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Alex Lifeson and Adam Jones holding an Epiphone Alex Lifeson signature Les Paul

“His playing speaks to my soul like no other guitarist”: Alex Lifeson joins Adam Jones onstage to help Tool perform Jambi – before gifting his hero one of his signature Epiphone Les Pauls

By Matt Owen published

Having previously spoken about his affection for Jones' guitar playing, Lifeson joined Tool onstage to tackle the rhythmic riff rollercoaster – with some added Rush flair for good measure

Gibson Adam Jones Flying V Collector's Edition

“An out-of-this-world limited-edition Flying V”: Gibson’s latest Adam Jones signature guitar is here – and it’s a $20k Murphy Lab recreation of the Tool titan’s prized Flying V with a Futura-style headstock

By Matt Owen published

Staying true to the guitarist's penchant for heavy instruments, the meticulously assembled limited-edition Custom Shop model arrives after Jones debuted a V designed with help from Kirk Hammett, Richie Faulkner and Jim Root in 2022

Adam Jones and his Gibson Les Paul

“He wants the heaviest guitars that we can humanly make”: Here’s why Adam Jones has Gibson searching for “the heaviest woods” in order to build his custom Les Pauls

By Matt Owen published

Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian says the Tool maestro is very particular about the weight of his guitars thanks to his vintage '79 Custom model

Epiphone Adam Jones Ernst Fuchs Anti-Laokoon 1965 Les Paul Custom Art

“The fantastic, the mythological, and the spiritual”: Epiphone’s latest Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art very much gives a Fuchs

By Matt Parker published

The latest stunning model from the Tool guitarist’s Custom Art series features a print of Anti-Laokoon 1965 by Ernst Fuchs on the rear of the body

Epiphone Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection: Julie Heffernan’s “Self-Portrait as Not Dead Yet”

Tool’s Adam Jones unveils new version of the best Epiphone Les Paul on the market

By Michael Astley-Brown published

The fourth incarnation of the hugely impressive Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection is here – and it features, er, “ironic rococo surrealism with a social-satirical twist”

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”

Primus’s Les Claypool and Tool’s Justin Chancellor

Hear Justin Chancellor play through Les Claypool’s rig as this Primus-Tool supergroup take on Ænima at chest-rattling velocity

By Matt Parker published

Members of the two bands and Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen teamed up for a double-drummer take on the Tool classic

Epiphone Adam Jones "Study for self-portrait with rose skirt and a mouse" by Julie Heffernan Les Paul

Epiphone takes a baroque turn with Adam Jones' latest limited-edition Art Collection Les Paul

By Matt Owen published

The third of seven limited-edition Adam Jones Epiphone Les Pauls continues the precedent set by its predecessors: classic LP visuals up front, dazzling artwork on the back

Epiphone Adam Jones Frazetta "The Berserker" Art Collection Les Paul

Epiphone Adam Jones Silverburst Les Paul Custom review

By Amit Sharma published

The Tool guitarist's lower-priced signature model is, quite literally, a work of art – and quite possibly the best Epiphone Les Paul ever made

Adam Jones' new Epiphone signature "Veil of Bees" Les Paul Custom

The Epiphone Adam Jones signature Les Paul has finally arrived – with a collectible twist

By Jackson Maxwell published

Epiphone's most highly anticipated model has arrived in the form of the Adam Jones Art Collection, a series of seven unique guitars, each with its own piece of eye-catching artwork chosen by the Tool guitarist

Maya Neelakantan

Watch 9-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan play an awe-inspiring medley of 15 clean Tool riffs – on a guitar given to her by Adam Jones

By Sam Roche published

The young musician puts the Gibson Adam Jones Les Paul Standard to good use, stitching together the likes of Lateralus, Descending and 7empest

Slipknot performs on stage on day 2 of Download Festival 2019 at Donington Park on June 15, 2019 in Castle Donington, England

Slipknot's Alessandro “V-Man” Venturella: I borrowed a bass from Tool's Justin Chancellor for our new album

By Nick Wells published

Slipknot's V-Man on his borrowed bottom-end boost from Tool's Justin Chancellor

Adam Jones performs onstage with Tool in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 31, 2019

Watch Adam Jones play Stinkfist onstage with Tool in a full Dwight Schrute costume

By Jackson Maxwell last updated

Jones joked on social media that the song was "really difficult to play" while dressed as the legendary Office character

Adam Jones' custom Gibson Flying V (left), Adam Jones holds his signature Gibson USA Les Paul

Adam Jones' custom Reverse Silverburst Gibson Flying V was designed with help from Kirk Hammett, Richie Faulkner and Jim Root

By Jackson Maxwell published

Featuring a '58 Futura headstock, the custom build is said by the Tool guitarist to be "one of the heaviest Flying Vs Gibson has ever made"

James Hetfield, Kurt Cobain and Dimebag Darrell

The greatest guitar albums of the '90s

By Jenna Scaramanga published

From Pearl Jam to Pantera, Metallica to Morello

Alex Lifeson of Rush

10 of the best songs over 10 minutes long

By Josh Hart last updated

Here are some of the greatest - and longest - tracks that clock well into the double digits

Cesar Gueikian

Cesar Gueikian demos Adam Jones' much-anticipated Silverburst Epiphone Les Paul Custom on Instagram

By Matt Owen published

The Gibson brand president took to social media to show off the Tool guitarist’s upcoming signature in all its glory, and it sounds not bad either

Maya Neelakantan covering Tool’s 7empestl

Watch 9-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan tackle Tool’s 16-minute epic, 7empest

By Matt Parker published

The young player posted the cover on her YouTube channel after receiving a new Epiphone Les Paul for her birthday

Adam Jones and Bernth

Tool invite shred star Bernth onstage for guest solo spot during Opiate performance

By Matt Owen published

Watch the Viennese virtuoso set off some fretboard fireworks of his own during the rendition, before shredding in tandem with Adam Jones for the track's show-stopping finale

Dunlop Justin Chancellor Cry Baby wah

Dunlop Justin Chancellor Cry Baby Wah review

By Joel McIver last updated

The ultimate Tool box? Filter, fuzz and wah in one souped-up Cry Baby