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Michael Angelo Batio: “I still practice vibrato over and over. It determines whether you’ll be a great player when you’re older or not”

By Cait Devin published 6 December 22

MAB on mistakes to avoid as a guitarist, recording and touring with Manowar, his upcoming acoustic record and the absolutely staggering number of guitars in his collection

Take your shredding skills to the extreme with this Michael Angelo Batio lesson

By Charlie Griffiths published 28 November 22

Good news and bad news. First, the good: we've adapted MAB's hyper-technical style for single-necked guitars. The bad? Welcome to the toughest shred lesson this side of Planet Gemini

[L-R] Michael Angelo Batio and Billy Corgan

Watch Michael Angelo Batio join The Smashing Pumpkins onstage in Milwaukee for a face-melting shred session

By Sam Roche published 8 November 22

The alt-rock titans invited the guitarist to the stage for a lead spot during closing track, Silverfuck, and boy, did he deliver

Michael Angelo-Batio dubs new Guitar Solo book “the most comprehensive book on guitar that has ever been written”

By Matt Parker last updated 8 June 22

The new 1,100-page book from CEM Publishing aims to be the lead player’s Bible

Guitarist who relearned to play left-handed returns with ambidextrous playthrough using Michael Angelo Batio’s double-sided Sawtooth signature

By Matt Owen last updated 11 February 22

The death-metaller showcased his dual playing powers in a run-out of Obvurt's The First Light, accommodated by Batio's insane Double Guitar model

Michael Angelo Batio launches limited-edition production run of his iconic Double-Guitar format

By Sam Roche published 11 October 21

The left- and right-handed Sawtooth Guitars electrics are detachable, should you so desire

Smashing Pumpkins and Michael Angelo Batio

Watch Michael Angelo Batio join Smashing Pumpkins for a shredtacular jam at Chicago's Riot Fest

By Matt Parker published 20 September 21

The shred legend joined Billy Corgan and co for a raucous, four-guitar rundown of Zeitgeist's United States

15 of the greatest all-star guitar teachers

By Jonathan Horsley last updated 22 October 20

From legends of the old-school to the internet era’s pedagogues of polyphonic fingerstyle, these are the players who changed the guitar teaching game

Satriani, Vai, Nuno, Yngwie and many more wish Guitar World a happy 40th anniversary in epic video message

By Richard Bienstock published 25 September 20

#GuitarWorld40: Satch will be holding one note for 40 hours in our honor

Michael Angelo Batio: "This new generation of guitarists is the best I’ve seen. They're where I was in my 20s but at the ages of 10 or even 5!"

By Amit Sharma published 18 June 20

The thousand-notes-a-minute shred hero talks competing with younger players, effects pedal minimalism and his face-melting new album, More Machine Than Man

More on Developing Proper Sweep Picking Technique

By Michael Angelo Batio last updated 6 April 20

Perfect your sweep picking technique with this lesson.

Phrasing Arpeggios Over a Chord Progression

By Michael Angelo Batio last updated 7 April 20

Learn how to use arpeggios to outline a chord progression in ways that sound more musical and inventive.

Applying Modes to Different Tonal Centers

By Michael Angelo Batio published 18 June 19

Modes offer great flexibility in terms of the way they relate to a set of chords within relative keys.

Applying Sweep Picking to Chord Progressions

By Michael Angelo Batio last updated 7 April 20

Learn how to apply sweep picking techniques to playing arpeggios over moving chord progressions.

Applying Sweep Arpeggios Musically Over Chord Changes

By Michael Angelo Batio published 14 December 18

Develop your sweeping technique with this lesson.

Getting Started with Proper Sweep Picking Technique

By Michael Angelo Batio published 1 October 18

A comprehensive video overview of sweep picking.

Time to Burn with Michael Angelo Batio: Applying Sweep Picking to Chord Progressions, Part 2

By Michael Angelo Batio published 25 May 18

Michael Angelo Batio's Double-Shred Medley

By Guitar World Staff published 13 February 18

Tribute to Pantera's Dimebag Darrell: Michael Angelo Batio's Shred Medley — Video

By Guitar World Staff published 22 April 15

During the long, long winter, guitar virtuoso Michael Angelo Batio dropped by the Guitar World studio—and the YouTube studios—in New York City to film a few lesson videos.

Michael Angelo Batio to Release Career-Spanning Retrospective, 'Shred Force 1'

By Guitar World Staff published 5 March 15