ESP USA Factory Tour with Master Builder Gil Vasquez (check out these guitars!!)

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My good friend and Master Builder Gil Vazquez gave my wife, son and I, a tour of the ESP USA factory this Summer.
This video will show every step of the guitar build process including CNC, Carving machines, neck fretting and master painting; as well as "Made in the USA" hands-on luthiery!
Check out the beautiful ESP USA models like the Eclipse, V-II Flying V, M-II, Horizon and Viper guitars being made. And you'll also see a variety of woods like the quarter sawn maple neck planks, Koa and Tamo ash.
ESP USA are doing great work in North Hollywood. Making great set-neck and neck through guitars that can be configured by the consumer via their website.
Skip the talk and go straight to the factory (wood shop)- 3:45
Carving Machine- 5:46
CNC Machine- 7:12
Check out this "Fruity Pebbles" guitar! 13:15
Fretting Necks/Neck and Fingerboard woods- 14:10
Does Ebony wood sink? 17:18
Paint Shop- 18:00
Final Assembly Room- 21:17

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@AGore88 2 года назад

Thank you so so much for filming and uploading this!! I'm a huge ESP USA fan and seeing the faces behind the masterpieces is just awesome!

@andrewd1855 3 года назад

Thank you for the tour !! Very cool to see behind the scenes, I own a ESP E2/M2 and love it !!! Stay da kine! AloooooHa!

@mundojuillerat 3 года назад

Andrew D mahalo for the comment. I just was checking out the ESP USA “cosmos” series. Sick!!

@1sinister80 Год назад

ESP makes awsome stuff. Love em.

@mcsuckalives2302 2 года назад

Thanks to stimulus i now own a esp usa m 2,never thought id own a 4 grand guitar

@greg_burn_themetalmotorcyclist 3 года назад

Great video! It was nice meeting you briefly, and glad you had a chance to come visit! Gil really has done some good things since he joined our shop! Mahalo!

@mundojuillerat 3 года назад

Thank you! With all the great response from this vid I was telling Gil that I'd like to come back post-pandemic and do an update!

@greg_burn_themetalmotorcyclist 3 года назад

@@mundojuillerat please do! Very cool "behind the scenes" and back story, people love to see and hear it!

@kiblerjim 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for sharing! I really enjoyed this factory tour!

@darthdurkelthewise320 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing this unique and personal look into the creative and small world of ESP. This makes me even happier to be an owner and supporter of this company, both the USA and Japan operations. 🤘🏻

@incognitoguitars9999 4 года назад

Great video! Thx for sharing!

@AkiraSpectrum 4 года назад

Very cool! Thanks a lot for the tour. Maybe one day i'll be lucky enough to own an ESP USA.

@affiliatedx3 4 года назад

I happen to own that guitar that's at the end that Gil is holding. It's a beauty but I am too afraid to ding it up so I keep it inside the case and only play it once in a while LOL

@greg_burn_themetalmotorcyclist 3 года назад

😲🙏

@zipchtkdn7804 Год назад

I'm sure the local City and county inspector would love to be inside of that customer shop

@Colin.W 3 года назад

Seeing things in your video is giving me ideas of what I want. Love the V shape for standing but I also love the Eclipse.

@mundojuillerat 3 года назад

Cool! Circle back and let us know what you decide on? In a perfect world you get both!

@user-px2nt6fd3c 4 года назад

I really like the idea of that carving machine. I might built mine one day.

@mundojuillerat 4 года назад

That would be cool!

@aniqanuar6320 4 года назад

I'll be absolutely happy with any of the b stocks they have😂

@nancywilson6526 2 года назад

Very cool. Love esp guitars. I used to have a japanese custom m2 I think it was. Great guitar..

@mmmcoffee5536 4 года назад

I would love to learn how to builds guitars from Gil. Seems like such an awesome guy to work with.

@theone614 4 года назад

The one he said the carve wound up not being right wound up being absolutely gorgeous to me LOL.

@mundojuillerat 4 года назад

I thought the same thing!

@hoosierdaddy2308 4 года назад

Wow. Very cool. I would love to work there. I used to program CNCs in the machine shop industry. CNCs make guitars and anything else better. They never get tired, they are acxurate, etc.

@Alfredo78666 2 года назад

- Thank you for the tour - What?! - Whaaat?! - Whaaaaat?!

@miketurner4173 2 года назад

Great content ✌️🤘🏴🇦🇺

@ericglassco1445 Год назад

I could never actually afford one of these new… but I came across a used ESP USA TE-II hanging on the wall at Guitar Center for half of what it would cost new… I bought it without a second thought.. it ruined me!!! I can’t buy budget guitars anymore!! The quality and playability of the ESP is totally unbelievable!!!

@peehandshihtzu 3 года назад

Wow, cool video, thanks so much for posting it. :)

@mundojuillerat 3 года назад

Thank you! Recently talked to Gil and once we're past the pandemic I'll do a follow up vid!

@peehandshihtzu 3 года назад

@@mundojuillerat Oh cool, I subbed so I don't miss it and in the meantime I'm sure you'll keep us all entertained, :)

@mundojuillerat 3 года назад

@@peehandshihtzu appreciate the Sub!

@CB-fp5zr 3 года назад

I FEEL LIKE THE "FRUITY PEBBLES" BADGE IS GOING TO STICK!!! IT SHOULD!!

@mundojuillerat 3 года назад

It's definitely stuck with our family. We call my Solar guitar (you can see it on my vids) Fruity Pebbles.

@raine4214 4 года назад

You should definitely do a video about picking his brain about his time with the Washburn custom shop!

@mundojuillerat 4 года назад

Great idea! That custom shop was excellent in it’s day!

@mundojuillerat 4 года назад

Thanx for the suggestion!

@beotheguitarist 3 года назад

Cool video! Two of my USA ESP's came out of this factory and my third ESP is from Japan.

@beotheguitarist 3 года назад

@@stevebrule6172 Love it. But I've had it for many years. It's a 2011 Horizon FR-II.

@davidfaustino4476 2 года назад

You can always tell how Portuguese a guitar player is by how much Nuno gear he owns. Parabens amigo.

@micksinger5240 5 месяцев назад

African Blackwood sinks

@blackscorpion7831 2 года назад

I would like to work in that factory, I really like ESP guitars, they are very professional.

@zipchtkdn7804 Год назад

Gil is great

@LeoM-zt3pl Год назад

I feel like the ESP Japanese custom shop video showed more professional and higher skilled workers. Some of this stuff looks very amature for how expensive the ESP USA 🇺🇸 guitars are

@soundthealarm Год назад

Yeah, CA has/had some work to do. Hope they refined the man. set up in 2023

@Masterfighterx 2 года назад

Dang, no harm doing B stock at a discount, that top on that Horizon is killer and not seen very often!

@twootters7433 4 года назад

I love how people say..."my dear friend".

@marialenaho5249 2 года назад

Interesting video! Thanks you! I know that guitars are made in factories and they are too harsh to build them, because it is tiring and needs many hours! I have watched videos how to make a guitar and it's too hard! I know that I'm not able to make a guitar if I want to, because I couldn't make it on my own.

@zipchtkdn7804 Год назад

That looks like carvin old cnc

@jacksonmarshallkramer5087 8 месяцев назад

Take an ESP Kamikaze, strip the graphic and replace it with a solid color. What ESP model is that?

@luthiferbuilds 3 года назад

Fuck yeah STEW MAC tools!

@mcsuckalives2302 2 года назад

Isnt that called a compound radius neck?

@jerryparisi7777 4 года назад

SO THAT SHOP IS DESIGNED YOU HAVE TO WALK THRU ALL THE DUST OF WOODSHOP TO GET TO PAINT AND BACKTHRU TO BUFFING .

@jimclark7917 2 года назад

I wonder if they are better than the Jackson custom shop

@yellowcat1310 2 года назад

ironwood might sink

@rendyandrian7149 4 года назад

What guitar does your son get for his birthday ?

@mundokealii7902 4 года назад

Rendy Andrian I’m getting a Ponce guitar, you should check him out on IG @ponceguitars.

@Disabledguitarist1985 3 года назад

Is ESP USA snd ESP custom shop the same thing ?

@mundojuillerat 3 года назад

Good question that I should've talked about. ESP USA and ESP Custom Shop (in Japan) are two different shops. To be accurate I looked it up on ESP's site and copy/pasted below. Having been to ESP USA I can say that it's set up as a "custom shop" and the guitars they put out are high level professional quality. Thanks! ESP Custom Shop The ESP Custom Shop is located in Japan. We make three types of guitars and basses there: completely custom instruments, ESP Original Series instruments (see below), and our Signature Series guitars and basses under the ESP brand. Each instrument made at the ESP Custom Shop is handcrafted by experienced luthiers to the highest level of detail, and rank among the finest guitars in the world. ESP USA Beginning in 2013, we opened a manufacturing shop near our United States ESP headquarters. We founded this facility for the purpose of building our ESP USA Series, which are high-performance guitars designed for serious professional players. ESP USA models are not custom guitars, but they may be personalized with several aspects, including the top woods, the finish color and type (gloss or satin), a choice of passive or active pickups, and more.

@Disabledguitarist1985 3 года назад

@@mundojuillerat esp custom shop japan is above the ESP California shop. But yeah they are both custom guitar quality level

@vgs44 2 года назад

I think you filmed a bunch of OSHA violations lmao

@StringBanger 3 года назад

Psss...ESP Japan sands those neck thrus by hand.

@TIGERGUTS 3 года назад

Japan ESP is probably cringing at this. Japan>usa

@akumakami9727 4 года назад

Are you related to Garth 🤔? Tell him and Wayne I said hi.

@bripolar 3 года назад

Camera child?

@andrewwilkinson3510 4 года назад

Wouldn't buy one from them, just didn’t convince me the way the Japanese do. I mean, using a pointy headstock as a pointer = no go for me. He even touched the other neck with it.. And that natural binding on the V @19:25 isn’t 100% symmetrical. Let's hope they can keep grinding and get as good a rep as the Japanese. :)