Mike Stringer

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

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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

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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

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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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