TOSIN ABASI

osin Abasi once observed that “guitar is the skateboard of instruments” – and few young gunslingers have a bigger bag of tricks than him. Coming of age on the Washington DC circuit of the early 90s, the Nigerian-American’s eye-popping technique was forged at the crossroads of hair-metal and grunge; he recalls renting go-faster ‘chop builder’ tuition videos from his local