ESP Guitars: ESP ALEXI RIPPED Demonstration by Samy Elbanna (Lost Society)

Samy Elbanna, guitarist and frontman of Finnish metal band Lost Society, got the rare opportunity to try out the new Alexi Ripped guitar, part of our new Signature Series introductions for the late Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom/Bodom After Midnight. Samy is shown here playing the handcrafted version of the guitar from the ESP Custom Shop. The Alexi Ripped is also available in ESP E-II and LTD Series versions. The second of the two new Alexi Laiho Signature models, the Alexi Hexed, is available in ESP Custom Shop and LTD versions. All five of these new models will be available soon at ESP dealers worldwide; contact them now to preorder.
Thanks to our friends at ESP distributor Musamaailma in Finland for making this video happen!
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[@sucersdungeon]

This guy seems fully able to carry the torch of Alexi. A great tribute.

[@juandedioslanderos1353]

Gives me old school Alexi vibes

[@johnmachina3081]

to carry the torch of a bad guitarist is easy)) So many can do it. And many are trying to take a step further to perfection! But this is not about this guitarist. He'd better open a shop selling "Ridiculous Hats"

[@brandonharris9160]

@@johnmachina3081 so if Alexi is a bad guitarist, who is a good one?

[@johnmachina3081]

@@brandonharris9160 So many. From the soft sound they are Mayer, Kotzen, Gilbert, bettencourt, Satriani, Friedman, from the heavy sound Vogg, Sergey Golovin, Jeff Waters, John Browne there are a lot of them. From the Finns, this is Archie Cruz before shred did not bad

[@blank6929]

​@@johnmachina3081well, let's see your playing then. It's not like I am a great player (quite the opposite), but at least I don't talk smack about musicians based on my own narrow-minded opinion.

[@liinukka3109]

I can't I can’t imagine anyone other than Samy presenting Alex’s latest guitar set. Sounds like fucking good

[@levisnotjeans]

He literally even talks like him, it's surreal

[@cofi45]

Alexi's soul is in your body, my child.

[@Wildchildinc]

Great to see Sammy do the demo of the guitar especially since COB was one of the earliest to pick up on Lost Society when they first came out!

[@claychilton5311]

Well they was also in the local band together as well

[@guitardeath6120]

Ya deja el crack.

[@nisoldi]

That was eerie like listening to Alexi playing again. Good stuff, def will check out his band.

[@codemister7]

Was about to be pissed with this guy demo but was quickly shutting the fuck up as this guy is clearly a COBHC and Alexi fan through and through. Great shred and in a way, great tribute. RIP Alexi

[@HenritheHorse]

They were friends and were in a cover band together!

[@codemister7]

@@HenritheHorse sweet titties. I honestly didn't know. Explains a lot though. I'll check it out. Listened to COB for years and we're one of my favorites for a long time. But I stopped playing guitar as much and didn't keep up with Alexi as much in the later years unfortunately

[@WardGuitarCabinets]

I guess Im a Samy fan now. Dude seems fucking rad. Also the HIM shirt won me over ASAP.

[@artsal]

I got it about two months ago and Sammy is 110% this guitar Rocks

[@VirialBand]

Holy hell, this was amazing!! RIP Alexi!!!

[@indigo4438]

What a talent this guy is. Singing, insane guitar skills, flewent english and he is not even native. Incredible, hands down

[@sergioRR3073]

I love this guy, great demo and it’s nice to see someone who really knew Laiho make a demonstration of his last signature guitar!

[@PenguinzFTW]

Samy is a beast. Fucking love Lost Society🤘

[@Dragonmother22]

As I grew up listening to children of bodom. Alexi Laiho was everything regarding my life when it came to that band. This is why Lost Society is one of my favorite bands because he has major deep respect for alexi laiho showing how he can rip the shred out of that guitar he was using just shows how much dedication he's doing I know how legendary importantly those guitars were along with Alexi playing his as well. RiP Alexi Laiho as it should and this video was far behind excellent. Perfect video.

[@normanvename3724]

This guy shreds! RIP Alexi Laiho! Goddamn that is one beautiful axe.

[@benoitfleury8487]

Great tribute to Alexi, nice video !

[@felipebulhoes-squatlife349]

Great guitar, great tribute! This was amazing

[@PaulSmith-zi3sn]

Dude is a Monster player !!!!! Awesome

[@GloriousMetaI]

Alexi's Guitars are the Best (always).

[@NishantPunMMagar]

Beautiful Guitar and Great played too

[@BcBaxley]

How can one not love this Man 😎🍻🤘

[@guitarwithdm6901]

Guitar is stunning and great demo by the guy he is complete true fan of Alexi laiho I can see ❤️

[@tu5392]

They were friends and also played in the same band called The Local Band ❤️

[@guitarwithdm6901]

@@tu5392 thanks for the information

[@nologo24]

Great playing great tribute Alexi laiho style

[@larrmad7919]

Check out Lost Society. This guy's the real SONG deal. Impressive. Namaste

[@Mycall1983]

Awesome man 🤘🏻

[@pukki34]

This dude is the real deal

[@juhakinnarinen7365]

Amazing guitar man 💖🍻

[@djbucher6998]

Dude dresses and plays like alexi, the dudes awesome and can’t wait to get Alexis gear soon myself!

[@patmayer7222]

.........KEEPER OF THE FLAME...............,,,,,,,,,,,,,big fan here Mr.Alba........tnx,for this great demo....😈😈

[@freedomfighter5845]

Sounds awesome. Excellent guitar. Excellent chops. No complaints on the guitar playing. I think he should work out a little though. A few squats and bicep curls 20 minutes a day. Outstanding guitar playing. Love the EMGs. Great potential.

[@davidbloom2373]

Very cool guitar playing lord music

[@davidbloom2373]

Beautiful guitar

[@braindeadsamy]

❤️‍🔥

[@planetcaravan4040]

I knew you were the one to demo Alexi's latest ESP guitars. You rocks, man. 🤟

[@davidbloom2373]

Beautiful guitar man I getting espltd Alexi

[@blaked2893]

Absolutely my favorite guitar. Only if I could find an extra $5,799.00 USD kicking around.

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

Alexi was a great guy gone too soon .Samy you seem like a really cool guy with some definite skills keep on keeping on my six string slaying brother.

[@vidmohit4684]

His style reminds me of Alexi and Dimebag.. very sick.

[@Renan6000]

Hell yeah😍🤘

[@aeonrt]

Holy shit this dude deserves to be te represent of this guitars

[@35mmballer]

Dude I like the subtle Omaha with the play nails, and is that how he normally talk? Because he got that finish inflection. His play style also, very Laiho

[@joebodom1833]

Son of Alexi laiho ❤

[@CHAN5guitar]

Cool Inlay★

[@antnmrtn]

it's so fuckin honor to be you are!

[@markolivares6943]

Ahhh man fucking sick 🔥

[@svyat8746]

за футболку с HIM лайк! :)

[@Jvuemeide]

C'est le petit frère d'Alex Laiho sérieux 🤘

[@ramielaoud4400]

You should be with Pantera bro !!

[@kyletexas1783]

Lost society is the savior of thrash

[@darkdelisandwiches6845]

So it’s a passive EMG front and back. Anyone know what setup this brand ambassador is using? Asking because it isn’t lacking any bottom end. But it’s EMG so I’m assuming the engineers took that into account when making the signature pickups for Alexi. Anyone?

[@carloslindberghzurita5730]

We have Alexi Laiho at home

[@arlos21]

💜💔💜

[@thomasjameson5761]

Why have I never heard of this guy

[@prod.capitalist3805]

very nice massive and precise and agressive play! he's play looks like Alexi than Alexi.

[@cleitorsrskk627]

Quando o samy ficou assim?

[@atakanengin]

Do they give this guitarist along with the guitar?

[@ramsesii705]

Or skills😆😆

[@artsal]

Debating on. this one or the pinky

[@edbighead9430]

Since Siri doesn't know shit and my memory is obviously ruined I have to ask: What is the song in the beginning?

[@GellenTh]

Children of Bodom - "Children of Bodom" From the album Hatebreeder

[@TheMooseintree14]

And didn't play a single alexi riff, mad respect, just showing His guitar.

[@Davis_Ho]

He did play the intro riff of "Children of Bodom" and the the pre-solo riff of "Bodom Beach Terror"

[@nikoiayykovlevich125]

E - электронно S - Степан P - продукт

[@JoJoRock197]

Dude looks like Kirrk Hammet if he had cool tattoos and WAAAY more talent.

[@smallfaucet]

This guy needs a hamburger.

[@allguitar887]

Changed the world....ummm ok it's just a guitar ..

[@rokrokka7322]

He talked about Alexi and how he changed metal world...

[@thrashmetalmatters4678]

Fuck sounds absolutely amazing dude but wtf up with the nails tho bro? I guess Alexi did that too now that I think about it

[@dennislindqvist8443]

Maybe a Finnish thing? Hanoi Rocks did that too in the 70's and 80's.

[@2esps]

U never seen metal dudes painting their nails black?

[@dennislindqvist8443]

@@2esps I meant where it came from? I haven't thought about what the New York Dolls nails looked like..

[@victorgerardmelendez6323]

Why you judging bro

[@2esps]

@@victorgerardmelendez6323 yeah it looks cool. Just let people do what makes them feel good and dont judge

[@camilogonzalez9040]

the playing is good, but the tone is crap

[@WayneTwitch]

Can't tell if poser of H-I-M or C.O.B

[@Kevinacharles]

Don't think he can like both bands?

[@NightwishArena]

@@Kevinacharles yep. In Finland it is pretty common to love music over genres, I think that is why we have such a variety of different kind of bands. We've even had accordion player in metal band (Netta Skog - Ensiferum and Turisas...she did some gigs with COB too, and won national accordion competition at age of 15 with Nightwish song). Alexi had many kind of projects too, and he loved many kind of music.

[@Kevinacharles]

@@NightwishArena yeah, I have a friend who live out and Finland and says as much. Although he stresses there is a huge metal following. From a personal perspective, I am a fan of both COB and HIM, so I had a vested interest in my comment.

[@ilikevideos4868]

Am I the only one who thinks this tone is kinda terrible?

[@dundee9427]

Nope

[@patkajape]

It is

[@infinidominion]

It's an HZ in a full ESP

[@enriqueaguilar729]

I hope lucifer light on your path to the eternity and beyond and the soul of alexy laiho possessed you to carry his torch......!!!!! Bye dear master.....!!!!!

[@texacomann]

Where is the melody? He has a really Bad guitar Sound. Not my taste. Why are his fingernails black?

[@johnmachina3081]

Playing the guitar very dirty .. Bad and not interesting example of a guitarist.

[@jkorkea]

thank you for your input. Seems that you're a professional. The "dirty" sound is called overdrive, where you add gain to the normal clean guitar sound. Once again, thank you and remember to subscribe.

[@johnmachina3081]

@@jkorkea I know what overdrive and distortion sound is. In the video, the sound production technique is weak, and on high-speed riffs, "dirty guitar playing" is obtained. Unnecessary strings are constantly being hit. Such a pretentious video ala Rock Star)) In pursuit of speed, for pure guitar playing you need to train a lot, but here we see only a fashionable hat)) Instead of training on the guitar, the guitarist obviously spent time looking for such a hat)) tried it on, watched how it would look on the video))) Look how they play the guitar John Browne , Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka , Brandon Ellis They play clean! And here we see only pathos and a "stupid" hat