MetalSucks

Dream Theater Post New Video for 8-String Guitar Song, “Awaken the Master”

Dream Theater have posted a new music video for the song “Awaken the Monster” from their recently released album, A View From The Top Of The World. The track sees John Petrucci don an eight-string ...
Yahoo

Here is everything you need to know about learning 8-string guitar

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 ...
WOSU Public Media

Paul Galbraith Plays Haydn on 8-String Guitar

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 ...
MetalSucks

Let’s All Argue About the Merits [or Faults] of 8-String and 9-String Guitars

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 ...
MusicRadar

“I got a Warmoth 8-string neck, bolted it onto that thing“: Novo Guitars’ Dennis Fano explains how radical mods on a ‘66 Jazz Bass launched his career as a luthier

Speaking upon the launch of Novo Guitars official Reverb store, Fano shared the story behind one of the hottest brands in guitar, and how it all started with a gnarly bass modding project When you ...