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

THE BOYS IN THE BUBBLES

THE ‘LOST’ QUEEN ALBUM REVEALED! • GUITARIST BRIAN MAY DISCOVERS LIVE ALBUM IN HIS ARCHIVES

THE PERFECTION OF A GUITAR PLUGGED STRAIGHT INTO A GLOWING VALVE AMP • The Black Crowes’ classic debut 30 years on

SYLVAIN SYLVAIN

LOST HEROES • TG PAYS TRIBUTE TO THREE GUITARISTS WHO LEFT THEIR MARK ON THE WORLD OF MUSIC

GIBBY STRUM LOVIN’ • Epiphone unveils five ‘Inspired by Gibson’ acoustics, and you’ll probably recognise them...

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GRETA VAN FLEET

GET THE TONE

MINOR PENTATONIC CLASSICS… • One easy shape is at the heart of five great riffs

GETTING STARTED WITH… LEAD GUITAR • Learn the best scale in the world and an easy technique for effective blues and rock solos

THE BEST NEW GEAR TO PLAY IN 2021! • There was no NAMM show last month, but did it stop a treasure trove of new gear being unveiled? Of course not! And we’re hear to filter out the very best of it for all budgets and varied tonehound tastes. Let’s go!

SOUND CHASER • Progressive rock mastermind and super producer Steven Wilson explains his abstract approach to guitar on his new album The Future Bites, reveals the secrets of his studio gear, and makes the shocking confession: “I DON’T KNOW THE NAMES OF THE CHORDS I PLAY!”

PROG ROCK KING? • Inside the playing style of Steven Wilson

BRAVE NEW WORLD • Four years and a new singer since their last album, British rockers Lonely The Brave return against the odds with a triumphant album that captures their live sound

Scott Gorham • HE MADE HIS NAME IN THE 70S AS PART OF THIN LIZZY’S FABLED TWIN-GUITAR ATTACK. NOW, HE CARRIES THE SPIRIT OF LIZZY IN BLACK STAR RIDERS. GORHAM’S LICKS AND HARMONIES INSPIRED MAIDEN AND METALLICA, AND HIS TONE IS A ROCK BENCHMARK.AS HE SAYS: “IF IT DON’T SOUND RIGHT, IT AIN’T RIGHT.”

TIMES LIKE THESE… • To celebrate 25 years as a band, Foo Fighters made “a party record” in the era of no parties. Stranger still, they recorded it in a haunted house. In TG’s 16-page Foos extravaganza, Dave Grohl reveals all about his life as leader of one of the world’s biggest rock bands, and guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett tell the story of the album’s creation. Plus: your guide to playing three all-time classic Foos riffs...

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY • In a spooky old house – believed to be haunted – the Foo Fighters channeled the spirit of David Bowie on their “weird” new album. Guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett discuss the making of Medicine At Midnight and the inner workings of the Foos’ three-guitar team

“IT WAS A PUNK ROCK SHOW. I WAS THIRTEEN. IT WAS RAW AND IT WAS LOUD. PEOPLE WERE BEATING THE SH*T OUT OF EACH OTHER, THERE WAS SPIT AND PUKE AND GLASS FLYING EVERYWHERE, AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!” • Raised on classic rock and fired up by punk, Dave Grohl would emerge from the turmoil of Nirvana’s heady rise and tragic end to become the frontman of one of the world’s biggest bands. In this revealing interview, he explains how he has steered the Foo Fighters through good times and bad, and says: “I hope that we can somehow inspire the next generation of musicians...”

FLYING HIGH… • The evolution of Foo Fighters guitar tone in five classic tracks

SONIC HIGHWAYS • Learn the Foo Fighters’ trademark layered guitar style

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