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“Basically, I climb up telegraph poles late at night, tear down the cabling with my bare hands and use that to string my guitar!”: Jon Gomm on how he's using wild tunings, giant strings, and lessons from Jeff Beck's whammy work to redefine the acoustic
By Ellie Rogers published
If you want to be a revolutionary player, you need a revolutionary attitude, and Gomm says that means looking for sounds you have never heard before

“In trying to make this huge sound, she ended up with this ‘one-person band’ approach that was completely different to the guitarists that’d gone before”: Jon Gomm on how Joni Mitchell changed progressive acoustic guitar forever
By Ellie Rogers published
One acoustic hero pays tribute to another, with Gomm pinpointing the pioneering approaches championed by Mitchell that make her one of the most influential acoustic players of all time

Ibanez joins forces with Jon Gomm for a more affordable version of his signature acoustic, the JGM5
By Matt Owen published
The more budget-friendly version of Gomm’s intricately crafted acoustic boasts a number of identical specs for almost $2,000 less than the flagship JGM10

Watch Jon Gomm put his signature Ibanez JGM10 through its paces with dazzling Deep Sea Fishes playthrough
By Matt Owen published
The modern fingerstyle maestro showed off both his signature six-string and his jaw-dropping arsenal of extended techniques during a new live performance

Jon Gomm: “It doesn’t matter how crazy your technique is, the hardest thing is always playing in time and in tune“
By Henry Yates published
The maestro returns with new music that healed him in hard times and reflects on his status as one of today's leading percussive guitarists

From high-adrenaline garage rock to haunted-house heavy metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Sam Roche, Matt Owen published
Fresh nuggets of guitar gold from Death From Above 1979, Du Blonde, Jon Gomm, ERRA and oh-so-many more

Ibanez unveils long-awaited Jon Gomm JGM10 signature acoustic
By Matt Owen published
The meticulously crafted guitar features a unique construction designed with Gomm's modern fingerstyle techniques and tones in mind

Jon Gomm: “It's inevitable that when I write a new song I'm going to have some ridiculously complex way of playing it“
By Jonathan Horsley published
The English acoustic guitar trailblazer on beauty over technique, audience expectations and his game-changing new Ibanez acoustic
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