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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“IT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE MINE... EXACTLY.” • NOEL GALLAGHER’S NEW SIGNATURE ACOUSTIC COMES WITH A RICH HERITAGE AND A HEFTY PRICE TAG. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO GET THE CLASSIC GALLAGHER SOUND...

GET NOEL’S SOUND WITH 2021 GEAR

“I WAS WILLING TO TRY NEW THINGS” • SINGER-SONGWRITER JAKE BUGG ON HIS NEW ALBUM AND THE OLD GUITARS HE USED FOR IT

“THE GUITAR TONES ON THIS ALBUM ARE SUBLIME” • PRINCE’S SHELVED 2010 ALBUM WELCOME 2 AMERICA IS NOW BEING RELEASED, AND IT’S A FUNK TOUR DE FORCE

NOVENTA REIGN • Fender’s latest workhorse range embraces the power of Nine

UP CLOSE

ROYAL BLOOD • Typhoons

GET THE TONE

HAMMER TO FALL • Repeating legato licks are essential to blues, rock, and metal guitar. Here are some of TG’s faves:

GETTING STARTED WITH... LEGATO LICKS • These techniques appear in every genre of guitar and will rescue you if you run out of ideas mid-solo

TO SHRED OR NOT TO SHRED • That is the question for fast-fingered virtuosos Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert and Nick Johnston...

IN THE WOOD SHRED • Learn the techniques of our shred superstars with TG’s tabbed licks

“We wanted to be more in your face!” • Rising stars of the UK’s thriving post-punk scene, their latest album a top ten hit, Shame specialise in punchy three-minute songs. So why do they need three guitarists in the band? As they explain, it’s all about interplay...

“THE MOST RESPECTFUL THING TO DO IS REALLY PLAY, IMPROVISE AND MAKE IT COME ALIVE AGAIN...” • When guitar heroes Eric Clapton and Duane Allman joined forces in 1970, they created a rock classic. 51 years later, Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs is reinterpreted on a new live album from The Tedeschi Trucks Band. And for slide maestro Derek Trucks, it’s personal.

ICON Kim Thayil • AS SOUNDGARDEN’S LEAD GUITARIST, KIM THAYIL’S HEAVY, DARK AND PSYCHEDELIC GROOVES SET THE TONE FOR ALT-ROCK. NOW, ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAND’S CLASSIC ALBUM BADMOTORFINGER, HE REVEALS THE ORIGINS OF HIS UNIQUE SOUND. HIS MOTTO: “I LIKE NOISE!”

MODES MADE EASY • Mystified by modes? Muddled by Mixolydian and lost your love for Locrian? Join TG as we delve into these exciting worlds of sound that will inject character into your solos, riffs and songs

JOHN MAYER GUITAR SUPERSTAR A TG SPECIAL, FEATURING

The Player • Inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan and feted by Clapton, John Mayer is one of the most gifted guitarists of the modern era. He also knows how to the play the fame game - from crafting pop hits and collaborating with fellow A-listers to teasing his new album via TikTok. This is his story: the making of a guitar superstar...

I ❤ THE 80S • A track-by-track guide to the slick sounds and classy guitar playing on Mayer’s new album, Sob Rock...

THE CONNOISSEUR • Taking an inventory of Xanadu would be easier than cataloguing John Mayer’s rigs, but let’s take a quick head count of his most significant guitars, amps and pedals

GEAR SHOPPING #1 • Get Mayer-esque tone and change from a grand with gear that’s available right now!

GEAR SHOPPING #2 • A bigger budget means more ways to buy into Mayer’s tone

“YOU CAN’T TAKE THE GUITAR PLAYING OUT OF ME” • John Mayer, in his own words.

“I GREW UP A LONE WOLF IN MY BEDROOM PRACTISING MY GUITAR. ALL I EVER REALLY...