Generation Axe tour. The supergroup later reprised their tour in 2017 in Asia, and North America once more in 2018. In August 2020, it was revealed that Abasi was the musician behind the "air guitar" shredding in Bill & Ted Face the Music. In late March 2022, Animals as Leaders's Parrhesia (album) was released; though generally positive, critics mostly hold consensus that the album is not the band's strongest work: Metal Sucks gave the album a 3/5, citing shifts towards minimalism Abasi's style as an artist overall leading to more ambient work but fewer "wow" moments; Pitchfork gave the album a 7.3/10, noting the album as making strides towards a refinement of the group's style; Guitar.com rated the work 4 out of 5 stars. Abasi Concepts In 2017, after leaving Ibanez Guitars, Abasi wanted to expand on his design and include features such as locking tuners and 6 string options. As a result, Abasi founded Abasi Concepts, originally Abasi Guitars, offering a range of 6, 7 and 8 string instruments that feature his unique ergonomic design, locking tuners, signature Fishman pickups and unique wood combinations. Abasi started with Frank Falbo but had a public fallout with the builder over business issues. This led to Abasi Concepts switching to World Musical Instrument Co. Ltd as the manufacturer for their Legion Series, Dyna Gakki as the manufacturer for their JLarada Series and Grover Jackson Engineering as the manufacturer for their Master, Spartan and Space Telecaster (shortened to Space T) series. In 2022, Abasi Concepts expanded their offering by introducing the double-cut Emi. Equipment Guitars Abasi has played a wide variety of guitars over his career, though many of them have been custom luthier'ed, having been made by one of Strandberg (styled .strandberg*) guitars through their since discontinued Made to Measure Swedish custom shop, Ibanez guitars through their prototyping and custom shops, Kiesel guitars, or Rick Toone, a smaller luthier who seems to hold similar creative/ general philosophies. Toone has produced several instruments with Abasi in mind. Notably, Abasi's collection reached into the hundreds, though many were sold off in 2020; as such, this list focuses primarily on the entries of particular, which have either been seen at workshops, on tour, social media videos, or were used in recording. Primary Electrics Strandberg Made to Measure #17 Ibanez RG series, particularly with the EMG 808X pickups The Ibanez TAM10, Abasi's first signature guitar with