Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Sweden’s Eccentric...
"I have never been a gear guy but merely interested in the actual playing. I detest foot pedals and racks." Mattias IA Eklundh said...
Mark Holcomb (Periphery) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the PRS-Obsessed Prog Metal...
"As someone who's been obsessed with PRS since my youth, it has been an absolute dream to be able to develop my own PRS...
Misha Mansoor (Periphery) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Djent Architect’s Precision...
"Djent. The 'd' is indeed silent. We didn't invent it, Meshuggah did. I just use it because it's a way to describe a sound."...
Euronymous (Mayhem) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Founder of Norwegian Black...
Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth was twenty-five years old when he was murdered on August 10, 1993, at his apartment in Oslo. He had been the...
Ihsahn (Emperor) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Norway’s Progressive Black Metal Monarch’s...
"My headless six-string is the color of Hannibal Lecter's couch." Ihsahn said this to Guitar World in 2024. The guitar: an Aristides headless instrument,...
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Progressive Death Metal...
"I want lots of reverb," Mikael Åkerfeldt told Premier Guitar. "I want the notes to disappear into the reverb." This is the tonal philosophy...
Mårten Hagström (Meshuggah) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Chief Rhythm Machine’s...
Tosin Abasi told Mårten Hagström about the first time he heard Meshuggah: "This music is broken." Abasi — the guitarist of Animals as Leaders,...
Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah) Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the 8-String Metal Architect’s...
Fredrik Thordendal's live project — the one that was eventually realized in a specific configuration for a major European performance — involved coupling 32...
David Torn Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the “Yo-Yo Ma of Guitar’s”...
David Bowie called David Torn "the Yo-Yo Ma of guitar." Yo-Yo Ma is, by any assessment, the most musically complete cellist alive — a...
Mary Halvorson Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the MacArthur Genius’s “Jim Hall...
The cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum once described Mary Halvorson's guitar playing as "Jim Hall on acid." It is the most precise single characterization available....
