Latest about Polyphia
From Plini to Polyphia to onstage shoutouts from Nuno, how Rick Graham quietly became one of progressive guitar’s most influential names
From Guthrie Govan, through to Jason Richardson and Andy James, Rick Graham has garnered friends, fans and guest-spots with guitar’s most technical talents – and helped a huge chunk of players to hone their craft along the way
Polyphia’s Tim Henson on making his game-changing Ibanez that started a nylon-string revolution
Presenting electric guitar playability on a nylon-string platform, Henson’s TOD10N changed the world after he used it on Playing God
The lost Ace Frehley interview, the year's best new gear and 2025's guitarists of the year – only in the new Guitar World
Includes a tribute to Space Ace and our guide to the biggest guitar news of the year, plus Nuno Bettencourt, 40 years of PRS Guitars and our first official transcription of Young Man Blues from Live at Leeds
Polyphia's Tim Henson on the challenges he encountered while learning guitar after playing the violin for years
Long before he changed the progressive metal game with Polyphia, Henson struggled with transitioning from violin to the guitar
We chart 25 game-changing Ibanez guitarists
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
Why Tim Henson believes that “learning everything by ear” is the best thing aspiring guitarists can do
The Polyphia virtuoso shares his own experience switching from the rigidity of classical music – to finding a sense of freedom learning guitar by ear
"The variety of sounds is astounding": Ibanez TOD10 Tim Henson Signature review
Ibanez teams up with Polyphia's Tim Henson on a signature instrument for one of the most prominent figures in contemporary guitar
Tim Henson addresses Kirk Hammett’s mixed response to his ‘boomer bends’ comments
Hammett recently had his own say on the boomer bends controversy, questioning how accessible the Polyphia virtuoso’s style is for casual listeners
