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  • How to Sound Like Mastodon: A Guide for Guitarists

    How to Sound Like Mastodon: A Guide for Guitarists

    What kind of guitar gear does one need to sound like Mastodon, you ask? Here’s everything you need to know (and a little bit more besides)… If you want to sound like Mastodon there’s a few core concepts you need to understand. From the way you tune your guitar to your amp settings, there’s a…

  • Boards of Canada Gear Rundown: Minimalist Tech Makes The Best Noises

    Boards of Canada Gear Rundown: Minimalist Tech Makes The Best Noises

    When it comes to gear, Boards of Canada favor a less is more approach. And this is key to how they developed their iconic sound Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada, known for their ambient, downtempo style, have crafted a distinctive sound using a surprisingly minimalist setup. Despite the complex, layered nature of their…

  • How To Sound Like Adam Jones: The Gear You’ll Need

    How To Sound Like Adam Jones: The Gear You’ll Need

    Wanna sound like Adam Jones on guitar? Here’s all the gear you’ll need (and tips on how to do it on the cheap)… Adam Jones is one of the most successful metal / rock guitarists of all time. Over the years, Jones – via his band Tool – has amassed tens of millions of dollars from record…

  • How To Sound Like Jimi Hendrix: The Essentials

    How To Sound Like Jimi Hendrix: The Essentials

    Wanna sound like Jimi Hendrix on guitar? Here’s all the gear you’ll need (and tips on how to do it on the cheap)… Jimi Hendrix is a legend. One of the greats. For many, Hendrix is The GOAT. We’re big fans of his playing here at ELECTRIKJAM, especially his role in popularising fuzz which helped…

  • Mac Demarco Guitar Collection: A Complete List For 2023

    Mac Demarco Guitar Collection: A Complete List For 2023

    What guitar does Mac Demarco use to create his iconic and instantly recognisable tone? Here’s a breakdown of Mac’s current guitar collection… With a slew of incredible albums under his belt, the King of Bedroom Producers is not only an extremely accomplished guitarist but he is also known for playing extremely inexpensive guitars from brands…

  • Dimebag Darrell Loved These Guitar Pedals – Here’s Why…

    Dimebag Darrell Loved These Guitar Pedals – Here’s Why…

    Dimebag Darrell was and remains one of the greatest guitar players to ever walk the earth. But what pedals did Dimebag Darrell use? Here’s everything you need to know… When it comes to writing killer riffs and head-splitting lead, Dimebag Darrell is very much in a league of his own. Sonically, Dimebag Darrell was one…

  • The Pedals Jack White Used To Make Elephant

    The Pedals Jack White Used To Make Elephant

    Wanna dial in Jack White’s iconic guitar tone? You’ll need a very specific selection of pedals – here’s everything you need to know Right out the gate, I want to say that in this post we’ll be focussing on Jack White’s guitar sound during his tenure in The White Stripes, specifically looking at the band’s finest…

  • Johnny Depp’s Amazing Guitar Collection Revealed

    Johnny Depp’s Amazing Guitar Collection Revealed

    Johnny Depp is an actor but he also loves his guitar and also plays in a band called Hollywood Vampires. Depp also has a wonderfully extensive guitar collection too, as you’d expect… Johnny Depp is one of the most well-known faces on the planet. Famed for his acting abilities, charitable inclinations, and iconic roles in…

  • How TOOL’s Adam Jones Practices Guitar

    How TOOL’s Adam Jones Practices Guitar

    Adam Jones is one of the most influential guitarists of the last 20 years. Not bad considering TOOL’s rather meager back catalog. But how does Adam Jones ensure his chops stay nice and frosty? Like everybody else, he practices – he practices a lot. But it is Jones’ approach to how he practices that he says…

  • Eddie Van Halen’s Guitars: Exploring The Models, Myths, & Legends…

    Eddie Van Halen’s Guitars: Exploring The Models, Myths, & Legends…

    There has never been someone as innovative as Eddie Van Halen when it comes to guitar gear. Other people have tried and failed. Eddie changed the face of rock and metal with crazy designs. Today we take a look at his biggest accomplishments. Eddie Van Halen: Talent And Innovation We recently talked about Steve Vai,…

  • John Frusciante Explains How To Play “Can’t Stop” Properly

    John Frusciante Explains How To Play “Can’t Stop” Properly

    John Frusciante explains why 99.9% of guitarists are playing “Can’t Stop” completely wrong… John Frusciante has some of the best muting techniques in the business – both left and right-hand muting. And this, he says, is the reason why nearly everybody that learns “Can’t Stop” gets it completely wrong. But what is the correct way…

  • The Guitar James Hetfield Could Not Live Without…

    The Guitar James Hetfield Could Not Live Without…

    James Hetfield has a massive collection of guitars but he does have one guitar that he could not live without… When you’re the frontman and main riff writer of one of the biggest and most influential metal bands to ever exist, and you’ve been doing that for three decades, you tend to amass a huge…

  • How To Sound Like KYUSS: Dialin’ In The Desert Sound

    How To Sound Like KYUSS: Dialin’ In The Desert Sound

    If you play guitar and you’re after a guitar tone similar to KYUSS, you’ll need to know how Josh Homme set up his guitar and what gear he used – here’s everything you need to know… If you want to get that quintessential desert, stoner rock sound that was originally popularised by Josh Homme and his…

  • What Pickups Does Adam Jones Use?

    What Pickups Does Adam Jones Use?

    Adam Jones of TOOL has one of the most instantly recognizable guitar tones in the business. But what pickups does Adam Jones use? TOOL is one of the biggest metal bands on the planet. I say, metal, but TOOL is much more than just a metal band; it has elements of prog, arthouse, rock music,…

  • What Guitars Do Mastodon Use? Brent n’ Bill’s Gear Detailed…

    What Guitars Do Mastodon Use? Brent n’ Bill’s Gear Detailed…

    Mastodon put the ARRR in guitars. As metal bands go, Mastodon is well and truly up there with the greats. But what guitars do Mastodon use? Let’s find out… Mastodon has been around for over 20 years now. Feel old yet? And during this time, the band has kicked out a bunch of amazing albums,…

  • What Guitars Do Meshuggah Use?

    What Guitars Do Meshuggah Use?

    Meshuggah invented djent. Meshuggah pioneered the use of 8-string guitars in metal. Meshuggah are LEGENDS. But what guitars do Meshuggah use? What Guitars Do Meshuggah Use? Ibanez M8M Ibanez Stoneman (AKA Ibanez FTM33) Meshuggah pioneered the use of extended-range guitars in metal. They don’t use traditional 6-string guitars anymore. And while there are plenty of…

  • How Kurt Cobain – And Grunge – Saved The Fender Jaguar

    How Kurt Cobain – And Grunge – Saved The Fender Jaguar

    The Fender Jaguar was meant to surpass the Fender Strat and the Tele. But this didn’t happen. On launch in the 1960s, it was something of a damp squib – until grunge came along… The history of the Fender Jaguar isn’t pretty. The guitar was meant to be a successor model to the Fender Stratocaster, picking…

  • What Guitar Pick Does James Hetfield Use?

    What Guitar Pick Does James Hetfield Use?

    Known for creating some of the best riffs ever and having one of the fastest right hands in the business, this dude needs ZERO introductions. But what guitar pick does James Hetfield actually use? When James Hetfield plays guitar, it is kind of mind-blowing. Especially if you play yourself. Hetfield has one of the most…

  • Jimmy Page’s Favourite Guitar is Exactly What You’d Expect It To Be…

    Jimmy Page’s Favourite Guitar is Exactly What You’d Expect It To Be…

    Jimmy Page owns and has used many, many guitars over the years, but only one of his guitars has the status of “number 1”… Jimmy Page played in an era before million-pound endorsements, signature models, and YouTube. During the 1960s and 70s, plenty of guitarists, even those of Page’s stature, bought their own gear. You…

  • Matt Bellamy Guitar – What Does He Use? This One and It’s A Real Beauty…

    Matt Bellamy Guitar – What Does He Use? This One and It’s A Real Beauty…

    I’m not a massive Muse fan, but I do love Cort guitars and the Matt Bellamy Cort Manson MBC-1 is truly a thing of beauty – and it doesn’t even cost that much either… The Matt Bellamy Guitar – AKA The Cort Manson MBC-1 How much? For the entry-level model you’re looking at less than $600. And…

  • Buzz Osborne’s Guitar Rig: 35 Years Of Evolution, Insanity, And Sublime Innovation

    Buzz Osborne’s Guitar Rig: 35 Years Of Evolution, Insanity, And Sublime Innovation

    Buzz Osborne’s Guitar Rig has been studied for years by the Doom Metal community. In the early 1980’s Buzz Osborne started The Melvins, not knowing what kind of effect he would have on the future of music. Buzz has always had an interesting approach to guitar, and today we take a look at almost 4…

  • What Guitar Does Chino Moreno Play?

    What Guitar Does Chino Moreno Play?

    He wrote classic Deftones songs like Change (In The House of Flies) and Digital Bath, but what guitar does Chino Moreno play the most? Chino Moreno, Deftones co-founder and lead singer, came pretty late to the guitar. Chino didn’t start “writing” music for the Deftones until 2000’s White Pony album, Chino wrote classic tracks like…

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