Rig Rundown: Intronaut The prog-metal upstarts demonstrate the handmade tools they use and prove that it always helps to have a bona fide luthier in the band.
Rich Robinson's Sounds of the South A song-based guitar hero with deep blues and classic-rock roots uses open tunings, big riffs, iconic instruments, and studio spontaneity to define himself on Flux.
Snake Rider: Moon Tooth's Nick Lee The prog-moshing Cannibal Corpse acolyte reveals how Mastodon's Brent Hinds "changed the game" by getting him into Chet Atkins and Leo Kottke.