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Polyphia rock radical custom-finish electrics in rage beat-inspired new single, Neurotica
By Matt Owen published
The frontiersman of instrumental guitar have also announced the title of their forthcoming album, Remember That You Will Die, which is both a cheery thought and available to preorder now
Watch Tim Henson’s flawless unplugged performance of Polyphia’s Playing God
By Matt Parker published
The guitarist takes a seat for this astonishing run-through of Polyphia’s flamenco-influenced new single
From flamenco trap-shred to glitch-guitar stabs: here are this week's essential tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche published
Usher in the weekend with great guitar-heavy tunes from Polyphia, My Chemical Romance, Nova Twins, Death Cab for Cutie, Black Midi, Charlie Griffiths and more
Digging the new Polyphia? Here are 10 trap and lo-fi beat-loving guitar players you need to check out
By Michael Astley-Brown published
10 production-savvy guitarists breathing fresh life into guitar playing with hip-hop inspired arrangements and dizzying chops
Polyphia go acoustic on their first new song in three years, Playing God
By Matt Owen published
Tim Henson and Scott LePage are on devastating form, and serve up their usual six-string pyrotechnics while wielding custom Ibanez Talman nylon-strings
The 10 types of string bending, from blues and boomer bends to tweak and tap bends
By Milton Mermikides published
Who could have imagined an everyday act of guitar technique would become so controversial? We take a deep dive into bending and see how it's changed over the ages
We need to talk about boomer bends: why the backlash to Tim Henson's technique preference represents more than just a generational divide
By Matt Parker published
The Polyphia guitarist’s comments about avoiding "boomer-ish" bends sparked a reaction that speaks to larger issues for us guitar players, and how our treatment of the past shapes the future of the instrument
“No-one said you couldn’t bend!”: Polyphia's Tim Henson addresses “boomer bends” controversy
By Matt Parker published
Henson catches up with Rick Beato to discuss the fallout from a throwaway comment about “boomer-ish” guitar bends
Tim Henson reveals he's never heard Metallica's Black Album – much to the amazement of Tosin Abasi and Misha Mansoor
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Rick Beato hosts a modern guitar summit, complete with a number of surprise revelations from the Polyphia, Animals as Leaders and Periphery guitar heroes
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