Guitar Techniques

Take the UK's foremost guitar teachers and players, and transfer their finesse and passion for music into a magazine! The magazine has established itself with guitarists who wish to better themselves as musicians in both the UK, Europe and as far afield as the USA and Hong Kong! When it comes to choosing music, GT's Abba to Zappa policy means that there's always something for everyone! 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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NITA STRAUSS • A minute’s all it takes to discover what makes a great guitarist tick. Before she jumped into her limo for the airport we grabbed a chat with the Alice Cooper guitarist and successful solo artist.

JUST IN SANDERCOE • The founder of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This Month: If You Want To Get Better, Teach!

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MITCH DALTON • The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by our session ace. This month: A Song, A Smile, A VAT Invoice.

JAM TRACKS TIPS

DAN WILSON • Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments. Jason Sidwell asks top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month: the US jazz-soul guitarist whose new album is rich and grooving.

PLAY LIKE… The Rolling Stones • In the wake of their chart-topping album, Hackney Diamonds, Andy Saphir celebrates the styles of this great band’s guitarists: Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, and Ronnie Wood.

VIDEO MASTERCLASS STEVE MORSE • In this exclusive video feature, the legendary Steve Morse performs and discusses his solo over Jason’s Celtic rock track, The Pledge. Jon Bishop is your guide.

Six Favourite Licks • This month the psychedelic explorer took a minute out of his busy schedule to record six of his favourite jazzrock licks for GT, with Jon Bishop as your guide.

THE CROSSROADS Robben Ford • For this month’s Crossroads, John Wheatcroft shines a light on the chordal mastery of a guitarist who assimilates sophisticated jazz harmony into his stunning blues style.

She Moved Through The Fair • This month Declan Zapala brings you a beautiful new arrangement of an old traditional Irish classic, full of lush chords and sparkling harmonics to sink your fingers into.

JEFF BECK • At the first anniversary of his untimely death, David Gerrish remembers the legacy of a truly unique and exceptional guitarist.

GUNSN’ ROSES • Martin Cooper checks out the sound of a band that brought rock back into fashion, and the guitarist who revived the Les Paul’s fortunes.

OZZY OSBOURNE ST YLE • This month Jamie Hunt brings us two great examples demonstrating the rhythm style of the ex-Sabbath singer’s roster of superb guitarists.

MATEUS ASATO • For this month’s article Charlie Griffiths takes a look at one of the guitar world’s newest heroes, the virtuosic Instagram superstar from Brazil.

CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM • This month Andy GJones examines the take-no-prisoners style of the Mississippi-born firebrand who mixes influences from classic to modern, but always with power and panache.

WILLIE NELSON • This month Stuart Ryan gets to grips with the quirky chord and lead guitar style of a Nashville legend, and one of the original ‘country outlaws’.

JOSH MEADER: 3 JAZZ LICKS • In the first of anew series from Jam Track Central,...