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

POWER TRIO

“REALLY, IT’S JUST ONE EXTRA STRING...” • DREAM THEATER’S JOHN PETRUCCI ON HIS NEW EIGHT-STRING GUITAR AND THE CHALLENGE OF PLAYING IT

KING POWER!

RASTAMAN VIBRATION

2 BECOME 1

PITCH CHANGING WIZARDRY!

X-MARKS THE SPOT • IK Multimedia merges the power of software with the convenience of hardware

UP CLOSE

BIFFY CLYRO • A Hunger In Your Haunt

GET THE TONE

WRIST, FOREARM OR ELBOW?

PICKING SCALES • Double-pick scale notes to improve your technique

ALTERNATE PICKING • Improve your lead guitar skills with a technique that’s used by indie kids, shredders and blues hounds alike

TECHNIQUE CHECK... • Get your pick in prime position to make those licks easier

“WE’RE DIRTY NEANDERTHALS PLAYING HEAVY METAL, BUT THERE’S A DEEP SIDE TO MASTODON” • With an unorthodox two-guitar attack and a mountain of gear, a band in mourning created a monumental double album. How Mastodon dug deep: by guitarist Bill Kelliher

“I’M NOT A JAM GUY - BUT HE IS” • How Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds achieve perfect balance

HEAVY FRIENDS • Mastodon’s guest stars: Kim Thayil and Marcus King

“THE CONCEPT OF RHYTHM GUITAR HAS BEEN LOST IN MODERN METAL. ” • The new album from Trivium is a master-class in complex riffing and balls-out shredding. Guitarists Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu reveal how it was created – with what they call ‘organic improvisation’...

PICKUP POWER • How active pickups help define Trivium’s wall of noise

Carlos Santana • AS ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED GUITARISTS ON THE PLANET FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, HIS EPIC CAREER IS ALSO A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. “SOME PEOPLE PRACTISE CHORDS OR THEORY,” SANTANA SAYS. “I PRACTISE MAKING MELODY BECOME ETERNAL...”

DORIAN THE EXPLORER

ALL I EVER WANTED: CARLOS SANTANA'S GEAR

WE D JUST HIT OUR GUITARS SOMETIMES. ACTUALLY HIT THEM!” • Wet Leg are creating a buzz with filthy songs and a novel approach to playing

GIBSON SG GREATS • Six decades after the first SG left the Gibson factory, we study the styles of ten of the greatest players to ever pick up this iconic axe

50 THE BEATLES Greatest Guitar Songs

10 GREAT BEATLES GUITAR MOMENTS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE • Wild slide guitar, flamenco-inspired rhythm, raw 12-bar blues and more - the inner workings of The Beatles revealed

MAGICAL GEAR TOUR • The Beatles revolutionised popular music. Here are the main guitars and amps they used to do it...

Pedals... • Four Fab solutions for Beatles tones

CHORD SECRETS OF THE BEATLES • We delve into the wonderful world of Beatles harmony with a look at the trademark shapes and progressions of the Fab Four

FREE ALL RIGHT NOW • TG takes a look at one of the greatest feel-good rock anthems of all time

FREE ALL RIGHT NOW

EXTREME MORE THAN WORDS • The Boston rockers take the funk out in favour of acoustic balladry. We take a look at Rockschool’s Grade Six arrangement

CHORDS

OPEN-MIC SONGBOOK PASSENGER SWORD FROM THE STONE • Mike Rosenberg takes you on a ride up to the dusty end of the fretboard with this capo’d corker

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...