Total Guitar

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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Total Guitar

EVERYTHING LOUDER THAN EVERYTHING

RIFF OF THE MONTH AC/DC Shot In The Dark

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WIN! A SIGNED ANGUS YOUNG GIBSON SG • To celebrate the release of AC/DC’s new album Power Up, we’ve teamed up with Gibson and Sony to offer you the chance to win a Gibson SG guitar, signed by Angus Young himself!

RIDE THE TIGER! • Epiphone unleashes its new Prophecy range

UP CLOSE

THE GUITARS THAT BUILT ROCK • TAKE A LOOK AT THE LANDMARK GUITARS THAT LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC, AND LEARN THE STYLES OF THE GUITARISTS WHO PLAYED THEM...

EDDIE VAN HALEN: FRANKENSTRAT • Designed, built and modified to revolutionise the guitar

BRIAN MAY: RED SPECIAL • The home-built electric guitar that's fit for a king

“IT WAS A MOMENT OF GREAT JOY, PLAYING WITH THIS GUY…” • IN 1983, TWO OF ROCK’S GREATEST GUITARISTS, BRIAN MAY AND EDDIE VAN HALEN, JOINED FORCES IN THE STAR FLEET PROJECT. NOW, IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TG EDITOR CHRIS BIRD, BRIAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS LATE FRIEND, AND TELLS THE STORY OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC THEY MADE TOGETHER...

HOLLOWBODY GUITARS • The roots of the electric guitar

HOLLOWED OUT! • Tame your hollowbody’s feedback

LES PAULS & SGS • The greatest Gibsons that made history

SET UP YOUR LES PAUL OR SG BRIDGE

OFFSETS & ANGLED GUITARS • The alternative choice of guitar?

40 YEARS OF JACKSON GUITARS • As Jackson celebrates its 40th anniversary, we chart its history from custom repair shop to the number one supplier of rock and metal guitars

JACKSON CONCORDE Randy Rhoads’ gift to guitar design

ACOUSTIC GUITARS • Not just for singers-songwriters...

FENDER STRATOCASTER • A true American icon

FENDER TELECASTER • The ultimate workhorse?

EXTENDED-RANGE GUITARS • When six-strings ain’t enough

FOUR EIGHT-STRING CHORDS YOU NEED TO KNOW

QUEEN FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS • Make your rockin’ world go round with Queen’s drop-D tuned, fat bottomed guitar anthem

AEROSMITH & RUN DMC WALK THIS WAY • TG and Rockschool throw the spotlight on axe-slinger Joe Perry’s inimitable swagger, in this Grade Seven arrangement

OPEN-MIC SONGBOOK THE 1975 ME AND YOU TOGETHER SONG • It’s a jangle pop riff-fest as we show you how to liven up your chords with a descending bassline and swing feel strumming

THE GAS STATION • REAL WORLD REVIEWS OF THE BEST NEW GEAR

START ME UP! • Five awesome new products to get your gear engine revving this month…

FRACTAL FM3 AMP MODELLER/FX PROCESSOR • Instantly stage-ready high-end amp and effect modelling

AT A GLANCE

Playing footsie with FX • How to do it all with just three footswitches

ALSO TRY...

EPIPHONE LES PAUL STANDARD 50S • A gold standard from a golden era of inspiration?

AT A GLANCE

TC ELECTRONIC PLETHORA X5 • MASH to the future

BLACKSTAR LIVE LOGIC • The logical choice for er, Ableton

JULIEN BAKER