ESP Guitars: Lars Frederiksen (Rancid) Demos the LTD Volsung 

What a criminally underrated musician. Same goes for Tim Armstrong. They have written some of the best songs of all time with little to no recognition. That's punk as fack.

He played Epiphone for years but they didn't give him a signature guitar. Glad ESP did the right thing.

It’s so cool seeing Lars finally getting some recognition

I'm glad this guitar hurt all the "tone purists' ears." Lars is a great guy. He may not be able to play all of your scales but he has a record contract and you don't .

He deserves it. Glad he`s finally got his signature.

Pretty sure I recognize that “mid tempo stuff “

Why did y’all expect? It’s Rancid not Symphony X

Cool but when will they show the guitar? He’s just sitting there talking. I don’t see a guitar

He’s no longer with Seymour Duncan. EMG is making his signature pickups now. Yes they’re passive and they are bad ass.

Casual Rock n Roll!! Started singing the moment i heard the guitar! "Lace up your boots and roll up your jeans cause the trains are running on time"

Lars is a good dude. Wrote some great tunes.

he deserves this guitar....love you Lars

Good to hear you got a signature guitar always enjoyed your

This guitar sounds sweet through an ac30....I think my neighbors love it

A true Legend.

Love the look and style of that guitar

I freaking loved Rancid when they hit the scene. Punk but yet the songs were catchy and had a cool hook. Much better band than say Green Day who tried to be punk. His guitar sound was really unique. Bunch of young haters on here that don't have a clue.

Ummmmmm, I’m pretty sure you can change your tempo on any guitar and the tone will not change......

Lars playing casual rock n roll years before the song came out

Ltd Vipers are always beautiful

The first guitar I ever bought with my own money, was a 2006 LTD Viper-400.(set neck, all mahogany EMG 81/85) That was 2007 and I owned 3 guitars. Ten years later and I have 9 Electrics(Eight 6-string, One 7-string) 2 acoustics and 2 basses.(1 Largemouth 1 smallmouth).

I didn't know Lars had a signature model. This will be my next purchase

I wonder where I can find a pickup selector like that one so I can install it on my guitar.

One of my best inspirations

Lars is the man but did they have him playing through a line 6 or something?

I was wondering what kind of LTD this was I thought it was the Viper at first but had doubts due to it not being high end. So its a Volsung signature series I didn't know Lars had one of those..Cool guitar!

I come back every now and then to this video because i LOVE the tone. Fuck the opinion of anyone. I am one of the wider music lovers you can find, i love any kind of music and any type of guitar tone. And any kind and style of punk and hardcore style. This video is a beautiful raspy muddy punk tone. It's not heavy metal, it's not prog stuff, it's not clean melodic punk pop. There are tons of punk bands that sound like this. If you are not in that scene, well you are missing it and if you dont like it, to each their own. The thing about Lars not being a great shredder means nothing. He is a punk rocker and that's it. Zero problem.

Really nice Axe love the camo sounds really distorted sweet!!

this guy is a legend, that guitar is sooo sweet

Lars is all Punk !!! Love him and everything he’s done for music 🤘🎸🎶🤘

I need to know how to get that tone from the video plz

I LOVE RANCID ... LOVE LARS... LOVE PUNK ...

I wonder what amp he's playing through here. Do you think its his jcm 900? Tone sounds just like out come of the wolves imo.

The king talk' s you listen son!

I'll save you the time: Comments are a bunch of butt hurt kids who wouldn't know raw rock n roll if it hit them in the face.

Ah *that's* how you play the Ruby Soho bridge :)

Lars You Rock Brother!!! Straight Up Bad Ass!! Much Love Brother Keep The Faith Rolling And Keep Smiling My Good Man.... 801Punx For Life

That looks so rad!

great tone

Legend, the good Lars!

Best for hardcore/punk :O

love lars

Question that hopefully someone can help me answer but what Seymour Duncan pickups does he use or would be similar to his

Wow this guitar lets you play different tempos...mind blown. Massive Operation Ivy fan BTW :P

For all the left handers out there. Can we have a lefty model?!

Lars is always Lars. No bullshit let's make something happen

Why not ESP on the headstock?

I wish that came as a EC model

Lars played SGs before.I think after Gibsons downfall he looked for a similar guitar.Good choice,although personally I don't like the camo finish.Looks like our Bundeswehr camouflage.

Will there be a LTD version that doesn’t cost $1K for us broke ass musicians?

“You can play any style of music you want on this guitar. As long as it’s hard AF.”

Really cool guitar but couldn't afford it bought a Viper very pleased with it

Campbell Pride.

one of these with Tony Perry?

Lars is an old school punk rock musician. Hes more of a songwritter then a shredder. If you come here expecting brain melting leads, wrong spot. That being said, its a cool looking guitar, Im just not sure what market its for? personally, were I in the market for an ESP guitar, Id be looking for a metal machine with locking tuners and an evertune bridge. Punk rock never had a dedicated guitar brand/style IMO. I get a crunchy punk tone mainly through my amp so yeha.. a punk artist model guitar doesnt interest me in aany way.

Lars is great love him to ruby soho

Little Sammy was a punk rocker!

この人パンクを愛してるし、音楽も大好きなんだなぁ

Now I want a esp viper

Bad ass Mo fo!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

the mid tempo is roots radical

Interesting, for me punk is not about fancy guitars, back in the 80s you were happy to have a shitty kit guitar with hopefully a amp with enough distortion included...

That thing sounds awesome. Wish esp would let me demo a gary holt blood red guitar or give me one.

Nice! Hopefully you guys can make him a custom shop version ;)

Does anyone know if this guitar is built in the USA??

Lars keeing it real

I can get the same tone with pawn shop Behringer beginners amp and a Palmer knock off guitar.

Coolest dude around

Is Lars black dutch?

why did he just get a coil tap

Anyone knows What pedal he uses. ?

por fin muestran una guitarra a lo que va...

There is no such song called little sami was a punk rocker, i believe the song he is referring to is wars end.

The tone is so muddy... guess ive been listening to too much prog metal.

so punk!

So you can play fast OR mid tempo? On the SAME guitar? No shit! I gotta get one!

Lars is one of the most important Punk Rock guitarist in the history of Punk Rock world wide. He has a style heavily inspired by early Punk and is one of the tightest players in the scene. Rancid being some of his best work. The guitar is cool, but when I saw it on the ESP site and I was kind of lack luster about it. Larz has never sold out, but ESP is the broke musicians saving grace and a signature model pays the bills for an artists endorsement. It's a cool axe, but it kind of doesn't suit Larz. He's always been an Epiphone LP player. Epiphone is where the rebels go and as an Epiphone LP player myself I can attest to the quality and the sound of an Epiphone guitar. Amazing.

I would like to have it but it is too expensive even if it's a ltd

Thisnis a Viper did this guy rename it?

I wouldnt use it for prog or anything, but its a pretty badass guitar nonetheless

So damn epic

Song at 0:55? I needa know

When Lars design a guitar...

Looks interesting anyhoo

Lars is pretty common name in danish so its not too weird

You see some people/ bands pretending to be punk and shit. But not these guys. These guys were fuckin punx threw and threw

I'm not homosex but I love that man :D XD...Lars is a great punkrocker

You have a esp signature guitar wait what???lol...

But Lars can it play ska? Fucking with you tinking bout that and out come the wolves on Tim's internet radio and Tim's talking about ska and you say something to the effect that's alot of skaisms and you mentioned the intterupters next three albums cuz Kevin bovina was there with you guys great moment I love SG styled guitars very curious to try this out and purchase one just for the hell of it

What I learned from this video: The Volsung has volume knobs, the end

Don’t hate the tone, but the main issue I have is that he said you won’t lose any tone when you play any tempo, you don’t lose any tone regardless what tempo you’re playing in. Another thing I have an issue is that he said that the neck is really fast, no your hand is playing fast, not the neck. Lot of people hate the tone, but I guess it’s more for those people who like punk, so I see why he has that tone. That’s where most people argue about, the one who talks trash about it are most likely prog metal fans like me who like tighter and noise gated guitar rhythm tone instead of a guitar that has gain all the way to 10 as well as treble if that’s how you get a punk tone, they don’t realize that these two genre are way different from each other and we should stop trashing about his tone if we clearly don’t know this genre.

his tone is rancid

What happend to Lars Fredrickson and the bastards !? : p

man this guy cab play fast

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So does it make him less punk for having endorsements and a record label? He’s like part of the system Mannnn

Come on, gimme money!!!

ruby soho

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