Mike Stringer

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Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer on how extended-range guitars open up new possibilities with chord voicings

By Mike Stringer Published

Mike Stringer's progressive metal masterclass continues as he teaches you how to play Spiritbox’s Tsunami Sea

Artist Lessons
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Mike Stringer on how 8-string guitars take him outside his comfort zone in search of creative dissonance

By Mike Stringer Published

Using the low-end monster riffs of Spiritbox's Fata Morgana, Stringer offers up a rhythm masterclass in modern metal

Artist Lessons
Mike Stringer shows us how to play Spiritbox's Angel Eyes
Mike Stringer gives us an “unapologetically heavy” lesson in how to combine power chords with hammer-ons and pull-offs

By Mike Stringer Published

The Spiritbox riff-master shows you how to chug along to Angel Eyes

Artist Lessons
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How the hunt for clicks has made the lone guitar intro obsolete

By Phil Weller Published

Contemporary counterparts to Smoke on the Water and Whole Lotta Love are increasingly rare. Are we about to see the tables turned?

Guitarists
Mike Stringer of Spiritbox
Spiritbox's Mike Stringer shows you how syncopated bends can add extra spice to your metal playing

By Mike Stringer Published

Your 21st-century metal workshop is in session, as Stringer shows you how to play Spiritbox's Holy Roller

Artist Lessons
Mike Stringer wear a black hoodie and stands in a field of straw-colored long grass with trees in the background. He is holding an Aristides seven-string guitar.
Welcome to Mike Stringer’s downpicking bootcamp, in which he teaches us the punishing string skipping techniques behind Spiritbox’s Jaded

By Mike Stringer Published

In his debut GW column, the prog-metal master teaches you the punishing seven-string string-skipping techniques behind Spiritbox’s Jaded

Artist Lessons
Mike Stringer wear a black hoodie and stands in a field of straw-colored long grass with trees in the background. He is holding an Aristides seven-string guitar.
How Spiritbox's Mike Stringer and Aristides channeled Kurt Cobain for one of modern metal’s most desirable signatures

By Janelle Borg Published

The Spiritbox guitar player and the boundary-pushing guitar brand released the all-new STX Series last year

Guitarists
Bare Knuckle Halcyon pickups
"I’m just gonna warn you – these are the LOUDEST pickups I’ve ever heard in a guitar": Bare Knuckle Halcyon humbucker pickup review

By Paul Riario Published

Could the Halcyon humbucker be the forceful sonic voice you've been seeking?

Guitar Pickups
Mike Stringer wear a black hoodie and stands in a field of straw-colored long grass with trees in the background. He is holding an Aristides seven-string guitar.
How Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer went from reluctant hometown hero to metal’s new seven-string phenomenon

By Jon Wiederhorn Published

Spiritbox guitarist Mike Stringer dispels the illusion of the band’s “overnight success”, detailing their 12-year struggle just to pay rent – and why James Hetfield and John Mayer are both guitar GOATs in his eyes

Guitarists
Bare Knuckle Halcyon pickups - Mike Stringer
Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer has been honored with signature Bare Knuckles – the same pickups from his new Aristides offset

By Phil Weller Published

The high-output Halcyon humbuckers promise the power of active pickups with the benefits of passive designs

Guitar Pickups
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