This YouTuber has built a guitar that runs on gas (and it’s a health and safety nightmare) By Matt Parker published 15 June 23 Mattias Krantz took inspiration from motorbikes, automobiles and, er, chainsaws in the design of his gas-guzzling guitar
YouTube influencers join forces to launch new '80s-inspired guitar company By Sam Roche published 18 January 23 Founded by The Tone King and Phillip McKnight, The Badlands Guitar Company has announced its first electric guitar, the eye-popping GX1
YouTuber plays 86 Meshuggah riffs in one take By Sam Roche published 17 January 23 In a truly Herculean undertaking, Greg Desmurs plays back-to-back tracks spanning the Swedish extreme metal outfit's entire discography without taking a single break
Guitarist switches the solos of Eagles' Hotel California and Megadeth's Tornado of Souls – and the results are insane By Sam Roche published 12 January 23 YouTuber Bradley Hall is at it again, picking apart classic guitar tracks and stitching them back together to surprisingly successful effect
Watch Bernth Brodträger put fireworks in his guitar and set them off – while playing it By Sam Roche published 15 December 22 In this high-risk sonic experiment, the Austrian YouTube extraordinaire has placed sparklers in the soundhole and at both ends of his guitar, making for spectacular viewing
Someone built a guitar that tases you for missing a note By Sam Roche last updated 28 October 22 Is this the most masochistic guitar learning device ever conceived?
This busker just delivered one of the best shred guitar performances of the year By Sam Roche published 19 October 22 In a video titled ‘Arpeggios at the speed of light’ – a pretty accurate title if you ask us – Damian Salazar deploys his Kiesel Jason Becker Numbers guitar to face-melting effect
“Ow, it's burning!”: watch Justin Hawkins try to play like Polyphia By Sam Roche published 11 October 22 The Darkness frontman reacts to Ego Death, the prog-rockers' head-spinning new single with Steve Vai
Fingerstyle acoustic guitarist covers Slipknot's Before I Forget – and the results are astounding By Sam Roche published 10 October 22 Italian maestro Luca Stricagnoli puts his formidable skills on display while repurposing the Nine's Vol. 3 classic
This is what an acoustic guitar sounds like when you fill it up with water By Sam Roche published 6 October 22 Watch YouTuber Bernth Brodträger pump litres of water into the soundhole of an Ibanez acoustic, making for some incredible sonic results
This insane acoustic fingerstyle cover of Dire Straits' Money For Nothing is the most incredible guitar playing you'll see today By Sam Roche published 8 September 22 Italian acoustic virtuoso Luca Stricagnoli showcases both his out-of-this-world playing chops and his crazy reverse slide neck device
Bradley Hall assembles 35 guitar players for the biggest-ever all-female shredfest By Sam Roche published 14 June 22 The YouTuber – in cahoots with fellow social media guitarist Cait Devin – has rounded up the likes of Sophie Burrell, Amber DeBellis, Midori of LOVEBITES and more for this all-star collab
Paul Davids removes Jimi Hendrix Monterey Strat video until a panel of “independent industry experts” can verify the guitar's authenticity By Sam Roche published 14 February 22 The YouTuber published a video in December in which he claimed to play Jimi Hendrix's black Monterey Fender Stratocaster, but some viewers weren't buying it
YouTuber turns the Lord of the Rings movie into a 3-hour metal song By Sam Roche published 24 January 22 Bradley Hall's guitar-fueled rendition of The Fellowship of the Ring is quite possibly the most ambitious YouTube video we've ever seen
This fingerstyle acoustic arrangement of Guns N' Roses' Welcome to the Jungle will bring you to your knees By Sam Roche published 12 January 22 Indonesian guitarist Josephine Alexandra rearranges the rock 'n' roll classic in her awe-inspiring new video, handling guitar, bass and vocal parts on one acoustic guitar
YouTuber attempts to write and record the first single from Megadeth's new album before it's released By Sam Roche published 4 August 21 Shawn McNair has pieced together The Sick, The Dying and the Dead track from various snippets revealed by Dave Mustaine – and the results are monstrously heavy
This might be one of the most star-studded YouTube guitar collaborations you'll ever see By Sam Roche, Richard Bienstock published 19 October 20 Artists featured in the 10-minute speed-guitar fest include Jared Dines, Stevie T and Nik Nocturnal
Spotify's Global Top 10 gets a metal makeover at the hands of one intrepid YouTuber By Sam Roche published 6 October 20 Nik Nocturnal – dissatisfied with the list's pop leanings – injects distorted guitars and breakdown beats into mainstream hits
This mind-bendingly accurate guitar cover of the Tenet theme features full-on time inversion By Richard Bienstock published 22 September 20 “I am amazed that the composer put the Tenet idea in the soundtrack,” says YouTuber Siam Chan
Insane YouTuber names the 500 heaviest riffs ever written - and plays them all By Sam Roche published 22 July 20 Shredder Nik Nocturnal tears through the outrageous number of riffs over the course of almost 2 hours
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