Ibanez

Rig Rundown: Brandon “Taz” Niederauer

March 18, 2020

One of guitar’s most promising young firebrands breaks down his signature D’Angelico, explains why he prefers Boogies, and then demos some vintage stompboxes.

Nili Brosh’s Spectrum—Melodies, Metal, and Monster Tones

February 18, 2020

Freddy Villano

Blending core voices from her bevy of Ibanez axes and a nylon-string guitar with influences culled from EDM, ethnic music, and djent, this rock instrumentalist reaches a colorful new frontier.

10 Gigbags You Gotta Have a Go At

February 7, 2020

Rich Osweiler

Hardshell cases have their place, but if you want to stay nimble and hands-free, a good gigbag is priceless.

Riff Rundown: Chon's "Gift"

February 2, 2020

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The guitar duo slow down their finger-tapping firepower and break apart the outstretched chords that bring the Chon song to life.

Ibanez Premium RG1121PB Demo | NAMM 2020

January 18, 2020

Jason Shadrick

This sleek shred machine offers high-end features for a reasonable price.

Korn’s Head and Munky on Coping with Tragedy Through 7-Strings

January 2, 2020

Paul Kobylensky

It’s been 25 years since the downtuned guitar duo helped pioneer a sonic path that changed metal. Here they reveal how dealing with the loss of heroes and friends informed their 13th studio album, The Nothing.

Top 10 Rig Rundowns of 2010s

December 17, 2019

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Sure, some are obvious biggies (Bonamassa, Vai), but there are also unexpected dark horses (hint: one is a shirtless Misfit).

Rig Rundown: Knocked Loose

October 2, 2019

Perry Bean

These purveyors of punishing ’90s-style hardcore chisel their heavy sound with downtuned 7-strings and lighter hues of delay and modulation.

Rig Rundown: Covet's Yvette Young

August 28, 2019

Chris Kies

The "adventure rock" outfit's frontwoman demos both her classical-piano-inspired fretboard approach and her favorite modulation pedals.

Rig Rundown: Nita Strauss

July 31, 2019

John Bohlinger

With a new Ibanez signature model and an ultraportable plug-and-play rig, the rock heroine travels light to create the heavy tones on her new solo debut, Controlled Chaos.

Riff Rundown: Paul Gilbert "I Own a Building"

June 30, 2019

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Watch as the guitar master slows down and simplifies the bonkers opening progression to a song off his 2019 album, Behold Electric Guitar (and has a blast doing it).

Ibanez SRMD200 Mezzo Review

June 11, 2019

David Abdo

This P/J hybrid offers Precision-like tone with a medium-scale build and small-scale price.

Rig Rundown: Polyphia's Scott LePage

May 8, 2019

Chris Kies

Aside from melting faces, these younglings don’t take themselves or much else seriously, but one-half of the wise-cracking guitar tandem dishes on his “dope” signature gear from Ibanez and DiMarzio.

Rig Rundown: Gary Clark Jr. & Eric Zapata [2019]

May 1, 2019

John Bohlinger

Check out the gear used by the current king of soulful R&B-laced blues-rock and his longtime guitar foil.

Pedal Alley 2019: Reader Boards

February 14, 2019

Tessa Jeffers

Whether it’s collections of old-school straightforward stomps or elaborate circuits for spacey experimentation, each year we’re blown away by the different pedalboard setups our readers come up with. Here’s a dozen for the tonal takeaway.

Is Erik Rutan Death Metal’s Renaissance Man?

February 7, 2019

Joe Charupakorn

With ultra-high action, a scalding tone, a jackhammer rhythm hand, classical melody and dynamics, and mad production skills, the guitarist scales his personal “Mount Everest.”

Tools for the Task: Soprano Ukes Under $300

February 1, 2019

Rich Osweiler

If you haven’t joined the ukulele craze, say “aloha” to these 10 sopranos and let the good times begin.

GALLERY: NAMM 2019 Day 3

January 26, 2019

Premier Guitar Staff

The third day of the year's largest gear show included highlights from Boss, Strymon, Blackstar, Greer, and more.

NAMM '19 - Ibanez RGA61AL & S61AL Demos

January 25, 2019

Shawn Hammond

PG takes a listen to two new Axion Series throwdown machines, one with Bare Knuckle Aftermath pickups, and the other with Fishman Fluence Modern ‘buckers.