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NAMM 2023: ESP meets fan demand with James Hetfield Olympic White Vulture and debuts 12 LTD signature guitars, including Gary Holt’s “very pointy” GH-SV
Bill Kelliher, Stephen Carpenter, Nergal, Lars Frederiksen and Javier Reyes all have at least one new guitar on the way from the LTD stable
Fender teams up with Mastodon's Troy Sanders for well-spec'd Silverburst signature P-Bass
The Mastodon low-end ranger's new four-string is outfitted with a custom Jazz Bass single-coil bridge pickup, a Split-Coil P-Bass unit in the middle, and eye-catching custom graphics throughout
Watch Mastodon’s Brent Hinds turn Super Sheriff and arrest guitarists for tone violations
Hinds has endorsed Victory Amps’ Sheriff – and taken to the streets of Atlanta to extend the long arm of the law
Victory Amps overhauls its Sheriff range – and seemingly signs Mastodon’s Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher to its ranks
The British rock-voiced series has been revamped with new Mastodon-endorsed heads and combos
Are Bill Kelliher’s new Mojotone Hellbender pickups the most versatile metal humbuckers ever made?
The Mastodon rhythm king’s new signature set uses Alnico II and V ceramic magnets to deliver tones spanning brutal to beautiful
7 guitar-led covers of Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill
Kate Bush’s irresistible 1985 hit is driven by synth but as these covers from Placebo, First Aid Kit, Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher and more prove, the song can be just as dramatic on guitar
Troy Sanders: “The Teardrinker bass solo turned from a silly joke to an interesting moment that I’d never done in Mastodon before”
The Mastodon bassist and vocalist on why the Atlanta metal institution doubled up for their latest album, Hushed And Grim, and taking the opportunity for a bass solo
Watch Nili Brosh team up with members of Anthrax and Mastodon for a relentless cover of Judas Priest's Screaming for Vengeance
Two Minutes to Late Night's latest all-star cover is spearheaded by a three-guitar attack led by Brosh and Anthrax's Jonathan Donais
![[L-R] Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds of Mastodon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KSVipMxw77RvrNWQWWgk4e-840-80.jpg.webp)
Mastodon: “We write our guitar parts separately then show them to each other. We’re not a jam band – we’re more like choreographed acrobatics”
Stylistically divergent – yet undoubtedly compatible – Mastodon guitarists Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher unravel Hushed and Grim, the band’s first double album
![[L-R] John Mayer, Samantha Fish, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Joe Duplantier](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Z6JbuZLSmXtCPwf3tin5xb-840-80.jpg.webp)
