Brent Hinds
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Guitar Radar has 2 stories about Brent Hinds, tracking new music, tours, collaborations and gear. Most of it sits under industry and music. The most recent story, from Sep 14, 2026, is “Mastodon responds after Brent Hinds' estate sues the band”. Coverage here goes back to Aug 31, 2026.
About Brent Hinds
Brent Hinds co-founded Mastodon in Atlanta in 2000 with Troy Sanders, Bill Kelliher and Brann Dailor, and was one of its two guitarists and a lead singer. The band's breakthrough came with Leviathan in 2004, and Blood Mountain in 2006 earned a Grammy nomination; Emperor of Sand in 2017 and Once More 'Round the Sun in 2014 both topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart. Hinds played the more melodic and harmonizing parts, while Kelliher handled the main riffs. He left Mastodon in March 2025 and died in August 2025 at the age of 51.
He was strongly associated with the Gibson Flying V, favoring silverburst finishes; his main V was commissioned from Gibson in 2005 with Classic '57 humbuckers and strung with D'Addario 60-gauge sets for the band's low tunings. He also owned Les Pauls, SGs, Explorers, a Lucite V from the Electric Guitar Company and a Silverburst '83 SG, and had two custom First Act guitars.
In 2016 Epiphone released the Brent Hinds Flying V Custom, a limited edition with a silverburst finish, a mahogany body and neck and Lace USA Hammer Claw humbuckers that he helped design.
Sources: Wikipedia: Brent Hinds · Guitar World: Epiphone presents Brent Hinds Flying V Custom · Mixdown: Gear Rundown, Mastodon's Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher
Stories
Mastodon responds after Brent Hinds' estate sues the band
The estate claims Hinds was never bought out of his ownership share before his death and objects to the band's public comments and use of his likeness.
Mastodon release 'Marrow Deep', their first album with guitarist Nick Johnston
The August 28 record is Mastodon's ninth, their first as a five-piece, and their first since founding guitarist Brent Hinds left the band and later died.