“It’s crazy that White Pony was 25 years old this year, even crazier that one of our fans owns one of the ESPs used to record it”: Stephen Carpenter’s ESP Horizon Custom from Deftones’ Back to School video has been valued at $55,000
Jonathan Horsley
created: Aug. 15, 2025, 1:42 p.m. | updated: Aug. 20, 2025, 9:37 a.m.
As revealed in a Facebook post from Sol Invicto, Carpenter’s side project with Cypress Hill alumni, the guitar remains in the ownership of a fan.
It’s crazy that White Pony was 25 years old this year, even crazier that one of our fans owns one of the ESPs used to record it,” reads the post.
Inflation, brother.”Posted by Solinvictocomiti onNow there’s an economics class worth sitting in on, Inflation 101 with Sol Invicto (bring your own edibles/lunch will be provided).
“I sent the photos over to Stephen and he confirmed and authenticated the below, a fine piece of history there!” says Sol Invicto.
This was his first neck-through ESP guitar, which he threw into the crowd at a show in Ohio, then signed the front later backstage, and came to regret parting with it.
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