Let’s be real for a sec: when December started, we weren’t planning on dropping an Editors’ Picks roundup. After all, who the heck releases new material this close to the holidays?
As it turns out, a sizeable cabal of incredible guitar players have been saving their prime cuts for the winter. In fact, I’d go so far as to say this is the biggest flurry of December releases on record when it comes to must-hear guitar playing.
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Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master’s degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and over a decade’s experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Ed O’Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. In his free time, you’ll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.
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