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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POP LIFE

SCENE YOUR NEWS IN GUITARS

GO AHEAD, PUNK! • Harley Benton’s new MR series revives a garage rock icon on a budget

UP CLOSE

FOALS Wake Me Up

GET THE TONE

JENNA SAYS...

FUNK SCRATCHING • Jenna uses Paul’s obsession with funk music to improve his strumming technique

TECHNIQUE CHECK... • Get your fingers in the right place and those funky string scratches will groove!

PAUL SAYS...

THE GREATEST GUITAR ALBUMS OF ALL TIME …as chosen by you!

The 60s • Beatlemania inspired millions of kids to pick up guitars. And with the dawn of the rock era and the elevation of the album as an art form, a golden generation of guitar heroes emerged – Clapton, Beck, Page, Santana and Hendrix...

HOT RATS FRANK ZAPPA (1969)

1960s Gear Through The Years…

“IT’S MIND-BOGGLING! • Samantha Fish hails Hendrix’s inspirational debut

The 70s • Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon. But the guitar music of the 70s was dominated by the giants of rock – Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and mightiest of all, Led Zeppelin...

MARQUEE MOON TELEVISION (1977)

1970s Gear Through The Years…

WE WERE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS!” • Jimmy Page reveals how he created the masterpiece that topped our 70s poll

The 80s • Stevie Ray Vaughan reignited the blues. AC/DC delivered the biggest selling rock album of all time. New guitar heroes rose up – Slash and Joe Satriani among them. But if one guitarist owned the 80s, it was Eddie Van Halen...

VIVID LIVING COLOUR (1988)

1980s Gear Through The Years…

“IT SOUNDS LIKE SO MUCH FUN!” • Joe Satriani hails the genius and the spirit of EVH

The 90s • Throughout the 90s, heavy music was redefined by Rage Against The Machine, Pantera, Soundgarden and more. But incredibly, four of the decade’s greatest guitar albums were released within a six-week period in 1991.

WELCOME TO SKY VALLEY KYUSS (1994)

1990s Gear Through The Years…

“IT’S A PHENOMENON!” • Bullet For My Valentine’s Matt Tuck salutes The Black Album

The 00s • Blues music had a new star in John Mayer. Fingerstyle was taken to a new level by Andy McKee. And heavy guitar sounds were everywhere – from Tool, Muse, Queens Of The Stone Age, Alter Bridge and more...

EROTIC CAKES GUTHRIE GOVAN (2006)

2000s Gear Through The Years…

“IT HAS A LOT OF EMOTION” • Mark Tremonti on the album that saved Alter Bridge.

The 10s • In the last decade, modern classics were created by some of rock’s biggest names – Metallica, The Black Keys, Foo Fighters, Slash – and by new heroes including Ghost, Gojira and a young American band with a sound straight out of the early 70s...

NEW LEVELS NEW DEVILS POLYPHIA (2018)

2010s Gear Through The Years…

“WE WERE EXPLODING WITH CREATIVITY!” • Jake Kiszka on creating classic rock for a new generation.

Future Classics • The best of the new decade: five albums that are shaping the sound of modern guitar music.

THIN LIZZY THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN • Learn this classic twin-guitar rocker from the hot summer of 1976, featuring both harmony parts and a full backing track

GET THE SOUND • Everything you need to know before playing ‘The Boys are Back in Town’

THIN LIZZY THE BOYS ARE BACK IN...