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Phil Weller

“I couldn’t be more excited about what’s ahead”: ESP appoints new US CEO – as outgoing head retires after 39 years

Outgoing ESP CEO XXX with his replacement, Todd Binder, April 2026 .

ESP Guitars has announced Todd Binder as the new CEO of its US operations, with outgoing head Matt Masciandaro set to retire after 39 years.

The end of Masciandaro's near-four-decade spell as the company’s president and CEO of EPS’s US division marks a big change in the firm, which was founded in 1975 in Japan, and includes Josh Middleton, Joe Duplantier, and Bill Kelliher among its artist ranks.

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