When Swedish metal icons Meshuggah unleashed their mighty, low down, single-string riffs on Nothing in 2002, the meaning of the word heavy was henceforth redefined. From then, the 8-string guitar has ...
Inspired by Tosin Abasi and J Dilla, San's mission to merge modern prog with experimental hip-hop required him to mature as an artist – and he has no plans to stop evolving ...
HEAR AND SEE: The band releases its excellent Cool It at The Pour House in Raleigh Friday, Jan. 22, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10-$12. For more information, see www.the-pour-house.com. BACKSTORY: The Hot ...
Ernie Ball’s stock soared this morning after Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci announced that he was considering adding an eighth string to his axe for the new Dream Theater album. The Trooch ...
The R-458MN is a tidy-looking multi-scale eight-string that treads djently on your budget but will put some weight on your riffs When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
Greek guitarist Giorgos Tabakis is a restlessly inventive musician with a deep background in jazz theory and composition. His main instrument these days is an eight-string Moov (yes, eight!)—a ...
Scottish-born and for many years based in Brazil—a classical guitar-centric zone, for sure—the eight-string guitar virtuoso Galbraith is something extra-special in the guitar world, as heard on his ...
Guitarist Paul Galbraith provides a big sound on his specially made 8-string guitar, and you can hear it on the next Fretworks on Classical 101. From his 1999 Delos CD, I'll have one of his ...
These days, the adventurous player looking for an extended-range instrument to take their riffs down into a lower register has no shortage of options, different models, different specs at a range of ...