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“Sometimes it’s not really about complexity. There are some jazz tunes that are incredibly simple like AC/DC”: How Matteo Mancuso is redrawing the frontier for guitar and unlocking the fretboard one chord at a time

The fingerstyle fusion phenom talks technique, the illusion of jazz complexity – the reality of the guitar's complexity – and why everything is okay so long as you land on a good note

“I actually never learned how to play with a pick. It’s my weak point”: Matteo Mancuso is revered for his virtuosic fingerstyle approach – but what happens when he tries to play with a guitar pick?

“I actually never learned how to play with a pick. It’s my weak point”: Matteo Mancuso is revered for his virtuosic fingerstyle approach – but what happens when he tries to play with a guitar pick?

Mancuso has developed a reputation as one of the most formidable fingerstyle players on the planet, but in a new video with Rick Beato and Mateus Asato, the young virtuoso was confronted with the prospect of playing with a pick

Matteo Mancuso's mind-bending technique has taken the guitar world by storm – learn how to increase your fingerpicking speed to nail his extraordinary licks

Matteo Mancuso's mind-bending technique has taken the guitar world by storm – learn how to increase your fingerpicking speed to nail his extraordinary licks

It's time to build speed without the pick, with a little help from the hottest guitar player in the world right now – and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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“It’s a little bit softer and you get a different attack”: Matteo Mancuso took the guitar world by storm with his otherworldly playing style – now he’s revealed the secret to his flawless fingerpicking tone: fake nails

He's already given his advice on crafting better lead lines. Now, the young virtuoso has kindly revealed how you can get natural tones to match

“My jaw was on the floor so many times!” Steve Vai once tipped Matteo Mancuso for greatness – now the two virtuosos have finally shared the stage in one of the most technically dazzling jams you’ll ever see

It's been almost two years since Vai hailed Mancuso as the evolution of guitar, and at long last the pair have locked fretboards in a no-holds-barred guitar dual

“At its best, the solo can tell a story, give us a sense of spectacle, and even offer a window into a player’s soul”: These are the best guitar solos of 2023

Guitar World staff and readers choose the outstanding lead efforts of the year – including “this decades's Eruption”

“Eddie Van Halen influenced me both in sounds and vocabulary”: Matteo Mancuso pays tribute to one of his heroes with EVH-inspired You Really Got Me cover

The Sicilian six-string sorcerer returned for a knockout TV appearance, and tipped his hat to Van Halen with the help of an orchestra

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Matteo Mancuso channels Eddie Van Halen on a cover of You Really Got Me

Matteo Mancuso channels Eddie Van Halen on a cover of You Really Got Me

There's a cheeky tapping tribute at the end

“Learning licks is useful, but if you rely only on licks you will lose the connection between your mind and the instrument”: Matteo Mancuso's soloing skills are something else – these are his top tips for playing better lead lines

“Learning licks is useful, but if you rely only on licks you will lose the connection between your mind and the instrument”: Matteo Mancuso's soloing skills are something else – these are his top tips for playing better lead lines

He's been tipped for greatness by Steve Vai, Joe Bonamassa, Al Di Meola and more. Now, Mancuso shares his soloing secrets

Joe Bonamassa called him his new favorite player and Steve Vai hailed him as the evolution of guitar: how Matteo Mancuso developed a technique like no other

Joe Bonamassa called him his new favorite player and Steve Vai hailed him as the evolution of guitar: how Matteo Mancuso developed a technique like no other

The Italian virtuoso unpicks the inspiration behind his eye-opening approach, and explains why he never wanted to become a lead guitarist in the first place

Prog's Tracks Of The Week: new music from Voivod, Southern Empire and more

Prog's Tracks Of The Week: new music from Voivod, Southern Empire and more

Cool new prog music from Suns Of The Tundra, Davey Johnstone, Matteo Mancuso and more...

“Everything is hard on guitar” – Matteo Mancuso explains why guitar is one of the hardest instruments to learn

“Everything is hard on guitar” – Matteo Mancuso explains why guitar is one of the hardest instruments to learn

The Italian fingerstyle virtuoso makes it all look so easy, but take heart, he too has suffered, and he has some practice advice to share with us all

Steve Vai and Tosin Abasi-championed virtuoso Matteo Mancuso really is superhuman – watch him play his mind-melting new single Drop D live

Steve Vai and Tosin Abasi-championed virtuoso Matteo Mancuso really is superhuman – watch him play his mind-melting new single Drop D live

Witness the spectacle that is Drop D live, and marvel at Mancuso's boundary-pushing technique that delivers some truly astonishing results

This week's essential guitar tracks: two of YouTube's biggest shred heroes team up and a slide titan pays tribute to a Southern rock guitar legend

This week's essential guitar tracks: two of YouTube's biggest shred heroes team up and a slide titan pays tribute to a Southern rock guitar legend

This week has played host to some of 2023's most exciting tracks so far from Sophie Lloyd and Cole Rolland, Royal Blood, Starbenders, Evile, Mutoid Man, Duane Betts ft. Derek Trucks, Buck Meek and a whole lot more

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Steve Vai called him “the evolution of guitar”, Tosin Abasi said he was “a virtuoso beyond virtuosos” – now Matteo Mancuso shares his mind-twisting new single

Al Di Meola and Joe Bonamassa have also waxed lyrical about the innovative player in the past – and his latest effort, Drop D, will melt your face clean off

Watch 4 minutes of young guitarist Matteo Mancuso being outrageously talented at the 2023 NAMM show

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