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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HALCYON ’GAZE

A MODERN-DAY PIONEER AT THE PEAK OF HER POWERS • IN HER BRILLIANT NEW ALBUM, ST. VINCENT’S ECLECTICISM AND LEFTFIELD APPROACH TO GUITAR HAS ECHOES OF JONI MITCHELL PRINCE AND DAVID GILMOUR

KEELER TONES! • Celisse Henderson announces signature fuzz pedal

“MY HEROES WERE ALWAYS THE RHYTHM GUYS” • THIN LIZZY AND BLACK STAR RIDERS FRONTMAN RICKY WARWICK ON HIS LATEST SOLO ALBUM, VINTAGE GEAR AND COVERING BRITNEY SPEARS

“MY AMP ALWAYS HAS THE REVERB ON TEN!” • AGED JUST 16, TOBY LEE IS A RISING BLUES ROCK STAR WITH DEBUT ALBUM AQUARIUS

GREY MATTER • Neural DSP’s first hardware modeller has arrived. Here’s why you should be excited...

UP CLOSE

MASON HILL • Against The Wall

GET THE TONE

SCALE THE SUMMIT • The most useful shape you’ll ever learn... And it’s great for string bending, too!

GETTING STARTED WITH… STRING BENDING • Get to grips with an essential lead guitar technique with TG’s easy lesson

“IT WAS LIKE A GEAR NERD’S DREAM!” • Danish post-punk band Iceage recorded their new album with a wizard-like producer, an array of rare, esoteric offset guitars and an amp favoured by metal hero Zakk Wylde. Guitarist Johan Wieth reveals how this strange combination “works out perfectly”

“We wanted this album to be orgasmic!” • No modern rock band polarizes opinion like Greta Van Fleet. But with new album The Battle At Garden’s Gate, will they finally shake off the ‘mini-Led Zeppelin’ label? Guitarist Jake Kiszka explains how they’re reaching for a sound that’s “orgasmic and cinematic”, and how he is constantly refining and rethinking his art

Steve Lukather • HE PLAYED ON THE BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIME. HE’S THE DRIVING FORCE IN LEGENDARY ROCK ACT TOTO. AND HE JUST SO HAPPENS TO PLAY IN ANOTHER BAND WITH A BEATLE. IF ANYONE HAS SEEN AND HEARD IT ALL, IT’S STEVE LUKATHER. AND HIS ADVICE TO TG READERS IS SIMPLE: “YOU GOTTA BE CONSISTENT”

WHAMMY BAR

EMBELLISHED BENDS

GUITAR O VISION • Six guitar lessons of the

EUROVISION’S BEST GUITAR MOMENTS • DISTORTED GUITARS AND METAL MECHANICS OCCASIONALLY UPSET THE EXPECTED POP PARADE. HERE ARE SOME OF OUR FAVOURITES...

VAN HALEN THE NEXT GENERATION • Way back in 1978, with the release of Van Halen’s explosive self-titled debut album, Eddie Van Halen emerged as arguably the most influential rock guitarist since Hendrix. His genius as a virtuoso, innovator and rule-breaker would inspire countless players across the years, and that influence continues to this day in the wake of Eddie’s death on October 6th, 2020...

AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK...

“HE WAS UNCANNILY TALENTED AND DRIVEN BY A NEED TO EXPRESS HIMSELF IN A DAZZLING WAY” • VAN HALEN’S 1986 ALBUM 5150 WAS A GAME-CHANGER FOR EDDIE VAN HALEN AS HE DEVELOPED NEW TONES WITH NEW GEAR. THE ALBUM’S CO-PRODUCER, FOREIGNER GUITARIST MICK JONES, RECALLS THE “CRAZY” AND “FUNKY” VIBE IN THE STUDIO – AND REMEMBERS EDDIE AS A GENIUS ON A PAR WITH HENDRIX...

5150 TRACK BY TRACK • THE TECHNIQUES BEHIND THE TRACKS ON 5150

EARN YOUR STRIPES • Plug in and rock out as TG gets hot for teaching Eddie Van Halen’s trademark riffs and techniques

Frankenstein Guitar

THE ICONIC GEAR EDDIE USED TO REVOLUTIONISE THE GUITAR

THE INFLUENCER • Eddie Van Halen took inspiration from Clapton and...