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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“LIKE TWO GUITARS PLAYING AT ONCE…”

“THE FIRST THING I DIAL IN? THE GUITAR RESPONSE” • LAMB OF GOD GUITARIST MARK MORTON TELLS TG ABOUT HIS RIG AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM, LIVE IN RICHMOND, VA

“THE RED SPECIAL IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE” • WITH THE HELP OF BRIAN MAY, AMERICAN GUITARIST ARIELLE IS LAUNCHING A NEW SIGNATURE MODEL

“THE WAY I BEND FROM ONE NOTE TO THE NEXT – THAT’S WHAT DRAGS PEOPLE IN” • MARTY FRIEDMAN’S LEAD WORK WITH MEGADETH SET THE BENCHMARK FOR TASTEFUL METAL SHREDDING. BUT ON HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM, TOKYO JUKEBOX 3, HE IS ONCE AGAIN REINTERPRETING JAPANESE POP IN HIS OWN INIMITABLE WAY

NEW WAVE • Yamaha’s flagship Pacifica 612 gets a facelift

UP CLOSE

THE PRETTY RECKLESS • And So It Went (feat. Tom Morello)

GET THE TONE

TEN OF THE BEST • These classic riffs show you what the blues scale is all about

GETTING STARTED WITH… BLUES SCALE RIFFS • Add one note to the minor pentatonic scale for funk tones and filthy riffage

“WE WANTED THIS TO BE UNIQUE” • The new album from Architects sees the British metal heroes expanding their horizons for their most ambitious work to date. Guitarists Josh Middleton and Adam Christianson discuss the creative process for an album that sets the bar high for 2021...

Michael Schenker • IN THE 1970S, MICHAEL SCHENKER EMERGED AHEAD OF EDDIE VAN HALEN AS A GAME-CHANGING GUITAR HERO WHOSE GENIUS WOULD INFLUENCE GENERATIONS. BUT AS HE REVEALS THE SECRETS OF HIS UNIQUE STYLE AND CREATIVE APPROACH, HIS MESSAGE IS SIMPLE: “BE YOURSELF. DON’T TRY TO BE ANYBODY ELSE”

California Jam • As neighbours in LA, Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith and virtuoso fusioneer Richie Kotzen have been jamming together for years. Now, they’ve created a new album together, sharing a mutual love of the blues, and swapping guitars whenever the mood took them...

TELECASTER MASTERS • It’s time for some Telecaster tuition as the world’s biggest T-style players tell TG about their affinity for Fender’s classic singlecut and the tones, songs and performances it has inspired

“FIERY TONES, INCREDIBLE BENDS, WILD VIBRATO...” • The art of blues great Albert Collins, aka ‘The Master Of The Telecaster’

“THE FIRST TIME I EVER USED A TELE WAS THE DAY I RECORDED THIS CHARMING MAN...”

“NO ONE’S GOING TO NICK THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE A SACK OF SH*T!”

THE GAME CHANGER • Inaugurating the electric guitar as a consumer product, Leo Fender’s Telecaster was the bolt-on from the blue that changed the world with a tone that could fight its way through any mix...

“HE BROUGHT THE VOLUME AND TONE KNOBS UP FULL, AND LEFT THEM THERE”

“SCREW YOU AND YOUR METAL GUITARS!”

15 BEST TELES • Shopping for a T-style? Take a look at our rundown of the best options available now

“YOU’VE GOT CLARITY AND CHIME, BUT YOU’VE ALSO GOT FIREPOWER!” • Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen reveals the role of the Telecaster on the band’s multi-million selling albums Pyromaniaand Hysteria

“IT’S PROBABLY THE BEST GUITAR DESIGN EVER”

COUNTRY LIFE • Get to grips with the Tele stylings of eight country guitar greats

HYBRID TO HELL • Learn the ‘trick of the trade’ country picking technique

COUNTRY MODES • Three essential scales for authentic country guitar

“THIS CLASSIC GUITAR BECAME AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT...