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Richie Faulkner and Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest perform at Hammersmith Apollo on May 26, 2012 in London, England
The playing advice Glenn Tipton gave Richie Faulkner on his first tour with Judas Priest

By Matt Owen Published

Faulkner brought a huge array of influences to the Priest gig but worked to shake them off so he could find his own voice

Guitarists
Richie Faulkner, Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest perform onstage the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
How Judas Priest made a blockbuster new album in the face of adversity – and became unstoppable

By Jon Wiederhorn Published

Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner, Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton open up on their guitar tag-team approach on Invincible Shield, a bold new album that lashes out at human frailty

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Glenn Tipton plays Cedar Park, TX, in 2022
“This disease won’t beat me”: Glenn Tipton on playing with Richie Faulkner and defying Parkinson’s

By Amit Sharma Published

Metal God Glenn Tipton reveals the gear behind Judas Priest’s incendiary new album, Invincible Shield – and why he won’t be throwing in the towel any time soon

Guitarists
Richie Faulkner live onstage with Judas Priest, playing his signature GIbson Flying V
“I’m never going to out-do Yngwie”: Richie Faulkner on Priest’s new album and why he’s no shredder

By Amit Sharma Published

Judas Priest's Invincible Shield finds the British metal institution surviving against the odds. Its very own bionic man Richie Faulkner gives us the guitar POV on a venerable work of British steel

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Judas Priest
“This disease won’t beat me and I will continue writing and playing for as long as I can”: Glenn Tipton explains how Richie Faulkner and a ‘no surrender’ mindset has helped him adapt his Judas Priest role

By Matt Owen Published

Tipton stepped back from official touring duties in 2018, but continues to write and record alongside Faulkner as a crucial member of Judas Priest

Bands
Richie Faulkner playing live with his Gibson Custom Shop Flying V
Gibson’s Richie Faulkner Flying V Custom is finally here – and its first batch sold out in under 24 hours

By Matt Parker Published

The Judas Priest guitar hero has teamed up with the Custom Shop’s finest for this extremely limited signature model

Electric Guitars
Guitarist Richie Faulkner of the band Judas Priest performs onstage at Toyota Arena on November 07, 2022 in Ontario, California.
Richie Faulkner: ”Judas Priest came from a place of progressive blues. The seeds of metal were sewn through the blues – that's the true heritage of heavy metal”

By Andrew Daly Published

Currently flexing his bluesier chops with metal supergroup Elegant Weapons, Faulkner reflects on how his recent heart surgery gave him a new lease on life, and why his forthcoming signature Gibson V will be ”the most metal-sounding guitar you've ever heard”

Guitars
Richie Faulkner and Adam Jones playing live
That time Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner jammed with Tool: “It was pretty daunting... let’s just say it wasn’t like jamming some AC/DC”

By Amit Sharma Published

The Flying V titan locked guitars with Adam Jones on a live performance of Jambi, but “almost throw up because of how technical the song is”

Guitars
Richie Faulkner: the Judas Priest guitarist used a Telecaster for his clean tone on Firepower
Richie Faulkner says he used a Bigsby-equipped Fender Telecaster for his clean tone on Judas Priest’s Firepower

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Gibson-loving Judas Priest guitarist maintains, though, that the Flying V remains his, err, elegant weapon of choice

Electric Guitars
Richie Faulkner, Jared James Nichols and Zach Myers perform Free Bird
Watch Jared James Nichols, Richie Faulkner, Zach Myers and Marty Schwartz trade licks in awe-inspiring Free Bird cover

By Matt Parker Published

The live shred-fest sees all four players take solo runs over the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic

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