Total Guitar is Europe’s best-selling guitar magazine, crammed full of songs to learn plus backing tracks. From the latest metal and indie hits to classic rock from the likes of Led Zeppelin and AC/DC, TG has more songs than ANY other guitar magazine!. Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not currently include the covermount items or content you would find on printed newsstand copies
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THE CAT IN THE HAT
FOREVER YOUNG • THE NEW YVETTE YOUNG SIGNATURE MODEL REVEALED
ALL THE RAGE
CHEAP THRILLS
ED GEAR
STRUM AS YOU ARE • 30 years after the release of Nirvana’s biggest album, Fender has reissued Kurt Cobain’s Jaguar/Mustang mash-up
UP CLOSE
WE CAME AS ROMANS • Daggers
GET THE TONE CHANNEL DISTORTION
“Some people Larry might see my Hydra guitar and think, ‘Vai, what a joke!’” • Steve Vai reveals all about his three-necked Hydra, how he invented a new technique he calls “joint-shifting”, and how he made a track from his new album using only one hand...
Andy Summers • FROM JAZZ ROOTS TO WORLDWIDE FAME WITH THE POLICE, HE DEVELOPED A SIGNATURE STYLE THAT DEFINED THE POST-PUNK ERA. “BEING A GUITAR PLAYER,” SAYS ANDY SUMMERS, “IS WHO I AM.”
THE ONES TO WATCH IN 2022 • Indie pop, Maori metal, jazz fusion and grime-influenced protest punk. The breakout artists set to shape the sound of guitar music this year...
BENDOLOGY… • The evolution of string bending from classic 70s blues-rock to contemporary progressive math-rock
2022 Guitar Workout
FRETTING & PICKING ACCURACY • The core of any technique workout is making your fingers move more efficiently. Our exercises will help
FRETBOARD KNOWLEDGE • Map out the notes on the guitar and you’ll be flying round the fretboard before you know it!
JAM TRACKS • Test out your lead guitar skills over our rock and indie backing tracks
PLAYING THROUGH CHANGES • Follow these shortcuts and find the right notes for your solos every time you play
LEARN TO READ RHYTHMS • Crack the code of music notation and your rhythm playing will improve. We show you how…
FUNK WORKOUT • Get your rhythm skills up to speed as we take a look at the cool, funky sounds of 16th notes
WORK OUT YOUR EARS • Identify intervals by ear to become a better improviser and songwriter
PRACTICE PLANS • You’ve tried our exercises, now it’s down to you to get practising!
WIN! A GIBSON GENERATION COLLECTION G-00 ACOUSTIC GUITAR • Total Guitar has teamed up with Gibson to offer you the chance to win a G-00 acoustic guitar from the company’s new Generation Collection
"THE THOUGHT OF PLAYING ON STAGE CAN INTIMIDATE ME, BUT AS SOON AS I PUT THE GUITAR OVER MY CHEST I’M LIKE, 'RIGHT, THIS IS ME!’” • When Biffy Clyro made a triumphant return to the stage, frontman Simon Neil felt that he had rediscovered the meaning of life. Now, as part of TG’s 2022 Guitar Workout, he presents his guide to the art of rock guitar. How to make a Strat sound heavy. How to write in odd time signatures. How to prepare for playing live. And why there is still one pedal he can’t live without...
BOOOOOM AND BLAST! • Get Biffy in a Box with Simon’s new pedal, built in limited runs by his tech!
A CELEBRATION OF TUNINGS • Simon explains how tunings open creative doors
GOLDEN RULES • The Guitar Techniques Of Simon Neil
“A LEGATO WORKOUT CHANGED MY LIFE” • Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge on the secret to fast picking, and the best fretting-hand exercise he ever learned
“95 PER CENT OF TONE IS IN THE PLAYER” • How Eric Gales is taking one of electric guitar’s oldest art forms and reimagining it for a new generation
“INSIDE PICKING WAS A BIG...