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Harley Benton just dropped an 8-string for southpaw players that has a multi-scale build, high-gain humbuckers – and it offers change from 300 bucks

On the eighth-string the scale length measures 27.2”, with a more regulation Fender-esque 25.5” on the high E. The ...
MusicRadar

Forget 18 strings - here’s a 20-string electric guitar

Remember Jared Dines’ obscene Ormsby 18-string guitar? Well, fellow YouTuber Steve Terreberry, aka Stevie T, has gone two better with what he’s calling the “most metal guitar ever”... Yes, it’s a ...
Stuff

New twang clan: 9 of the best electric guitars

They say nobody wants to be a rock star any more, because it’s easier and more lucrative to do nail varnish tutorials on YouTube. Poppycock, fiddlesticks and balderdash. Also codswallop, baloney and ...
Pitchfork

15 Best Acoustic and Electric Guitars for Beginners

For beginners, finding the best guitar to start with can be intimidating, to say nothing of actually learning to play it. There are a few age-old dichotomies to navigate—electric or acoustic, steel ...
MetalSucks

Brian “Head” Welch Explains the Origin of Korn’s Use of Seven-String Guitars

Seven-string guitars became a staple of the nu-metal sound in the 90s and early 2000s, thanks in large part to James “Munky” Shaffer and Brian “Head” Welch of Korn. It created the nu-metal sound that ...