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Stop looking at Gibson. Start looking at and Bacchus .

Japanese rock guitarists treat the instrument as a percussive tool first, a melodic tool second. They use the edge of the pick, hit the strings at a 45-degree angle, and rarely use palm muting in the metal sense. Instead, they "knife mute"—cutting the string with the side of the picking hand to create a tick sound that sits in the mix like a drum hit. Let’s get practical. Load up your DAW or just crank your amp. jiorocker.com

At JioRocker, we live for that specific shred . Here is why the current wave of J-Rock guitar tone is leaving the rest of the world in the dust. For a decade, Japanese rock was synonymous with the "Vox/Marshall" duality: jangly highs for verses, crunchy mids for choruses. That era is over. Stop looking at Gibson