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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KILLING IT

FUZZY LOGIC • THE BRAND THAT KICKSTARTED THE STOMPBOX MOVEMENT RETURNS WITH FIVE NEW PEDALS

SHRED & BEAUTIFUL

RIFF POWER

“MY APPROACH IS INTUITIVE” • HOW TO PLAY EXTREME METAL – BY BEHEMOTH LEADER NERGAL

JACK WHITE Taking Me Back

10 THINGS EVERY NOVICE GUITARIST NEEDS TO KNOW… • Chords and scales, rhythm and lead. These core skills set you up for success in any style

“WRITING A GUITAR PART THAT ENDS AT AN IRRATIONAL POINT IS QUITE A CHALLENGE!” • Yard Act are the most talked-about new band in the UK. Guitarist Sam Shjipstone and singer James Smith reveal the origins of their unconventional post-punk sound

“WRITING A GUITAR SOLO IS LIKE WRITING ANOTHER SONG” • Joe Newman has led alt-J to worldwide success, but has always focused on songwriting first – guitar playing second. Until now...

“WE’RE PRAYING TO THE AC30!” • The amp that’s key to alt-J’s sound

DO THE MATH! • Fingerpicking the Joe Newman way

“Everyone’s personality is in their phrasing” • He plays heavy with Black Label Society and Ozzy, but Zakk Wylde is inspired by the emotion in blues and “pentatonic insanity” of jazz fusion

“IF WE LIKE IT, IT MUST BE GOOD!” • After their surprise top 5 debut album, Black Country, New Road deliver a more melodic follow-up. But as guitarist Luke Mark says: “I insisted on being louder than everyone else!”

“MY RIGHT HAND IS ALWAYS MOVING – WHETHER I HIT ANY NOTES OR NOT!” • Funk master Cory Wong is all about the groove. But on his new album with Vulfpeck, he’s also rocking out. As he says: “I got to be a little more Eddie Van Halen!”

PUSH THE BUTTON! • How Cory Wong made his signature Strat stand out in the Fender line-up

TELE PARTY! • Cory Wong on his latest acquisition from Fender...

Robben Ford • HE’S A MASTER CRAFTSMAN WHO HAS PLAYED FOR LEGENDS SUCH AS MILES DAVIS AND JONI MITCHELL, AND CREATED A SERIES OF BRILLIANT SOLO ALBUMS. FOR ROBBEN FORD, ONE GOLDEN RULE APPLIES: “TONE HAS ALWAYS BEEN NUMBER ONE TO ME.”

ALTERED FIVE CHORDS

THE DOUBLE-DIMINISHED SCALE

THE ALTERED SCALE

THE PENTATONIC SCALE AS AN ‘ALTERED’ SCALE

THE TOTAL GUITAR INTERVIEW

“I WANT TO STICK TO WHAT EXCITES ME RATHER THAN CONFORM TO WHAT’S POPULAR AT THE MOMENT. I’D RATHER KEEP IT ROCK ’N’ ROLL.” • Slash made his new album with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators in just five days. He’s also working on the long-awaited new Guns N’ Roses record. But the guitar hero admits:

IZZY RULES! • Slash on his magical partnership with GN’R’s Izzy Stradlin and with his current GN’R foil Richard Fortus

GUITAR SHOPPING WITH SLASH! • Thinking of buying a Les Paul? Take Slash’s advice on finding the right one...

PLAY LIKE Slash • Take a look at Slash’s key playing techniques to get inside his style

Slash APPETITE FOR INSTRUCTION • TG takes a look at the cat in the hat’s greatest riffs with GN’R and more

BACKSLASH / FORWARD SLASH • Three more of our favourite Slash moments

LES PAUL LEGEND • Slash will always associated with Gibson’s classic singlecut. These are his best known...

Slash THE FORGOTTEN GEAR • If you thought he only played Les Pauls, check out these amazing highlights from Slash’s $2 million guitar collection

SOUND LIKE SLASH • A...