page_title: ESP Viper
section_title: Artists or bands who have used ESP Vipers
hierarchical_section_title: ESP Viper / Artists or bands who have used ESP Vipers
caption_attribution_description: KMFDM gutarrist Jules Hodgson in "The Starlite Room" October 9 2004 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Used with permission from the photographer Mike Kendrick.
context_page_description: The ESP Viper is an electric guitar manufactured by ESP Guitars. The ESP Viper has a shape similar to that of a Gibson SG, with slight variations; Vipers have a slight diagonal slope at the bottom and an asymmetrical front profile. The body is mahogany or alder. The neck is three pieces, with a rosewood fingerboard. As standard, it comes fitted with an EMG 81/85 pickup set. It has a scale length of 24.75".
  The LTD Vipers that are made by ESP's sister line are lower cost and of different quality to the ESP Viper. LTD Vipers are made of less expensive materials and do not possess the same specifications as ESP Vipers. Unlike the ESP Viper line, the LTD line features a Viper with Seymour Duncan passive pickups.
context_section_description: Bruce Kulick of Billy Squier, Blackjack, Kiss, Union, Eric Singer Project, Daniel MCCartney, Grand Funk Railroad, Meat Loaf, and MEIK (Note: Bruce has his own signature ESP Viper)
  James Hetfield of Metallica
  Pepper Keenan of Down and Corrosion of Conformity
  Kirk Windstein of Down and Crowbar
  Woody Weatherman of Corrosion of Conformity
  Jules Hodgson of KMFDM
  Captain Sensible of The Damned
  Tony Perry of Pierce The Veil
  Max Cavalera of Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy; formerly of Sepultura
  Fallon Bowman of Amphibious Assault and Kittie
  Sonny Moore of From First to Last
  Thomas Erak of The Fall of Troy
  Damon Johnson of Alice Cooper
  Travis Miguel of Atreyu
  Chino Moreno of the Deftones
  Ahrue Luster of Ill Niño and formerly Machine Head
  Zoltán Farkas of Ektomorf
  Franko Beaulieu of Neon Rise
  Kaoru of Dir En Grey (Note: Actually uses ESP DKV, his new custom guitar series)
  Matt DeVries of Chimaira
  Myk Russell of LoveHateHero
  Timoteo Rosales III of I Am Ghost
  Tim Millar of Protest the Hero
  Nikolay Kiselev of Bratsk-city
  Manabu of Screw
  Members of Whitechapel 
  Vorph of Samael
  Louise Post of Veruca Salt (band)
  Phil X of The Drills and Powder¨
  Lindsay Mcdougall of Frenzal Rhomb
  Joshua Moore of We Came As Romans
  Sebastian Oliver Lange of In Extremo
  Ryan Reed of Rite To Remain
  Joe Weber of Skysplitter
  Reba Meyers of Code Orange
  Tony Reed of Mos Generator
  Lars Frederiksen of Rancid
caption: KMFDM guitarist Jules Hodgson and his ESP Viper
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