Manuel Gardner Fernandes
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Ibanez finally honors prog guitar hero Manuel Gardner Fernandes with his first signature model
By Matt Owen published
The percussive fingerstyle heavyweight has swapped AZ Superstrats for the ergonomics of the Quest range, resulting in Ibanez's finest headless guitar yet

Unprocessed’s Manuel Gardner Fernandes on returning to tubes – and why Polyphia’s support means more than anything
By Amit Sharma published
Just as Unprocessed rediscover the taste for metalcore on new rager...And Everything In Between, guitarist Manuel Gardner Fernandes was seeking out real tube tone

“3 God-tier guitarists on one track”: Tim Henson, Scott LePage and Manuel Gardner Fernandes make late plays for solos of the year on fretboard-melting new collab
By Matt Owen published
Featuring members of Polyphia and Unprocessed, Die on the Cross of the Martyr unites three of today's finest progressive virtuosos – and the result is “the ultimate guitar nerd’s wet dream”

Watch Manuel Gardner Fernandes turn The Last of Us theme into an ambient two-hand tapping fretboard exercise
By Matt Owen published
The German virtuoso swapped the original's nylon-string for his Ibanez AZ electric to reinvent the haunting theme in his own signature style

Manuel Gardner Fernandes equipped Tim Henson’s Ibanez nylon-string signature with a virtual whammy bar – and turned it into a different beast altogether
By Matt Owen published
The fingerstyle virtuoso paired the percussive quality of Henson's TOD10N with FOMOfx's innovative Virtual Jeff Pro, and the results were pretty spectacular

Watch Manuel Gardner Fernandes test-drive Tim Henson's Ibanez nylon-string signature model with an otherworldly harmonic-heavy fingerstyle performance
By Sam Roche published
Fernandes joins the likes of Marcin Patrzalek and Ichika Nito in trying out the TOD10N, and throws his hat into the ring with considerable style

Digging the new Polyphia? Here are 10 trap and lo-fi beat-loving guitar players you need to check out
By Michael Astley-Brown published
10 production-savvy guitarists breathing fresh life into guitar playing with hip-hop inspired arrangements and dizzying chops

Unprocessed reach for new genre-bending heights in latest single, Portrait
By Matt Owen published
The quartet continue to lean towards a pop-inspired soundscape, though Manuel Gardner Fernandes is on hand to serve up a healthy dose of physics-defying guitar work

Manuel Gardner Fernandes ushers in a new era of pop-djent with bold new Unprocessed single, Candyland
By Matt Owen published
The pop-heavy track marks a significant sonic shift for the prog-metal outfit, though pulls no punches when it comes to blistering guitar work

Manuel Gardner Fernandes releases intricate guitar-driven rendition of Rosé's K-Pop smash hit On the Ground
By Matt Owen published
The social media shred sensation takes on one of the biggest tracks in the world right now, kitting out Rosé's single with tasty melodic lines and trademark percussive strums
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