Mike Stringer

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Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer on how extended-range guitars open up new possibilities with chord voicings

By Mike Stringer Published

Mike Stringer's progressive metal masterclass continues as he teaches you how to play Spiritbox’s Tsunami Sea

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Mike Stringer on how 8-string guitars take him outside his comfort zone in search of creative dissonance

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Using the low-end monster riffs of Spiritbox's Fata Morgana, Stringer offers up a rhythm masterclass in modern metal

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Mike Stringer shows us how to play Spiritbox's Angel Eyes
Mike Stringer gives us an “unapologetically heavy” lesson in how to combine power chords with hammer-ons and pull-offs

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The Spiritbox riff-master shows you how to chug along to Angel Eyes

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Spiritbox's Mike Stringer shows you how syncopated bends can add extra spice to your metal playing

By Mike Stringer Published

Your 21st-century metal workshop is in session, as Stringer shows you how to play Spiritbox's Holy Roller

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Mike Stringer wear a black hoodie and stands in a field of straw-colored long grass with trees in the background. He is holding an Aristides seven-string guitar.
Welcome to Mike Stringer’s downpicking bootcamp, in which he teaches us the punishing string skipping techniques behind Spiritbox’s Jaded

By Mike Stringer Published

In his debut GW column, the prog-metal master teaches you the punishing seven-string string-skipping techniques behind Spiritbox’s Jaded

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