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Marty Friedman pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: “Eddie’s guitar sound was a mammoth. It was by far the biggest thing we’d ever heard“
By Guitar World Staff published
Eddie's greatness? It was the “brown sound“, how he attacked the guitar, and the magic of the live show, says Friedman

Jackson releases Marty Friedman's striking new signature model, the Pro Series Signature MF-1 Purple Mirror
By Sam Roche published
A striking cracked purple mirror top, passive EMG MF signature humbuckers and a TOM-style adjustable bridge head up its specs

Purple Mirror Marty Friedman and surprisingly traditional Misha Mansoor models headline Jackson’s 2021 signature series
By Richard Bienstock published
Also on tap are collaborations with Black Dahlia Murder’s Brandon Ellis and Gojira’s Christian Andreu

Marty Friedman talks jamming with Megadeth’s Kiko Loureiro, his love of Fleetwood Mac and why he wishes his playing was more accessible
By Richard Bienstock published
The virtuoso goes deep ahead of his New Year’s Day “multi-dimensional” livestream

Marty Friedman announces “multi-dimensional” New Year’s Day livestream
By Richard Bienstock published
The guitarist will debut songs from his forthcoming Tokyo Jukebox 3

From Egyptian death metal to folk-ambient tranquility: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Jackson Maxwell, Michael Astley-Brown published
Take the temperature of guitar music with killer cuts from Marty Friedman, Adrianne Lenker, Sevendust, Lydia Loveless and more

Marty Friedman teams up with Mastodon, Baroness members to shred Fleetwood Mac’s You Make Loving Fun
By Richard Bienstock published
Believe in miracles with the latest quarantine video jam from Two Minutes to Late Night

Marty Friedman reveals why he turned down offer to reform Megadeth’s Rust in Peace-era lineup
By Richard Bienstock published
“I'm certainly not going to lose money to do that,” he says
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