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Bernth on why thinner necks don’t always result in speedier soloing – and how switching helped improve his playing
By Matt Owen published
The prolific prog virtuoso recently unveiled his first signature Ibanez, which features a few choice specs

“Ibanez has broken the rules of conventional guitar design. Pick it up and break the rules of guitar playing”: Ibanez Q54W review
By Jonathan Horsley published
It's like all the cool kids are saying, if you want to get ahead, get a headless guitar

John Mayer and Isaiah Sharkey impress at record-breaking concert – with Sharkey's in-development signature Ibanez along for the ride
By Phil Weller published
The guitar is one of two in-the-works signature models, and it starred during the largest ticketed single concert in US history

Ibanez and Bernth team up for a classy high-performance signature electric that makes you play “faster” and “cleaner”
By Jonathan Horsley published
Is this the guitar that makes you a better player? The Austrian virtuoso believes it will, and it’s got multi-voice signature Fishmans that give you more core tones than you have days in the week

BTBAM have always fused metal and the unexpected. Now the band’s sole guitarist, Paul Waggoner has to live up to fans’ lofty expectations
By Phil Weller published
The first album since Dustie Waring’s departure, The Blue Nowhere presents a more mature version of Between the Buried and Me. Waggoner reveals how he has changed as a player – and why, despite being a minimalist, he’s adding another Ibanez to his touring rig

"The variety of sounds is astounding": Ibanez TOD10 Tim Henson Signature review
By Pete Emery published
Ibanez teams up with Polyphia's Tim Henson on a signature instrument for one of the most prominent figures in contemporary guitar
![1991, a historic moment for electric guitar as Joe Satriani [pictured in a ball cap] jammed onstage with Spinal Tap, who are pictured here with Nigel Tufnel on the far left with a T-style, Derek Smalls in a yellow T-shirt with a headless bass, while a pouting David St. Hubbins cradles a Les Paul.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9jG3kJPyDZPNsUVv7e3CYP.jpg)
How Joe Satriani became Spinal Tap’s unofficial guitar supplier for the loudest movie of the year
By Jonathan Horsley published
Satch and the Tap are old friends. And if you look closely, you might just catch Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins playing his Ibanez signature models in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Ibanez treats its best-selling nylon-string to a stunning exotic tonewood glow-up – and it gives Tim Henson’s signature model a run for its money
By Phil Weller published
Henson’s signature TOD10N has been wildly popular, with the standard-edition FR series now receiving a new aesthetic upgrade

Isaiah Sharkey is one of guitar’s most versatile talents. He lets us in on how he works with Mayer, D’Angelo and Miles Davis
By Andrew Daly published
Rigs big and small feature in a career that’s seen Isaiah Sharkey become a master of jazz, R&B, gospel, blues – and he hopes his new Ibanez signatures mean session players will only need to carry two guitars

How Ibanez is continuing to cement its legacy as the alternative acoustic guitar brand
By Janelle Borg published
Sponsored by Ibanez
With signatures in collaboration with left-field players like Tim Henson and percussive fingerstyle Marcin, Ibanez isn't done with changing the acoustic game – one guitar at a time
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