The seven string guitar has existed in many iterations over the years, though finally had its first mainstream electric production model as the Ibanez UV7 in 1990. The Ibanez UV7 was made for Steve ...

There are few contemporary players with a reputation as weighty as Tosin Abasi. The Animals As Leaders guitarist, and the man behind gear firm Abasi Concepts, has revolutionized the instrument through ...

This interview with Tosin Abasi was first published in Guitar World in 2014. The Animals As Leaders guitarist has quickly risen to the top of the new school of virtuoso players… and he used to shovel ...

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 ...

Dokken, Steve Vai, Munky, Head. It all came together. "I wasn't playing with James at that time, but he invited me to come back and jam with him. That's when I started playing seven-string. So I ...

The scale length is a regular 25.5” so we are very much talking about a guitar that retains a lot of inspiration from the one that inspired it, Steve Vai ’s Ibanez Universe, albeit we have some ...

Steve Vai has locked fretboards with a long line of elite electric guitar players over the years, be that through the various guest collaborations he’s participated in, the numerous G3 tours he’s ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Before taking over low-end duties from the late Dusty Hill in ZZ Top, Elwood ...

In the fifth episode of UCR’s Bold as Love Recalled and Celebrated video series, Steve Vai notes that Jimi Hendrix and Axis: ...