They say at instances you may’t hear the sheer brilliance of a tune till it is damaged down on acoustic guitar, so for this version of Gear Factor, you will get plenty of brilliance from a few of rock and metallic’s best guitar gamers.

We kick off this compilation with Ghost’s Tobias Forge shouting out one among his best guitar influences, Metallica’s James Hetfield, and getting snicker out of what he is listening to when he breaks down “Master of Puppets” on acoustic for the listeners. “That’s a funny riff,” he remarks, imagining that Hetfield had a good time writing the tune.

Speaking of metallic riffs, Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy reveals that the time in his youth when he was taught a Judas Priest basic on guitar was “outside of the first time I had sex, that might have been the best moment of my life.”

Kennedy later assessments out the Van Halen basic “Eruption,” with John 5 and Lamb of God’s Mark Morton additionally providing their takes on songs from the Eddie Van Halen catalog.

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Simply put, there’s some masterful work from the aforementioned Tobias Forge, John 5, Mark Morton and Myles Kennedy, together with Zakk Wylde, Bumblefoot, Mark Tremonti, William DuVall, Frank Iero and Bayside’s Anthony Raneri and Jack O’Shea and their picks are a few of the most well-known guitar songs stripped down on acoustic guitar. Have a glance beneath.

Rockers Play Their Favorite Riffs on Acoustic Guitar