Kirk Hammett ESP KH-2 Ouija Red Sparkle now available

Kirk’s red and purple ESP Ouija signature models are one of the most sought after guitars he has ever released. Last year the LTD versions sold out fast, but we were also eagerly awaiting the Japanese ESP versions, limited to 30 of each colour worldwide. We were lucky enough to be the only store in the UK with this collector’s edition.

It was around 1990 that Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett first approached ESP with the idea of a guitar that made use of graphic elements from Hasbro’s classic Ouija® mystical board game. Back then, before the age of digital cameras and Internet communication, creating a guitar like this took some ingenuity. They got a Ouija® board, and used a combination of a copy machine and a pair of scissors to properly position the art elements on the guitar’s body. They faxed the result to the ESP Custom Shop in Japan, and the rest is history: the Ouija™ guitar became one of the most well-known and coveted signature models in ESP history.

The first version of the guitar was a one-off custom model for Kirk’s use only. It wasn’t until 2010 that ESP acquired the rights to sell the Ouija™ guitar to the public. Since then, ESP has done several special limited-edition versions of the Ouija™ guitar. As another limited edition guitar with the level of desirability and rarity to make it an instant collector’s item.