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The 10 types of string bending, from blues and boomer bends to tweak and tap bends
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
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
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
Rick Beato hosts a modern guitar summit, complete with a number of surprise revelations from the Polyphia, Animals as Leaders and Periphery guitar heroes
Dual-bass prog trio The Omnific recruit Polyphia's Clay Gober for epic new single, Antecedent
Three basses are better than two in this four-minute masterclass, which offers up a dizzying array of picking-slap-hybrid exchanges and melodic percussive passages
Watch Tim Henson improvise with Herman Li using Jason Becker’s original prototype Peavey Numbers guitar
The pair teamed up to trade licks in the latest installment of the Jason Becker fundraiser livestream event, which has raised nearly $250,000 so far
Is the guitar solo dead in the 21st century?
Opinion: With guitar solos absent from the charts, Green Day championing the anti-solo and Eddie Van Halen gone, is it the end for the fret-melting guitar hero?
Tim Henson’s shred remix of Ariana Grande’s Positions is one of the best guitar covers you’ll hear this year
The Polyphia guitarist is switchin’ them positions for you
