ESP Heavy Metal 1 Prototype (Made in Japan) - $5,995 (New Castle)

ESP Heavy Metal 1 Prototype (Made in Japan) 1

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condition: like new

make / manufacturer: ESP

model name / number: M-1 NTB Heavy Metal 1

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This guitar was made exclusively for ComicCon, San Diego (SDCC) 2012 to be showcased in the ESP Monster Graphic booth. There's a YouTube video from ESP USA that showcases it during that event. Kirk Hammett of Metallica was there. URL Provided below. This guitar was bought by "Heavy Metal" in 2011 as an ESP M-1 NTB in black satin. Heavy Metal did the artwork, not ESP. I purchased it from the owner of the Coffin Case guitar brand out of California in 2018. Almost everything he told me about it was confirmed by ESP. And I still talk to him to this very day. (I have documented proof from ESP.) This guitar served as a prototype or at least a catalyst to the Limited Edition LTD version that was included in the Monster Graphic Series that was featured in Winter NAMM in 2013. This guitar predates those Korean made LTD models by nearly two years. The original artwork was done by famed graphic artist Simon Bisley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sh3Hw4tWJk

The guitar has been a case queen since I bought it. It's been locked away in a room with adequate humidification. It's in new condition without one single blemish. I pulled the battery after testing and have only had it out to change the strings and condition the fretboard. It's a great guitar from a top level manufacturer with commemoration added by the actual original artist(s).

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posted: 2026-11-05 14:10

updated: 2026-11-13 11:48

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