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 ...

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Back in 2018, Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci said the band's new material at the time might feature some eight string guitars. Ultimately the material the band was working on became 2019's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everyone on the Internet loves a good, spirited argument, and in the metal musician community nothing seems to get feathers ruffled these days like the very mention of 8- and 9-string guitars. Gear ...

The shred and metal expert leans into the contemporary design trends currently dominating the prog guitar scene for a ...

Dream Theater recently teased they were in the studio with a photo that included an eight-string guitar. While we all assumed that meant the album would include the extended range guitar, now we've ...

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