Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Tosin Abasi

“This finish uses real silver in the paint… before the final clear coat is applied, the silver oxidises naturally, allowing the finish to change over time”: Ernie Ball Music Man launches Tosin Abasi's Kaizen in Gallium and it is the coolest finish ever

Available as a six or seven-string, the Kaizen Gallium looks like an alien artefact, guitar design as a work of sci-fi, and we want one now. The bad news? They're only making 66 of them

MusicRadar

“It creates the illusion of speed and intricacy”: Inside the evolution of selective picking – one of modern guitar’s most expressive techniques

Tosin Abasi crafted it, but in the hands of countless others, selective picking has taken on a life of its own. We explore why it’s become one of the most personal guitar techniques around

Guitar World

“Expanding our signature aesthetics, ergonomics, and playability to a whole new audience of creators”: Abasi Concepts has debuted its first-ever Larada bass guitar – ushering in a new headless design in the process

Tosin Abasi’s brand has created its first production bass, with the Larada five-string combining a headless design with Fishman Fluence Multi-Voice pickups

Guitar World

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

“As soon as I heard the demo, I knew it would be crucial to add rock elements”: Justus West reveals how he sneaked Tosin Abasi and Plini onto the new Beyoncé album (sort of)

The prolific session guitarist and producer pulls back the veil on Cowboy Carter’s high-profile recording sessions – and the surprisingly progressive gear he used on Beyoncé’s country album

Guitar World

‘Hammer-ons from nowhere’ can blow your guitar playing wide open – and help you craft silky smooth, effortlessly fast and highly impressive solos

This Greg Howe and Joe Satriani-favored technique will whip your hammer-ons, pull-offs, tapping, and muting into shape

Guitar World

Al Di Meola, Steve Vai and Tosin Abasi are in awe of his technique – learn the signature style of Matteo Mancuso, the maestro of fingerstyle fusion shred

Mancuso's debut LP The Journey is a tour de force of technique and imagination. We take a look at how the young Italian virtuoso's approach can make you a better player now

Guitar World

Tosin Abasi and Rick Beato love his playing. Now Josh Meader shows you how to solo over one of the most important chord progressions in jazz

The II-V-I progression is a fundamental classic of jazz guitar – Australian virtuoso Josh Meader has three great licks to dazzle your digits (and they might just blow your mind, too)

Guitar World

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“Technical playing can get cleaner, and that’s possibly even more challenging than just being faster”: We met the academics who study shred guitar for a living – they explained why it’s changed dramatically since the ’80s, and the 3 ways it can develop

A new study documents the challenges facing modern-day virtuosos, who not only have to balance perfection and authenticity, but now have to be “10 things that used to be 10 full-time professions”

Guitar World

“It’s like an artifact from an ancient technological civilization”: Tosin Abasi and Music Man unveil two new eye-catching finishes for the Kaizen and tease some “exciting and progressive” updates in the near future

Demoing the new model at NAMM 2024, Abasi praised Music Man’s desire to push the envelope with the guitar’s design, adding that he’s “never seen anything like” its new distressed metallic finish

Guitar World

“Here’s something special the geniuses at Ernie Ball Music Man have worked up”: Tosin Abasi teases incredible aged metal finish for the Kaizen that’s like nothing we have seen on a guitar before

What would you call this one? Industrial Terminator chrome?

MusicRadar

Tosin Abasi is one of modern metal's most forward-thinking and creative minds – and his groundbreaking techniques will really test your abilities

Get ready for a physical education for the fingers and a full brain workout as we unpack the Animals as Leaders guitarist's signature techniques, e.g. tapping, thumping, splitting the atom...

Guitar World

“If I’ve written a section for an epic ‘John Petrucci on a mountain’ solo, I’d rather do my best impression for the self-satisfaction”: Plini maintains he’s “still a greedy lead player at heart” – so why did he give a solo to Tosin Abasi on his new EP?

Mirage is a welcome return from one of the most exciting guitarists on the planet, with some of Plini’s most daring arrangements yet. He explains why he can play ugly but not evil, and what prompted him to overhaul the pickups on his space-age signature model

Guitar World

“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

Guitar World

“A significant leap forward in sonic performance and flexibility for guitarists of all styles”: Bad Cat finally launches the Jet Black – the guitar amp at the heart of Tosin Abasi’s new rig

In recent years, the Animals As Leaders virtuoso has turned to tube amps after moving away from Axe-Fx – and now the Bad Cat Jet Black plays a pivotal role in his new setup

Guitar World

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Guitar World

Layla gets the two-hand tapping cover treatment and the Spiritbox x Megan Thee Stallion collab you never knew you needed: This week’s essential guitar tracks

Must-hear jams from Marcin, Plini and Tosin Abasi, WILLOW, Robby Krieger, Caligula’s Horse, Ty Segall, The Struts and loads more…

Guitar World

“Steve Vai tried to school me on string bending, but you just don't do that on bass!” Pete Griffin reflects on his time with Steve Vai, and his latest solo EP

The seasoned sideman compares notes on Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, Zakk Wylde and Dweezil Zappa

Guitar World

John Petrucci and Zakk Wylde just shared the stage for the first time ever – and they shredded Black Label Society

The two wizards of metal finally locked fretboards – and epic beards – during Trooch's Guitar Universe camp

MusicRadar

Watch John Petrucci and Zakk Wylde jam onstage for the first time ever as they dial up the shred on BLS’s Suicide Messiah

A little bit of history was made this weekend at John Petrucci’s Guitar Universe 4.0

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

MusicRadar

Tosin Abasi declares John Petrucci the GOAT and gifts him an Abasi Concepts ēmi 8-string in a cult classic Picasso finish

Classy player, classy guitar, classy gesture as the epic Dreamsonic tour featuring Dream Theater, Animals As Leaders and Devin Townsend comes to an end

Guitar World

Tosin Abasi revives one of John Petrucci's most iconic guitar finishes

A one-off gift based on Trooch's Ibanez JPM100, as seen on the classic Rock Discipline lesson tape, has been constructed by Abasi Concepts – with the help of the original artist

Guitar World

“The biggest challenge for digital products is not the tone”: John Petrucci, Tosin Abasi and Devin Townsend explain what modelers don’t do as well as amps – yet

The trio of prog metal guitar titans sat down with Rick Beato and went deep on the state of modeling

MusicRadar

"The biggest challenge for the digital products is not the tone" – John Petrucci doesn't believe modelling can provide the kind of 'random' moments that tube amps can yet… but Neural DSP has got the closest to "the missing piece"

"It's the feel thing… it's all happening very randomly"

MusicRadar

A super-rare 1985 Fender Performer has gone up for auction and it looks like something Tosin Abasi would be into

This lost classic from the '80s was released is thought to be unique for its maple fingerboard, but is the real story here how ahead of its time it was, and why Fender hasn't brought it back yet?

MusicRadar

Matteo Mancuso: “It is not a new thing to be incredibly good at guitar… People want to hear something original other than being good at your instrument”

Believe the hype. Mancuso's debut LP, The Journey, is further evidence that he is the maestro guitar has been waiting for. Steve Vai, Joe Bonamassa, Tosin Abasi… They saw this coming.

Guitar World

Iron Maiden's Dave Murray is now using Fractal's Axe-Fx

The metal legend is the latest player to switch to the celebrated amp and effects modeler – and he's pairing it with a stunning new Master Built Fender Stratocaster

1 2 3

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.