

I wish the US would be more like Japan when it comes to this sort of stuff. We used to put in the effort to make sure if it was American made it was the top of the line. Japan has shrewd business practices that can seem worse than the US corporations, but these guitar builders would never even think about trying to cut costs and end up with a lower quality guitar. ESP is a big name there but if they slip behind in quality (which they won't) you best believe there are more high-quality brands waiting to take their spot. Black Smoker, Atelier Z, Japan has loads of smaller domestic brands that take their guitar building just as seriously.

The Korean LTD factory is World Musical Instruments.That´s the same factory that makes the PRS SE series,the more expensive Schecters (Schecter is owned by the owner of ESP), Dean Guitars and many other companies. Rob Chapman used to build his Chappman Guitars there also,before moving to Indonesia and he has several factory videos. The S.Koreans are almost as good as the Japanese,in building guitars.

@@greekfreak1980 I love my World Music guitars - they are well built and you can get them for very cheap on the used market - prices for new models have skyrocketed though.

@Wise Guy Edwards? By ESP?

I've got one in a different finish... its honestly the nicest guitar I've ever played. The fit and finish on it is incredible. I hope you can get yours soon.

Waiting for gibson fanboys to come say the mistakes are what gives it soul....

@@DasRightfortyforfo loooooool

But but but... Gibson is aUtHeNtIc!

@@greekfreak1980 🤣🤣🤣

apeekaboo Edwards are great! Love mine too🙂

bro

sometimes not nice to be so truthful.. .....but yeh, for real....

Gibson doesn’t have a clue

@Lil' Rona Don't need to when you know repairers who have fixed many of them.

@Lil' Rona I have owned Gibsons before fool. It's not just about the employees "seemingly" working hard. Like you can see in the vid they require their employees to go to school, and they have a small group of highly focused individuals building the guitars. Gibson on the other hand has a larger number of unskilled employees, a lot of them aren't even musicians, and they have lower level of expectations from employees, and worst of all they are unreasonably expensive. You know what Gibson does when a high profile artist requests a guitar? They hire an independent builder to make the guitar because they can't. Paul Reed Smith built Ted Nugent's guitars because Gibson couldn't. Esp will build you whatever you want, and they won't be hiring a ghost builder because they have the best luthiers.

Our pleasure!

@Lil' Rona exactly--these are mostly Gibson and some Fender RIPOFFS!!!

4 guys in the custom shop, luthier school and they accept the name E-II? thats a crime..

@@rothkoVEV0 The E-II models are a mid-range series between LTD and full-fat ESP series guitars.....and they aren't made in the Custom Shop. If you notice in the video those E-II models were housed in a completely different building.

Yes, yes, and yes. And please dispense with the 12th fret logo too. It chops up the look of the guitar in a bad way, especially with dot inlays.

@@9dewittk E-ll is not a mid range guitar! It is the same thing , but without the ESP Logo. It is only a marketing strategie!

@@sveetton749 I don't deny that it's a marketing strategy. I've always had a theory that they changed the headstock logo so that more buyers will fork over the money for a higher end model. It's the same reason why time and time again guitar critics as well as players have asked Gibson to give Epiphone guitars the same headstock shape as a Gibson. PRS, Fender,. and all these other companies do it with their lower end models so what's the big deal? Gibson knows that people hate the Epiphone headstock which will push them to get a Gibson. All about the $$$$