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

HOT LEG!

“IT’S A FIRST FOR FENDER” • JAMES BAY ON HIS ONE-OFF GUITAR AND NEW ALBUM

THE SAINTS ARE COMING! • BLACKSTAR LOOKS TO “THE FUTURE OF GUITAR AMPLIFICATION” WITH ITS LATEST VALVE AMPS

SQUIER FSR UPDATES

SEYMOUR DUNCAN EYES CLASSIC TONES

ERNIE BALL PAPA HET’S HARDWIRED MASTER CORES

NOISE HISTORY REPEATING • Boss goes retro with a pair of digital Space Echo emulations with heaps of analogue character

UP CLOSE

ARCHITECTS • When We Were Young

GET THE TONE CHANNEL DISTORTION

PRACTICE FOR BUSY PEOPLE

READY TO ROCK! • Keep a guitar at hand and you’ll always be able to find time to practise...

FOUR PALM SEPARATE -MUTING A ULTRA D5 CHORD -SHORT EXERCISES

“I have this whole other side of my musical personality” • METALLICA GUITARIST KIRK HAMMETT IS EXPLORING NEW SOUNDS ON HIS FIRST SOLO PROJECT. HIS AIM:“TO DO SOMETHING THAT’S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE…”

Portals • The techniques and textures in Kirk Hammett’s solo EP

“Less is more” • For singer-songwriter Grace Cummings, playing guitar is all about serving the song...

“You get this huge spread that’s not possible on a six-string...” • THE EIGHT-STRING GUITAR OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES. TWO OF ITS LEADING EXPONENTS – MÅRTEN HAGSTRÖM OF MESHUGGAH AND TOSIN ABASI FROM ANIMALS AS LEADERS – REVEAL ALL

“We’re searching for that perfect melody” • How the three guitarists in Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever create an epic, filmic sound

STRING SKIPPING • Supercharge your picking and soloing skills and create ear-grabbing ideas with TG’s string skipping exercises

Shine On...

The Genius of David Gilmour In 20 Songs • “HE HAS THIS PERFECT GUITAR TONE, WHETHER IT’S ACOUSTIC OR ELECTRIC”

“SOMEONE WOULD COUNT IN OR START PLAYING... AND THEN YOU’D JUST FLY!” • MY LIFE IN PINK FLOYD – AND BEYOND. DAVID GILMOUR: IN HIS OWN WORDS...

“The solo in Comfortably Numb is actually a first take!” • INSIDE THE WORLD OF DAVID GILMOUR AND PINK FLOYD, BY PRODUCER BOB EZRIN

In The Flesh • TG’s in-depth analysis of Gilmour’s playing techniques will help you tackle his greatest riffs and solos

Bend It Like Gilmour • TG breaks down Gilmour’s huge four- and five-fret string bends from Another Brick In The Wall

Gilmourish • Try your hand at the lead style of the godfather of the melodic solo, David Gilmour

CREAM SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE • Develop your finger muscles with some serious string bending in this classic slice of psychedelic blues-rock

GET THE SOUND • Everything you need to know before playing ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’

CREAM SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE

BON JOVI LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER • It’s time for big hair, bombastic riffing and all-out sonic excess! TG and Rockschool take a deep-dive into Jovi’s signature track

OPEN-MIC SONGBOOK U2 WITH OR WITHOUT YOU • Confused by delay pedals? Learn this 80s classic that creates killer riffs from tempo-matched delay settings

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 month…

YAMAHA RSS02T £649 • Yamaha’s Revstar range gets a serious makeover and much more

AT A GLANCE

Revstar Range...