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Periphery guitarists Mark Holcomb and Misha Mansoor perform live

Periphery: "Even though we all have our own signature guitars, when we record we like to pass them around quite a bit"

By Richard Bienstock

Misha Mansoor, Mark Holcomb and Jake Bowen go deep on the making of the heavy and experimental Periphery IV: Hail Stan

Creative Legato Exercises with Odd Meters

By Mark Holcomb

Learn how to execute “spider crawl” riffs.

How to Use Chord Changes to Devise Inventive Riffs

By Mark Holcomb

Learn how to build a chord progression from interesting and unusual voicings.

Seymour Duncan Unveils New Mark Holcomb Dark Sun Delay/Reverb Pedal

By Guitar World Staff

Based on Holcomb's favorite sounds from the company's Andromeda and Silver Lake pedals, the Dark Sun merges warm digital delay with a hall reverb.

How to Craft a Long Riff with No Repetition

By Mark Holcomb

How to give the impression of repetition in a riff, without there actually being any repetition at all.

Periphery Share New Song, “Blood Eagle,” Detail Forthcoming Studio Album

By Richard Bienstock

‘Periphery IV: Hail Stan’ is out April 5.

How to Incorporate Finger Slides and Legato Techniques into Intricate Phrases

By Mark Holcomb

Employing finger slides can inspire new and different melodic ideas.

Using Quick Shifts and Long Slides to Add Interesting Movement to Licks

By Mark Holcomb

Achieve a sense of movement with single-note riffs that incorporate dramatic position shifts up and down the fretboard.

Seymour Duncan Releases Mark Holcomb Alpha and Omega Signature Pickups

By Guitar World Staff

Seymour Duncan has announced the over-the-counter release of Periphery guitarist Mark Holcomb’s Alpha and Omega pickups in six-, seven-and eight-string versions.

Periphery Playthrough: Mark Holcomb Shreds "The Way the News Goes..."

By Guitar World Staff

We hereby bring you Mark Holcomb's brand-new playthrough video of "The Way the News Goes...," a track from Periphery III: Select Difficulty.

PRS Guitars Unveils New SE Model with Periphery’s Mark Holcomb

By Guitar World Staff

PRS and Periphery's Mark Holcomb have worked closely together to develop a truly unique guitar for the SE Series lineup.

Jason Richardson Premieres "Fragments" Music Video

By Damian Fanelli

Jason Richardson, total shredder, formerly of All Shall Perish, Born of Osirisand Chelsea Grin, is releasing his new album,I, on July 29.

Working with Five- and Six-String Chord Voicings, and How to Play Periphery's “Mile Zero”

By Mark Holcomb

Holcomb-Mania with Mark Holcomb: Using Dissonant, Close Intervals to Create Jarring Chords — Video

By Mark Holcomb

Holcomb-Mania with Mark Holcomb: Building Chords Into Single-Note Riff Ideas — Video

By Mark Holcomb

Mark Holcomb's Signature Seymour Duncan Alpha/Omega Pickups Are Available Now — Video

By Damian Fanelli

Back in February, we told you that Periphery guitarist Mark Holcomb was getting his own signature set of Seymour Duncan Alpha/Omega pickups.

Periphery's Mark Holcomb Demos His Signature Seymour Duncan Alpha/Omega Pickups — Video

By Guitar World Staff

In this newly posted video below, Periphery guitarist Mark Holcomb demos his new signature Alpha/Omega pickups, which will be available through the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop.

Periphery's Mark Holcomb Demos His New PRS Guitars Signature Model — Video

By Guitar World Staff

On January 6, PRS Guitars announced its new signature model for Mark Holcomb of Periphery. Earlier today, Holcomb posted his very own demo video, which was filmed and edited by Jeff Holcomb.

NAMM 2015: PRS Guitars Announces Limited Edition Signature Model for Periphery's Mark Holcomb — Video

By Guitar World Staff

Pro Tone Pedals Introduces Limited-Edition Mark Holcomb Haunted Signature Delay Pedal

By Guitar World Staff