Any company surviving 25 years in the instrument
business deserves some serious respect, especially
when that company has to find its own path to success
among the colossal, mass-manufacture companies
that dominate the guitar and bass landscape of today.
British Bass Guitar Magazine - April 2010 Esh Various & Stinger II
These Esh beauties are head-turners in the visual
department, but are they just as pleasing on the ear or will
they empty your wallet and leave you with a broken heart?
Mike Brooks takes up the invitation.
Adam Duce is the bassist for Machine Head (Oakland, California, formed in 1992). They are one of the pioneering bands in Thrash Metal.
The band's first album, Burn My Eyes, was a big success in Europe where it garnered attention on MTV's Headbangers Ball, but in America Machine Head would not have have success until later albums. The band nearly disbanded in 2002 after negotiating off of its label, Roadrunner Records, when controversy surrounding Machine Head's 4th release "Supercharger" (released 2 weeks after Sept.11th, 2001) resulted in their songs and their then-current video for the song "Crashing Around You' (which featured burning buildings) being pulled from all media outlets. The band re-signed with Roadrunner soon after and has released two triumphant albums since, 2003's "Through the Ashes of Empires", and 2007's The Blackening, which earned Machine Head its first Grammy Award nomination.
Monday, March/01/2010
Musikmesse Frankfurt
Esh is exhibiting from 24th to 27th of March 2010 in Frankfurt at the Musikmesse Frankfurt. Like usual you can find us in Hall 4.0 Booth J14.
Friday, February/19/2010
New Endorser: Adam Duce from MACHINE HEAD the weapon of his choice is our new model STINGER II in sandblasted black with blood red neck-trough. Armed with his Stinger II and its Esh-Tronic and ultra powerful piezo, Adam can achieve any tone he commands and so can you!
Since the beginning of 2010 the models VARIOUS and SOVEREIGN will be delivered with an advanced Fretboard shaping. The elegant fretboard ending will be kept, but the height will be lowered towards the higher strings nearly to the level of the top. Especially hardcore slappers will appreciate this improvement for a more compfotable playability.
Friday, January/01/2010
New Review:
VARIOUS 5-string tested in the german Bass Professor magazine - issue january 2010
35"-Inch Ultra Long Scale Bass available! The STINGER II.
After the POSEIDON now the STINGER II is also available in the ultra long scale of 35-Inches.
Tuesday, November/03/2009
IN EXTREMO Germanys leading gothic band.
Kay Lutter uses first time his custom-shop SOVEREIGN Fretless for the
"In Extremo Unplugged Tour 2009"
Monday, October/12/2009
Esh participated on the first Feel the Bass Event happened on 4th of October in Mannheim / Pop Academy.
From the German Bass Professor Magazine Issue May 2009
Copyright by Bass Professor.
Sovereign 5
The 5 String Sovereign sent for review is a real Esh-Classic. This model was one of the most successful bass guitars from the early years of esh, and last but not least, was responsible for the huge success of the company during their "fist phase".
Conclusion:
This modern bass-classic is made very well. Handling and Playability is like the older Esh basses; very good.
Category Sound:
In this category the Sovereign gets full points. Superb sound!
Monday, April/27/2009
New Esh Endorser
Jay-Tee Teterissa
(www.jay-tee.nl) is a Dutch Bass Player with moluccan origin. He is a sought-after bass man, who played with people such as Mike Stern, Jan Akkerman, Candy Dulfer, Tom Bowes & Nick Milo (Tower of Power).
His latest project THE NAT BEAT has his roots in a recording studio, where he met Beata Kossowska, one of the world’s best Blues Harp players, called “The first Lady of Blues Harp” ( www.beata-kossowska.com).
Together with two Moluccan friends (drums and guitar) and Beata they play a Super-Power-Fusion-Funk, which easily can be compared with the best bands in this genre.
Jay Tee’s style of playing is strictly dedicated to the ears and legs of the audience, without any temptation of playing only flashy bass licks and tricks, but powerful melodic bass style, full with unique flageolets, precise as the Big Ben.
Jay Tee is playing a SOUVEREIGN 5 string bass from esh .
Friday, April/29/2009
New Review of Esh Sovereign in the British Bass Magazine May 2009!
Esh exhibits again in 2009 in Hall 4.0. Booth J.14.
Saturday, Januar/03/2009
DUO EXTREMO
New Top-of-the-line bass-model from esh proudly announces a new Endorser:
Kay Lutter from the leading German medieval band
IN EXTREMO ( http://www.inextremo.de ) plays this stunning new design from the traditional German bass brand esh:
His Poseidon comes in an exclusive LAVA-finishing.
Individuality and design: that's what counts for them both! At the moment the band is touring in Europe with their new album "Sängerkrieg".
Together, them both, esh and In-Extremo are always far beyond the mainstream. Individuality instead of boring copies, this is what unites them, and grants the long-term success for both of them, the leading medieval-rock band and one of the oldest German High-End Bass producers.
Due to the extreme flexibility of his esh bass, Kay (a.k.a DIE LUTTER) is able to deliver in any situation the powerful sound which is needed, -- quiet a challenge, if you know their style!
Kay plays now for more than a decade esh basses, and is overwhelmed by the stunning design of the newest development of esh basses.
Esh basses are so popular because of the pure "Made in Germany" high-end concept and the extreme flexibility provided by the esh-Tronic and the very special Piezo System.
Esh in a short:
esh basses , one of the first finest Made in Germany bass-company, founded 1986 by the German bass player Peter Sonntag. Christof Kost -- the famous German custom shop bass luthier- worked for more than a decade as the master luthier of esh. Nowadays he still is consulting with his knowledge, and esh uses his patented U/C Bolt-On Neck Construction.
Features:
All instruments are having active pick ups,
AND ALL basses are Piezo-equipped. Our Piezo - one per EACH string - deliver one of the best sounding Piezo you can get.
It is sounding really incredible! Together with a studio direct out, we provide the professional player with a very flexible and powerful tone.
Saturday, Januar/03/2009
ESH ON THE FRANKFURTER MUSIKMESSE 2009
Hall 4.0 Booth J.14
Wednesday, 5. November 2008
ESH on the title of bass quarterly magazine
The Poseidon in exclusive LAVA finishing appears on the title of the German BASS QUARTERLY November 2008.
Saturday, October/25/2008
NAMM SHOW 2009
As a prod member of NAMM Esh will be participating the January NAMM Show in Anaheim.
We are looking for some good deals, and some US-Musicians already cannot wait to get in touch with our stunning POSEIDON.
Especially our unique Piezo-Sound gets best ratings!
"Die Bässe des Piezos tauchen in den Marianengraben, während die Höhen in die Stratosphäre steigen. Der Sound ist flexibel und sticht gerade mit zugeschaltetem Piezoanteil aus der Masse heraus."
Find the whole review in the leading German Bass Magazine: BASSPROFESSOR bassprofessor.de ....with a big "Thanks" to Jogi Sweers.
Thursday, Mai/29/2008
LONDON IINTERNATIONAL MUSIC SHOW
Esh exhibits during the London International Music Show from 12. - 15.th of June 2008 !
Booth C60
Monday, May/26/2008
FRANK FROM EDENBRIDGE AS NEW ENDORSER
A warm welcome to the new Esh Endorser : Frank from EDENBRIDGE www.edenbridge.org. He plays our top-of-the-line model : THE POSEIDON in TransTiger Red, and has already has a great collection of fine Esh basses in use on stage and in the studio.
Frank ? I am using Esh Basses, because you can hear and feel the handcrafted quality.
" 12 " out of 10 Points, to the Poseidon's design,
Extraordinary and unique.
Never felt better with a bass. No wonder concerning the incredible sound and playability.
The Poseidon has his very own Sound. Not ONY warm, not ONLY attack,
Others are normal basses only. POSEIDON means character!
Premium design of the new esh Top-of-the-line Model : POSEIDON
Presented first time during the Frankfurt Music Fair 2008 Hall 4.0 Booth J14
With exceptional detail work, and a unique design: gothic and art nouveau at the same time.
The bass for the modern player, Designed to end the uniformity in bass designs.
Thursday, Feb/28/2008
ESH ON THE MUSIC FAIR FRANKFURT HALL 4.0 BOOTH J14
Since the beginning of 2010 the models VARIOUS and SOVEREIGN will be delivered with an advanced Fretboard shaping. The elegant fretboard ending will be kept, but the height will be lowered towards the higher strings nearly to the level of the top. Especially hardcore slappers will appreciate this improvement for a more compfotable playability.
35"-Inch Ultra Long Scale Bass available! The STINGER II.
As of now the models SOVEREIGN, I STINGER Classic and STINGER II are also available as lefthand models with 4 and 5 strings. 
