Big Strokes: A Beginner's Guide to Sweep Picking By Charlie Griffiths Practicing each of theses exercises with a metronome for just two minutes every day will improve your coordination and sweep picking technique immensely.
High Tech: 10 Players Embracing Guitar Technology to its Fullest By Tom Gilbert GW highlights guitarists who have embraced gear to its fullest, innovating new sounds and styles in the process.
Generation Axe Premiere New Live Recording of "Highway Star" By Jackson Maxwell The recording is taken from the quintet's new live album, 'Generation Axe—The Guitars That Destroyed the World: Live In China.'
Are You the Guitarist of the Year? By Guitar World Staff There’s still time to enter! This year’s judges include John Petrucci, Steve Lukather, Tosin Abasi, Andy McKee and Plini.
‘Generation Axe—The Guitars That Destroyed the World: Live in China’ To Be Released in June By Richard Bienstock Listen to Vai, Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde and Tosin Abasi shred through Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein."
Tosin Abasi Lesson: Seven-String Arpeggios By Tosin Abasi Tosin Abasi demonstrates some cool ways to perform a variety of arpeggios on the seven-string guitar.
Abasi Concepts Unveils Three New Larada Electric Guitars By Richard Bienstock Six-string, eight-string and Space T models are available for pre-order now.
Watch John Mayer Play Fingerstyle Blues on a Tosin Abasi 8-String Guitar By Richard Bienstock "How killing is John on the 8-string?” asks Abasi.
Tosin Abasi's Introduction to Double Picking By Tosin Abasi Get a lesson in double picking from Tosin Abasi.
Watch Tosin Abasi and Zakk Wylde Discuss Guitars, Generation Axe Tour By Guitar World Staff Be the first to see these two guitar aces discuss how the tour came together, their influences and everything in between.
Steve Vai Explains the Generation Axe Approach and What It's Like to Be Pushed by His Peers By Joe Bosso "I love to have fun, except I do it a little differently than most people.” Steve Vai dishes on his idea of a good time: tearing it up with four fellow axe wizards on the 'Generation Axe' tour.
Devising Chord Voicings on the Eight-String Guitar By Tosin Abasi Tosin Abasi demonstrates a number of different voicings guitarists can create on an eight-string.
Watch Generation Axe—Vai, Yngwie, Zakk, Nuno and Tosin—Play Deep Purple's "Burn" By Jackson Maxwell Yngwie Malmsteen sang lead on the quintet's ferocious version of the classic Deep Purple tune.
Animals as Leaders' Tosin Abasi Unveils New Pathos Pedal By Richard Bienstock The overdrive unit is the first stompbox offering from Abasi Guitars.
Using Unusual 16th-Note Syncopations and Odd-Length Phrases By Tosin Abasi Learn how to handle odd-length phrases and unusual 16th-Note syncopations in this Tosin Abasi lesson.
15 of the World's Greatest Seven- and Eight-String Guitarists By Damian Fanelli, Alan Di Perna and Peter Hodgson 15 names that are a testament to the myriad ways in which the seven- and eight-string guitar has evolved over the years.`
Vai, Yngwie, Zakk, Nuno and Tosin Play Deep Purple's "Highway Star" By Damian Fanelli Vai, Yngwie, Zakk, Nuno and Tosin play a classic.
Watch John Petrucci, Tosin Abasi, Rusty Cooley, Jason Richardson and Jon Finn Jam at John Petrucci's Guitar Universe 2.0 By Guitar World Staff As an added bonus, you can also see footage of Al Di Meola, Guthrie Govan and more taking their own onstage turns at the camp.
Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, Tosin Abasi Announce 'Generation Axe' Tour By Jackson Maxwell
