<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Adam-jones ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/adam-jones Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:53:12 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I was pretty concerned about the show. A few minutes later, we hear a knock… We answer the door to see Adam standing there”: The time Adam Jones saved Tool's support band from rental amp hell with a random act of kindness ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-sullivan-of-russian-circles-story-on-the-time-adam-jones-saved-the-show qDRv2VXohZY9faiJejdzyd Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:53:12 +0000 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:07:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He will go down as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. I can bring him a bass riff in seven-and-a-half and he’ll be right on it”: Justin Chancellor explains how bass fits into Tool’s challenging brand of prog ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/tool-justin-chancellor-bass-role 3YC2sHuExvTpQovTPDsQ3L Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tool’s Adam Jones and Danny Carey serve up surprise prog rock spar to open the Canelo vs. Crawford boxing match ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/tool-adam-jones-and-danny-carey-canelo-vs-crawford-boxing-match sw9xt48BoxnZnFGSHQjEiY Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:42:04 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:47:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ The ‘metal Yardbirds’ assemble at Back to the Beginning – as Billy Corgan, Adam Jones and Tom Morello put on a supergroup set that’s been years in the making ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-morellos-all-stars-back-to-the-beginning xTk56pLuUXTjb7tuGr2xCR Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:53:15 +0000 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:50:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When you’re a kid, you go, ‘I could never be as good as a real rockstar,’ and here’s a guy that’s amazing, and he’s missing parts of his fingers”: Adam Jones on Tony Iommi’s influence and what took Tool so long to join Black Sabbath’s last hurrah ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tool-adam-jones-black-sabbath-back-to-the-beginning FP2tu5ARH6QTQjv759noYg Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:15:43 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:39:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I went, ‘I’m sorry we all couldn’t do it.’ Tom Morello goes, ‘Well, Dan and Maynard are playing with these people.’ I went, ‘I didn’t know that…’” Adam Jones on why Tool weren’t originally going to take part in Ozzy Osbourne’s last-ever show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-adam-jones-wasnt-originally-going-to-take-part-in-ozzy-osbournes-last-ever-show RLMpxfhrQLZW5RJUBKrR2g Sat, 14 Jun 2025 11:30:00 +0000 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:53:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Somebody will get mad at me, but it’s the closest thing to Beck, Clapton and Page. What was in the water we were all drinking?” Billy Corgan names himself and two other ’90s guitar gods as the ‘metal Yardbirds’ ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/billy-corgan-tom-morello-adam-jones-yardbirds-link TJm76kfE9Cz2hMxsmpSTPA Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:58:44 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:14:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He showed me chords, pinch harmonics, and was ceaselessly encouraging to me when I was a beginning guitarist”: Tom Morello reflects on his high school band with Adam Jones – and how the guitarist shaped him into the player he is today ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-morello-adam-jones-high-school-band VYqSmrHiUx8hzUUxYKNxqS Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:24:46 +0000 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:13:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My friend talked to Joe Walsh and gave him my number. Awhile later, I got a message: ‘Adam Jones, this is the Talk Box fairy. Give me a call’”: Tool's Adam Jones on taking cues from Meshuggah, unorthodox pedals, and the trick he learned from Robert Fripp ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/adam-jones-tool-10000-days 3f9vjr8WvnveGxEow5ZAu5 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:57:12 +0000 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:02:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ He’s a drop D master who fuses monstrous powerchords, haunting single-note melodies and off-kilter time signatures in one of prog-metal’s most technically ambitious bands – learn how Adam Jones forged his rhythmically audacious Tool riffing style ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/adam-jones-drop-d-riffs 8rDQT7SqZEWwE4FvyR8Cya Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:01:41 +0000 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:28:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You turned into this rock goddess”: The 10-year-old viral sensation who wowed Adam Jones just stunned America’s Got Talent with a ripping Last Resort cover ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/maya-neelakantan-americas-got-talent XNWUhysQYppQbz45shZpQT Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:38:04 +0000 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 08:36:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This guitar gives you a piece of me. In fact, I just used one of the Epiphones to do some recording, and I’ve played them onstage, too”: Adam Jones discusses the evolution – and future – of his signature 1979 Les Paul Custom ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/adam-jones-signature-les-paul-custom yZaaQoB39SPsrbne4WUkm9 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:34:49 +0000 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:08:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of my top favorite guitars of all time”: Epiphone debuts the Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom – and it's got a Gibson-style headstock ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-adam-jones-1979-les-paul-custom-signature-guitar YGcw9TuPaFwM28aidwhGkm Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:55:15 +0000 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:07:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Blending themes of pop culture with techniques of the old masters”: Epiphone quite literally tops off the Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection with Mark Ryden’s Queen Bee – the only guitar in the series to use front-facing artwork ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-adam-jones-custom-art-mark-ryden-queen-bee 56qh9acKCKPQerftQEPd6F Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:27:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “His playing speaks to my soul like no other guitarist”: Alex Lifeson joins Adam Jones onstage to help Tool perform Jambi – before gifting his hero one of his signature Epiphone Les Pauls ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/alex-lifeson-adam-jones-tool-jambi cJ6wyioG8W8NbE2kiAvnKT Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:43:45 +0000 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:50:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “An out-of-this-world limited-edition Flying V”: Gibson’s latest Adam Jones signature guitar is here – and it’s a $20k Murphy Lab recreation of the Tool titan’s prized Flying V with a Futura-style headstock ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-adam-jones-flying-v-collectors-edition R3iFhp39VUmTQUh8Fgcqzd Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:54:58 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He wants the heaviest guitars that we can humanly make”: Here’s why Adam Jones has Gibson searching for “the heaviest woods” in order to build his custom Les Pauls ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/adam-jones-cesar-gueikian-heavy-gibson-les-paul rSD2hjLfFXFavvg7c3Wgbi Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:38:10 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:09:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The fantastic, the mythological, and the spiritual”: Epiphone’s latest Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art very much gives a Fuchs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-adam-jones-les-paul-custom-art-fuchs EWLAcGJn7mRBWoojiri8oe Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:47:22 +0000 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:29:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Epiphone and Adam Jones’ Art Collection of signature Les Pauls is coming to a close – feast your eyes on the ‘Sensation’ model ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-adam-jones-les-paul-custom-sensation uuDpc2LwXFLMJ3jdTZHN5D Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:10:28 +0000 Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:53:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tool’s Adam Jones unveils new version of the best Epiphone Les Paul on the market ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-adam-jones-les-paul-custom-art-collection-four Tx3XCVgYHXQQb6YbVVzq56 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:41:05 +0000 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:19:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ That time Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner jammed with Tool: “It was pretty daunting... let’s just say it wasn’t like jamming some AC/DC” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/richie-faulkner-tool-adam-jones g7HAa5TnLnuJE3iPoYgymQ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:13:40 +0000 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:16:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Epiphone takes a baroque turn with Adam Jones' latest limited-edition Art Collection Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-adam-jones-les-paul-art-guitar-three xojutVkiWKnWzv7svf8xhG Tue, 25 Apr 2023 10:20:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Epiphone Adam Jones Silverburst Les Paul Custom review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/epiphone-adam-jones-silverburst-les-paul-custom-review sW6CVLwfr4R2FY2CJR67gf Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:58:49 +0000 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:39:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Epiphone goes berserk with its second Adam Jones Art Collection Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-adam-jones-berserker-adam-jones-les-paul WwUSaZmZgGgdrskGtDSkeZ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:11:09 +0000 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:51:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tool’s Adam Jones reveals he’s bought one of the Gibson Custom Shop’s ultra-exclusive Greeny Les Paul reissues ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tool-adam-jones-gibson-greeny-les-paul sAUBcqM6rG38TN5cKV2QtH Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:18:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Epiphone Adam Jones signature Les Paul has finally arrived – with a collectible twist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-adam-jones-les-paul-art-collection Jk2k6hSmzFeNkRqRvD5U98 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:12:13 +0000 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 12:42:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch 9-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan play an awe-inspiring medley of 15 clean Tool riffs – on a guitar given to her by Adam Jones ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/maya-neelakantan-tool-15-riffs 3PnC2PA3eXLfMf7NgJo6PR Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:21:02 +0000 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:34:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Adam Jones play Stinkfist onstage with Tool in a full Dwight Schrute costume ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/adam-jones-tool-stinkfist-dwight-schrute tZr5XpFoW8xrKQxuRD2NKh Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:03:49 +0000 Tue, 01 Nov 2022 10:28:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Adam Jones gifts signature Gibson Les Paul to 9-year-old Maya Neelakantan for nailing 7empest cover ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/adam-jones-maya-neelakantan-guitar-gift MJmhwHjy8x6GRE5UWKM3Z4 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:11:34 +0000 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 15:56:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Adam Jones' custom Reverse Silverburst Gibson Flying V was designed with help from Kirk Hammett, Richie Faulkner and Jim Root ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/adam-jones-flying-v-kirk-hammett-faulkner-jim-root LnJFDNPibfZFJTZrLd4Ksj Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:24:18 +0000 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:34:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Warren DeMartini, Steve Stevens, Lita Ford and an all-star panel share their guitar highlights of the ‘80s ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/best-gear-solos-riffs-of-the-80s sry37LJpZX4DrZ9LBtaRjc Mon, 15 Aug 2022 10:41:28 +0000 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:47:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cesar Gueikian demos Adam Jones' much-anticipated Silverburst Epiphone Les Paul Custom on Instagram ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/cesar-gueikian-adam-jones-epiphone-les-paul M8ZmZmW8kjydiJuUQ5uMo5 Mon, 11 Jul 2022 17:23:49 +0000 Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:28:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ 5 things to expect from Adam Jones’ seemingly imminent signature Epiphone Les Paul Custom ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-adam-jones-signature-les-paul-custom BrPmngwi5iKxKfVmP9ZmXj Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:44:47 +0000 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 19:31:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch 9-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan tackle Tool’s 16-minute epic, 7empest ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/9-year-old-covers-tool-7empest qzviZ2aXcK55VD3SdY7d5j Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:55:27 +0000 Thu, 16 Jun 2022 14:04:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tool’s Adam Jones shares sneak peek at a new double-neck Silverburst Gibson EDS-1275 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tool-adam-jones-gibson-silverburst-double-neck Pt9pkNz4hquhofYDpMMnkg Mon, 30 May 2022 14:28:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gibson launches considerably more affordable Adam Jones Les Paul Standard ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-adam-jones-les-paul-standard-release zAZy7WVQL87x24xRfiDUcR Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:14:20 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Tool play Undertow live for the first time since 2002 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tool-undertow-live fatXwyciKryzX8Kiux9HUc Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:58:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hear Opiate², Tool's extended re-working of their 1992 track, Opiate ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tool-opiate2 qRQQdDCBLLJsNe4g3xaf5U Tue, 01 Mar 2022 21:59:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Adam Jones offers first glimpse of potential Gibson Flying V signature model onstage with Tool ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/adam-jones-flying-v-prototype 4gvV8VAZL8u3p5racMf7TZ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:17:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Tool play using “backup crappy gear” and no effects during intimate final pre-tour rehearsal livestream ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tool-backup-gear-rehearsal X5KHEY9PhiF2o8r7RJc6pX Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:00:17 +0000 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:00:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gibson unveils V2 version of Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-adam-jones-les-paul-v2 nYgPoqx8bSTqPntLgDvzKB Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:28:42 +0000 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:42:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gibson unveils Adam Jones 1979 merch collection, including a Silverburst Les Paul scale model ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-adam-jones-1979-merch NMawiidHsBts75QArDuroH Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:42:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gibson confirms an Adam Jones Les Paul Standard is on its way ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-adam-jones-les-paul-standard dgwpP9RH4YUkGA8xxXerVY Mon, 12 Jul 2021 13:33:33 +0000 Mon, 12 Jul 2021 13:34:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Is an Epiphone version of Adam Jones' Gibson 1979 Les Paul Custom in the works? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/is-an-epiphone-version-of-adam-jones-gibson-1979-les-paul-custom-in-the-works BxeiJKuicfVoeCBjtvsz6S Tue, 04 May 2021 09:32:36 +0000 Tue, 04 May 2021 13:14:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ St. Vincent nearly made a heavy, Tool-inspired album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/st-vincent-nearly-made-a-heavy-tool-inspired-album SG7ZdgPbvaW3kEuzvecNyU Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:00:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Kirk Hammett, Adam Jones, St. Vincent, Mateus Asato, John 5 and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram discuss the state of guitar in 2021 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kirk-hammett-adam-jones-st-vincent-mateus-asato-john-5-and-christone-kingfish-ingram-discuss-the-state-of-guitar-in-2021 t5NcaA8YkyecwPeiHxmajf Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:07:27 +0000 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:39:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Adam Jones: “I told Gibson, ‘You know, the wood was different back then...,’ and they went, ‘We’re going to match it.’ This guitar is heavy, man!“ ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/adam-jones-i-told-gibson-you-know-the-wood-was-different-back-then-and-they-went-were-going-to-match-it-the-guitar-is-heavy-man iB5XmFv3AmC2VaERqCVEyL Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:56:48 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Adam Jones pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: “100 years from now, when people talk about the history of music, they will talk about Van Halen“ ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/adam-jones-pays-tribute-to-eddie-van-halen-100-years-from-now-when-people-talk-about-the-history-of-music-they-will-talk-about-van-halen iNgYkkaLTde6yjiY3RwabE Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:59:28 +0000 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:42:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ $95k worth of Gibson Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Customs stolen in premeditated theft ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dollar95k-worth-of-gibson-adam-jones-1979-les-paul-customs-stolen-in-premeditated-theft mhZuBoku8uqXWfGXspH89h Fri, 06 Nov 2020 10:42:54 +0000 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:22:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gibson unveils the Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom as it announces a multi-year partnership with the Tool guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-unveils-the-adam-jones-1979-les-paul-custom-as-it-announces-a-multi-year-partnership-with-the-tool-guitarist PKF6cR3vBsL75xgxA3gRbR Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:23:30 +0000 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:29:46 +0000