It seems that Brian "Head" Welch has parted ways with Ibanez. Total Guitar fb and musicradar.com gave first news before Christmas and now we can read the confirmation at the official ESP guitar website, where we can read following: "For 2017, we have some great new Signature Series choices. .... Brand new to the ESP endorsement roster is Brian "Head" Welch, a guitarist and co-founder of the influential nu-metal group Korn. His signature model, the LTD SH-7ET, is a 7- string guitar providing the latest in technologies that include the innovative EverTune constant tension bridge and Fishman Fluence pickups."
Link to the article at espguitars called"2017 New Guitar & Bass Preview is: 
http://www.espguitars.com/pages/2017-product-preview

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