The guitar swings through the air, arcing toward the amps stacked alongside the stage at the Miami club. But rather than splintering into pieces, it bounces back into the hands of neo-classical metal ...

SANDVIKEN, Sweden, April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock stars have been smashing guitars for decades, few with more enthusiasm than Swedish-born guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen. Global engineering ...

SANDVIKEN, Sweden, May 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- From manufacturing engineers and 3D printing specialists, to hardcore metal fans and those who were enticed by the premise of destruction, millions of ...

How many Stratocasters have been destroyed by Yngwie Malmsteen over the years? To test the durability of their so-called impossible-to-smash guitar, engineering company Sandvik challenged Malmsteen to ...

Rock guitarists sometimes have a strange relationship with their instruments. The Who's Pete Townshend has smashed many guitars throughout his long career, Jimi Hendrix set fire to his psychedelic ...