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Speed bursts are the path to Shred Heaven: boost your rock chops with 6 jaw-dropping examples (that won't break your fingers)

By Jamie Humphries published

Learn how short and fast sequential patterns favoured by legends such as Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci and Zakk Wylde can be connected to create blazing solos

Techniques
(from left) George Benson, Daron Malakian, Steve Vai, Marcin, and Yvette Young wield Ibanez guitars onstage

We chart 25 game-changing Ibanez guitarists

By Amit Sharma published

While it’s easy to think of Ibanez as a company that’s solely at the cutting edge of metal machines for the modern age, they’ve also innovated much further afield, producing timeless acoustics, semi-hollows, and hollowbodies

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Guitarists
Paul Gilbert and Wolfgang Van Halen

Why Eddie Van Halen had to ask Paul Gilbert to give his son a guitar lesson

By Phil Weller published

He was just too virtuosic to show his son the ropes, it seems...

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Guitarists
John 5 performs in a biker jacket with his white Ghost Telecaster – and a blue light in his mouth.

John 5 on staying true to the Crüe, pushing his playing and why he’s surrounded by ghosts

By Andrew Daly published

The virtuoso explains what made him the perfect fit for Mötley Crüe, how he’s channeling Paul Gilbert and Robert Johnson on his latest solo album, and what’s next for his signature Fender Telecaster

Guitarists
Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert from Mr Big performs at Le Bataclan on September 21, 2011 in Paris, France.

Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert trade blistering licks in this standout rocker from Mr. Big

By Stevie Glasgow published

Inspired, according to Paul Gilbert, by the grooves of Christina Aguilera, Mr. Big’s Mean to Me is brimming with top-drawer axe-work

Bassists
Paul Gilbert poses with his Ibanez Kikusui Fireman, a guitar inspired by a sake bottle

Paul Gilbert names his three favorite guitars – including one that was stolen very recently

By Mark McStea published

The virtuoso behind Mr. Big and Racer X digs out three stalwarts from his arsenal of Ibanez guitars and explains what makes them cool – oh, and why he puts erasers under his pickups

Guitarists
A collage of Guitar Player magazine covers

Guitar Player magazine to cease print publication

By Jackson Maxwell published

The world's oldest continuously published magazine devoted to guitarists, guitar gear, and instruction, Guitar Player was instrumental to the careers of Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, and Yngwie Malmsteen, to name just a few examples

Music Industry
Slash with top hat and Les Paul, onstage at Coachella in 2016

How string skipping can present your playing with new melodic possibilities that were previously out of reach

By Simon Barnard published

String skipping can introduce fresh arpeggios and wide interval phrases to your playing. Look no further than Sweet Child O' Mine for an example of its musical effectiveness

Techniques
A black and white image of Paul Gilbert playing his signature Ibanez PGM301

Thinking music with Paul Gilbert – gear, practice and inspirations with Shred’s original Mr. Big

By Andrew Daly published

Gilbert takes us down memory line and back up to the present, and tells us about his evolution as a player

Musical Tips & Advice
Paul Gilbert holding his missing Ibanez PGM1000T electric guitar

Paul Gilbert has had guitars worth $12,000 stolen – now the shred icon needs your help to find them

By Matt Parker published

The instruments, including three distinctive Ibanez signature models, were taken amid Mr. Big’s European tour dates

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