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Renforshort: "I get surges of creativity at 3 in the morning – I'll be up in bed, trying different tunings and seeing if I come up with anything cool"

By Cheri Amour

Following the release of sophomore EP, Off Saint Dominique, we speak to the prodigious 19-year-old about teenage angst, alternate tunings and working with Mateus Asato

[L-R] Mateus Asato, Selena Gomez and DJ Snake

Mateus Asato records acoustic remix of DJ Snake's single with Selena Gomez, Selfish Love

By Sam Roche

The virtuoso is still off Instagram, but remains creatively active

From soulful six-string sunshine to raucous anti-hate punk: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Sam Roche

Lend your ears to some hot, guitar-infused new songs from Hannah Jadagu, Myles Kennedy, Julian Lage, DZ Deathrays, Mateus Asato and Annalé, and more

Marty Friedman says social media guitar stars saved the instrument from extinction

By Matt Owen

“These guys are bringing the instrument to a whole new level. It’s a very exciting time for guitar”

Mateus Asato teams up with LA singer-songwriter Annalé on her new single, Goodbye

By Sam Roche

The track comes a month after the social media sensation announced he was taking a break from music

Kirk Hammett, Adam Jones, St. Vincent, Mateus Asato, John 5 and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram discuss the state of guitar in 2021

By Richard Bienstock

The all-star Guitar World roundtable is a conversation you don't want to miss...

Mateus Asato shuts down Instagram account, announces break from music

By Sam Roche

“Instagram helped musicians to get better at business, at making flawless performance videos (after uncountable takes)… I got lost inside the boxes of 15-60-second videos”

Mateus Asato shares his seriously impressive seven-step warm-up routine

By Matt Owen

Reverb.com's resident guitarist Joe Shadid was put through his paces when Asato demonstrated how he gets his fingers feeling in a "good mood"

Mateus Asato cranks up the gain for a searing solo on Renforshort’s Feel Good Inc cover

By Matt Owen

The grunge-pop bassist and neo-soul sensation team up for a guitar-heavy reimagining of the Gorillaz classic

Jackson Audio has rebranded the Mateus Asato signature pedal

Jackson Audio upgrades Mateus Asato signature drive with replaceable distortion circuits

By Richard Bienstock

Meet the fully modular Asabi Modular Overdrive Distortion pedal

Mateus Asato rips it up with Brazilian metal band Oficina G3 in livestream concert

By Richard Bienstock

Longtime fan Asato joined them for two songs

Is this the first taste of Mateus Asato’s solo album?

By Richard Bienstock

The rising guitar star teases some “studio time” shredding

Guitar stars including Mateus Asato, Felix Martin and Allen Hinds tear it up in this insane all-star jam

By Richard Bienstock

The Resonance Project’s Yas Nomura assembles a neo-soul uber-jam over Neo Thangka

Mateus Asato covers a Nickelback solo - only to realize it was originally by Nuno Bettencourt

By Richard Bienstock

“I’m coming for you Mateus,” jokes the Extreme guitarist in response

Behold Mateus Asato and Baroness’s Gina Gleason tear it up on a pair of Fender American Ultra Jazzmasters

By Richard Bienstock

The two modern-day guitar heroes bust out hot licks and big smiles at the Fender JammJam

Melanie Faye performs during FORM Arcosanti 2019 at at Arcosanti Urban Laboratory on May 10, 2019 in Arcosanti, Arizona

5 Instagram guitarists to watch in 2020

By David Von Bader

Social media is awash with the next generation of inspirational and boundary-pushing players - here are some of the best

12-Year-Old Mateus Asato Nails John Petrucci's "Universal Mind" Lick

By Guitar World Staff

Five Online Guitarists You Should Be Following Right Now

By Mary Spender

Social media has been a great place for bedroom guitarists to showcase talents that might have been confined to four walls only some years ago.