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Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy: 10 guitarists who shaped my sound

By Andrew Daly published 30 June 23

Mark Tremonti's six-string partner-in-crime reveals the solo that made him realize that technique wasn't everything, and the player he thinks is one of the guitar's “best-kept secrets”

Yes, it’s really happening: PRS has unveiled Myles Kennedy’s long-awaited T-type signature guitar, and it’s a beauty

By Matt Owen published 21 June 23

At long last, the Alter Bridge guitarist’s hotly anticipated Tele-a-like has become a reality – and it's joined by a standard-run NF 53

Paul Reed Smith performs onstage with Alter Bridge

Watch Paul Reed Smith join Alter Bridge onstage – and blow Myles Kennedy away with his guitar’s sustain

By Michael Astley-Brown published 14 February 23

The highly respected guitar builder for both Kennedy and Mark Tremonti lent some bluesy licks to Rise Today during a recent performance in Maryland

Mark Tremonti recalls his experiences playing a Kemper onstage with Alter Bridge – and explains why he didn’t stick with it

By Matt Owen published 27 January 23

The Kemper Profiler only lasted half a tour before Tremonti decided to switch back to his tried-and-trusted PRS MT 100

Which is better: 4- or 5-string bass?

By Nick Wells published 27 January 23

“Unless you’re Les Claypool, more than four is unnecessary!” Duff McKagan, Adam Blackstone and Glenn Hughes weigh in on the age-old debate

[L-R] Nita Strauss, Steve Vai, Sophie Lloyd and John Frusciante

The 10 best guitar solos of 2022

By Jonathan Horsley published 14 December 22

As voted for by you, and featuring the lead guitar skills of Nita Strauss, Sophie Lloyd, John Frusciante, Polyphia, Steve Vai and more, here are the solos that lit up your year

Myles Kennedy bought one of Walter Becker’s guitars – and it ended up inspiring Alter Bridge’s longest-ever song

By Matt Owen published 13 December 22

The late Steely Dan man's Alembic baritone was snapped up at auction in 2019, and was a driving force behind one of Alter Bridge's best new riffs

Watch Mark Tremonti give away his guitar to a young fan

By Matt Parker published 28 November 22

The guitarist handed over his PRS after spotting the girl in the front row of a recent Alter Bridge show

Alter Bridge: “One of the hardest dances to do is to make something heavy and technical and still emotional at the same time”

By Ellie Rogers published 24 November 22

Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy on making Alter Bridge's heaviest album yet with a PRS Tele-a-like, an impossible number of guitar picks and not one but two Dumble amps

Mark Tremonti embarked on a quest to “try every pick ever made” in a bid to improve his tone – and reveals the one that “made a huge difference”

By Sam Roche published 28 October 22

“The pick is the thing that you’re interacting most with on your guitar,” the Alter Bridge man muses

Alter Bridge: “By learning how to turn down the noise in my brain, I can centre in on the music”

By Australian Guitar published 28 October 22

As they wade through the waters of the new world around them, Alter Bridge have grown a new appreciation for their art, and developed new perspectives for how they should approach it

Myles Kennedy, Wolfgang Van Halen and Mark Tremonti

Alter Bridge partner with Mammoth WVH for North American 2023 tour

By Matt Owen published 23 August 22

The 30-date, two-leg tour will kick off on January 25 and conclude April 1, and will follow the pair's 2022 European tour with Halestorm

Matt Tuck performs with Bullet for My Valentine at the Resurrection Festival on June 29, 2022 in Viveiro, Spain

From serene acoustic duets to sizzling drop-tuned action: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Jonathan Horsley, Matt Owen, Sam Roche, Jackson Maxwell published 6 August 22

Start the month off on the right foot with hot new songs from Alter Bridge, Bullet For My Valentine, Chat Pile, Winter, The 1975, Cecil Alexander, Boris, Black Anvil and more

Alter Bridge unleash destructive dual-guitar action in explosive new single, Silver Tongue

By Matt Owen published 3 August 22

In the second song shared from forthcoming studio album Pawns & Kings, Mark Tremonti decommissions the guitar solos to go all in with Myles Kennedy on the riffs

Myles Kennedy (left) and Mark Tremonti perform with Alter Bridge at Afas Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on December 10, 2019

Alter Bridge announce new album, Pawns & Kings, premiere hard-hitting title track

By Jackson Maxwell published 18 July 22

The band's seventh full-length effort is set for release this October

Mark Tremonti says Myles Kennedy wrote “the heaviest riffs” on the upcoming Alter Bridge album

By Matt Owen published 12 July 22

“He's an amazing guitar player. He's got one of the best vibratos of any guitar player I've ever heard,” Tremonti said of his bandmate

Mark Tremonti: “The balance I’m always searching for is finding things that are fun and exciting to play, but carry emotive melodies that mean something”

By Amit Sharma published 4 November 21

The Alter Bridge and Tremonti powerhouse talks ancient Yngwie licks, five-note pentatonic runs, covering Mateus Asato and getting a guitar from Eddie Van Halen

Alter Bridge‘s Brian Marshall: “Bass is a different skill set and a different mindset. I think we’re just born that way“

By Bass Player Staff last updated 6 October 21

Marshall checks in to share some advice for bass players and reminds us that “we're unicorns“

Myles Kennedy on his greatest gear finds and regrets, and how a '53 Tele made him fall in love with guitar all over again

By Guitarist editors published 3 September 21

The Alter Bridge guitar man and vocalist recounts how sometimes you can strike gold when working in a music store – and there's money in horse manure…

Tremonti announce new album Marching in Time, promise “thrash-induced fret fireworks, wrecking ball grooves, and searing melodies”

By Sam Roche published 8 July 21

The new effort from the Mark Tremonti-led outfit arrives September 24 via Napalm Records