Richard Zven Kruspe's Guitars
Most of the concerts Richard plays on the exclusive ESP RZK-I BURNT (guitar information is available on the official website of ESP). Richard takes a white ESP to perform the Deutschland song, you can see this in the video.
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Photo of Richard playing ESP KH-4 Signature
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In this photo of the Tour Sehnsucht, you can see Richard playing his ESP KH2
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Richard can be seen using a heavily-modified ESP Truckster both in the music video for Emigrate's "My World" and Hotei's "Move It".
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Richard's newest guitar, first time played live in Nimes, 2017. Was once again used in the music video for Zick Zack, now sporting a zebra-print pickguard.
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On the official site of ESP, it says that Kruspe has endorsed the brand since 1997, and it quotes RZK : "I fell in love with ESP guitars, and i've been with them ever since."
It lists the RZK-II Burnt as his signature guitar, and includes this photo of him with it.
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In a photo from Rammsteinworld, Richard Zven Kruspe is seen performing with the ESP Akauzu-Kun Közi Signature See-Through Red guitar in the background.
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During the Festivals 2016 tour, Richard Zven Kruspe used the ESP LTD EC-256 Aged Vintage Black guitar, notably incorporating a flamethrower effect during performances, as detailed on Guitar Center's website.
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In this photo you see Richard playing his ESP Eclipse
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This was an auction for Richard's main guitar in the early days of Rammstein, the 901. This was used to record Herzeleid, and possibly Sehnsucht. It was used extensively until 1997, when he began using an ESP KH-2 for drop D tunings and the 901 for standard tunings, and then replaced by a 2nd KH-2. He then "revived" the guitar in the early 2000s by adding a white pickguard and installing EMG pickups, using it for songs that required alternate tunings like Mein Herz Brennt.
Richard also has a 2nd 901 that was used extensively during the 1997 leg of the Sehnsuct tour and in the music video for the song Engel.
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Picture of some of Richard's guitars, among which you can see the ESP LTD EC-1000QM Deluxe
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He use this guitar in a brand new music video of his solo project - Emigrate.
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Richard Kruspe uses this guitar in the Emigrate's "Eat you alive" Music Video, but it is also used during Stripped with a flamethrower during the 2017 festivals tour.
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at 0:38, you can see him with this guitar
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In this post, you can see he use an ESP double-cut signature. This guitar he use on tour a lot!
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Picture of Richard with his amplifiers and his Custom Guitar
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In a live performance of "Los," Richard Zven Kruspe is pictured playing a Takamine EF341C guitar.
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Richard Zven Kruspe utilized the ESP Esp Ltd Ec-1000 CTM Snow White while recording all the tracks for his Emigrate project. This guitar is also prominently featured in several Emigrate music videos, such as the one viewable from 0:00 to 0:30 in the linked source.
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Richard Zven Kruspe can be seen playing two different varieties of Gretsch 7594 White Falcon Electric Guitar in Rammstein's "Mein Land" and "Radio" music videos, as evidenced by the official videos provided by Rammstein on their YouTube channel.
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In this video, Richard ZK discusses the origins and features of his signature RZK-III Signature guitar from LTD.
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