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We’re in a golden era for new body shapes, but they still split opinion – we speak to the brands risking it all in a nostalgia-led market
By Phil Weller Published
The most established guitar body shapes are all over 70 years old. So why are more and more manufacturers turning their backs on tradition to boldly go where no-one has gone before?

Meet Very Nice Guitars – the Europe-based boutique on a mission to hunt down your dream guitar
By Guitar World Staff Published
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Very Nice Guitars is based in Kraków, Poland, but operates with a global outlook – and it's quickly establishing itself as the go-to store and brand for custom and left-field guitar builds

Tosin Abasi explains how Abasi Concepts became one of the biggest names in progressive guitars
By Michael Astley-Brown Published
The Animals as Leaders virtuoso charts his journey as an ergonomic guitar pioneer, from commissioning eight-strings to having his own designs imitated

Tosin Abasi’s long-awaited nylon-string is finally here – and he collaborated with another guitar company to make it a reality
By Janelle Borg Published
The Abasi Concepts meets Córdoba link-up resulted in the inventive Abasi Stage 7, a model that the Animals as Leaders guitarist himself described as “for guys who maybe aren't traditional classical players, but want a nylon-string guitar for recording and specifically for stage”

Tosin Abasi's Animals as Leaders bandmate Javier Reyes lambasts Ibanez's new Alpha guitar
By Phil Weller Published
The Alpha’s similarities to two of Tosin Abasi’s out-there guitar designs are not lost on his co-guitarist, Javier Reyes

Ibanez issues its answer to Ernie Ball and Abasi Concepts with the Alpha Series – its most progressive guitar design to date
By Matt Owen Published
The shred and metal expert leans into the contemporary design trends currently dominating the prog guitar scene for a landmark launch

The irresistible rise of the signature guitar company, as explained by Ola Englund
By Amit Sharma Published
With more artist products available now than ever before, and an entire movement of brands run and owned by musicians, we investigate the evolution of signature guitar gear with a little help from the Solar Guitars founder

From amps to plugins, Tosin Abasi teases the next evolution of Abasi Concepts
By Janelle Borg Published
Abasi also addresses the ubiquitous amp modeler versus amplifier debate – and why “nothing defeats the experience of plugging into an amp”

Kiesel launches the Kyber – a futuristic metal guitar that’s its answer to Strandberg and Abasi Concepts offerings
By Phil Weller Published
With a seriously lightweight and almost paper-thin design, the customizable axe puts modern needs at its core – and it's reasonably priced too

Tosin Abasi and Plini give a masterclass in virtuosity after writing and recording a song in a day
By Phil Weller Published
Having recently partnered with Kiko Loureiro and Matteus Asato, it seems the Aussie has met his match as Neural DSP challenges the elite shredders to fuse their talents together
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