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

Total Guitar

Welcome…

BATTLE OF THE BANDS

ALBUM“I’M NOT A GEAR NERD!” • IN FLAMES’ BJÖRN GELOTTE INSISTS: “I JUST KNOW WHAT SOUNDS RIGHT FOR ME”

ZOOM G2 FOUR / G2X FOUR

LACE CIGAR BOX ELECTRICS

IK MULTIMEDIA TONEX FOR IOS

MENDES MARTIN • Martin’s new small-bodied acoustic sets pop guitar fans in its sights

METALLICA Lux Æterna

FIVE WAYS TO...MAKE YOUR POWER CHORDS ROCK! • From AC/DC to Zakk Wylde, it’s the subtle details that let you riff harder

“A GUITAR THAT’S TOO SMALL FOR ME LOOKS TRULY AWFUL!” • Devin Townsend – the prog metal maverick with very specific gear requirements.

“YOU CAN’T RELY ON BUYING NEW GEAR TO WRITE A GOOD SONG!” • For the guitarists in post-punk band The Murder Capital, it is a question of pedals: how many is too many?

“My twenty quid guitar is the best!” • Singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin composed her new album on a vintage Martin, but still has a soft spot for her junk-shop special

“WE HAVE A SICKNESS – IT’S CALLED ‘GUITAR PEDALS’!” • How the ambient music of Hammock is created – a “guitar symphony” with tons of effects but no rules

Brian May THE INTERVIEW • “We were the right people together at the right time. We were very much in harmony, without even trying”

Live Aid • How Queen ruled on the biggest stage of all

Queen + Adam Lambert

THE GENIUS OF... BRIAN MAY • Power chord riffing, harmony lead and much more: the multi-faceted and instantly recognisable guitar style of Queen’s melodic maestro...

QUEEN THE SHOW MUST GO ON • Learn Brian’s classic rock guitar styling on the final track of 1991’s Innuendo – Queen’s final studio offering with Freddie Mercury

JIMI HENDRIX HEY JOE • Rockschool and TG take a look at Jimi’s blues-rock masterpiece

OPEN-MIC SONGBOOKNIRVANAABOUT A GIRL • In 1993, Nirvana unplugged for MTV at Sony Music Studios in New York and gave this deep cut a whole new life

TAB GUIDE • Get more from TG by understanding our easy-to-follow musical terms and signs

THE GAS STATION REAL WORLD REVIEWS OF THE BEST NEW GEAR • REAL WORLD REVIEWS OF THE BEST NEW GEAR

START ME UP! • Five awesome new products to get your gear engine revving this month…

JACKSON X SERIES DINKY DK3XR HSS £509 • A high-speed thrill ride for heavy metal neon nights

MORE MAESTROS • Gibson expands their freshly-revived Maestro brand with another five stompboxes

ROUND-UP • We’ve looked at four of Gibson’s five new Maestro pedals, but which is the right one for you?

BOSS DUAL CUBE LX • The legendary Cube returns with more features than ever before

ELECTRO-HARMONIX STRING9 • Another string to the EHX 9 series bow

HANNAH JADAGU