At the recent Summer NAMM Show, ESP Guitars introduced two new axes in full Urban Camo dress. Both the ESP Viper Standard with mahogany body and the M-II Standard with alder body are now available in urban camouflage--a modern take on the usual camouflage color scheme--with black, dark grey, light gray and white. Both guitars are well crafted with EMG 81 active pickups and all-black hardware. There is an original Floyd Rose tremolo on the M-II and Tune-O-Matics with stop tailpiece on the Viper, and Sperzel tuners (Deluxe Gotoh's on the M-II).

Both guitars have mahogany necks and ebony fretboards with an ESP inlay at the twelfth fret. The white binding around the neck and headstock really set off the gray camouflage paint jobs. ESP's Standard Series guitars are made to the same specifications as their Custom Shop guitars but cost less. Check www.espguitars.com for much more.