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Matt Owen

Joe Bonamassa called him his new favorite player and Steve Vai hailed him as the evolution of guitar: how Matteo Mancuso developed a technique like no other

Matteo Mancuso

It takes a truly exceptional talent to catch the attention of the guitar industry’s most well-respected players and be hailed as the future of guitar before they’ve even released their debut single. Matteo Mancuso is that talent. 

The young Italian was catapulted in front of a global audience earlier this month with the arrival of his first-ever studio single, Drop D, setting the guitar world alight with hypnotic phrasing and an unorthodox technique like no other.

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