Myles Kennedy

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Step aside, Silver Sky: PRS’ best-selling guitar of 2023 wasn't John Mayer’s signature guitar – it was its all-new ‘Telecaster’-style NF 53 and Myles Kennedy models

By Matt Owen published 5 December 23

Despite only launching in June, the two new entries to the PRS ranks rose straight to the top of the brand's best-selling six-strings of the year

“We’ve been talking about it for a decade – our artists want ‘that’ sound in their arsenal”: How Myles Kennedy and Paul Reed Smith reinvented a classic

By Dave Burrluck published 26 July 23

Satisfying an artist is one thing, creating a new version of an old favorite is another. With the new Myles Kennedy signature and NF 53, PRS has attempted to do both

Myles Kennedy performs onstage with Alter Bridge at the O2 Arena in London on December 12, 2022

Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy: 10 guitarists who shaped my sound

By Andrew Daly published 30 June 23

Mark Tremonti's six-string partner-in-crime reveals the solo that made him realize that technique wasn't everything, and the player he thinks is one of the guitar's “best-kept secrets”

Myles Kennedy performs with a red PRS McCarty

Myles Kennedy bought his first PRS guitar after he borrowed one at a gig and accidentally ruined it

By Matt Parker published 27 June 23

The Alter Bridge frontman still uses the red PRS McCarty to this day, proving it wasn’t such a bad move

PRS Myles Kennedy Signature and NF 53 review

By Dave Burrluck published 23 June 23

After a year of speculation, PRS launches not one but two new bolt-on solidbodies inspired – it would seem – by the first-production electric guitar. Just don’t mention the T word!

Yes, it’s really happening: PRS has unveiled Myles Kennedy’s long-awaited T-type signature guitar, and it’s a beauty

By Matt Owen published 21 June 23

At long last, the Alter Bridge guitarist’s hotly anticipated Tele-a-like has become a reality – and it's joined by a standard-run NF 53

Listen to Dirty Angel, the new single from blues rockers Ghost Hounds, Gibson Records’ newest signing

By Guitar World Staff published 9 March 23

The band’s forthcoming album will be released by the label in late June

Paul Reed Smith performs onstage with Alter Bridge

Watch Paul Reed Smith join Alter Bridge onstage – and blow Myles Kennedy away with his guitar’s sustain

By Michael Astley-Brown published 14 February 23

The highly respected guitar builder for both Kennedy and Mark Tremonti lent some bluesy licks to Rise Today during a recent performance in Maryland

Myles Kennedy bought one of Walter Becker’s guitars – and it ended up inspiring Alter Bridge’s longest-ever song

By Matt Owen published 13 December 22

The late Steely Dan man's Alembic baritone was snapped up at auction in 2019, and was a driving force behind one of Alter Bridge's best new riffs

Alter Bridge: “One of the hardest dances to do is to make something heavy and technical and still emotional at the same time”

By Ellie Rogers published 24 November 22

Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy on making Alter Bridge's heaviest album yet with a PRS Tele-a-like, an impossible number of guitar picks and not one but two Dumble amps

Mark Tremonti embarked on a quest to “try every pick ever made” in a bid to improve his tone – and reveals the one that “made a huge difference”

By Sam Roche published 28 October 22

“The pick is the thing that you’re interacting most with on your guitar,” the Alter Bridge man muses

Alter Bridge: “By learning how to turn down the noise in my brain, I can centre in on the music”

By Australian Guitar published 28 October 22

As they wade through the waters of the new world around them, Alter Bridge have grown a new appreciation for their art, and developed new perspectives for how they should approach it

Myles Kennedy performs at a guitar contest in the Pacific Northwest in the early '90s

Watch Myles Kennedy shred like you've never seen him shred before in early '90s guitar contest

By Jackson Maxwell published 13 October 22

Dressed like (in his own words) "a freakin’ pirate," a confident young Kennedy shows off his formidable vocals and lead guitar chops in this vintage clip

Myles Kennedy, Wolfgang Van Halen and Mark Tremonti

Alter Bridge partner with Mammoth WVH for North American 2023 tour

By Matt Owen published 23 August 22

The 30-date, two-leg tour will kick off on January 25 and conclude April 1, and will follow the pair's 2022 European tour with Halestorm

Alter Bridge unleash destructive dual-guitar action in explosive new single, Silver Tongue

By Matt Owen published 3 August 22

In the second song shared from forthcoming studio album Pawns & Kings, Mark Tremonti decommissions the guitar solos to go all in with Myles Kennedy on the riffs

Myles Kennedy (left) and Mark Tremonti perform with Alter Bridge at Afas Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on December 10, 2019

Alter Bridge announce new album, Pawns & Kings, premiere hard-hitting title track

By Jackson Maxwell published 18 July 22

The band's seventh full-length effort is set for release this October

Mark Tremonti says Myles Kennedy wrote “the heaviest riffs” on the upcoming Alter Bridge album

By Matt Owen published 12 July 22

“He's an amazing guitar player. He's got one of the best vibratos of any guitar player I've ever heard,” Tremonti said of his bandmate

Myles Kennedy performs with a Tele-style PRS guitar onstage in Hamburg, Germany

PRS Tele-style guitar rumors sparked by mysterious Myles Kennedy model

By Jackson Maxwell published 4 June 22

The Alter Bridge frontman took the guitar for a spin at a recent solo show in Hamburg, Germany

Watch Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators perform new album 4 in its entirety during recent Live at Studios 60 livestream concert

By Sam Roche published 15 February 22

The show – which included performances of The River Is Rising, Fill My World and Call Off the Dogs – took place on Friday

Watch Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators give The River Is Rising its live TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

By Sam Roche published 3 February 22

The legendary guitarist also sat down with Kimmel to talk recording the band's latest album 4, and the grueling touring schedule he has lined up for the rest of the year

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