Seattle-based musician Thom Beckman has released his instrumental solo heavy metal project, Shroud Of Spiders. Beckman plays all the lead parts on an electric mandolin — as well as the bass and drums. Beckman recently released a self-titled EP to launch this project, which you can hear in its entirety right here.

Some have tried playing the guitar with their teeth, behind their back, with their feet, etc. And then there was the inventive guitarist who, many decades ago, decided to slip a bottle over his finger and slide it along his guitar's strings (He probably emptied the bottle himself, if you know what I mean).

Fretboard Freedom is now available at the Guitar World Online Store.

Today through Friday, you can download a free song by Orianthi, who happens to grace the cover of the April 2013 issue of Guitar World. The song, "Filthy Blues," is from Orianthi's new album, Heaven In This Hell, which was released March 12 by Waterfront Records.