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Getting Started With...Legato Lead

Try your hand at a technique used by nearly every player who’s ever played a solo, with TG’s easy legato lesson

Damien Jurado

ON HIS 14TH ALBUM, THE HORIZON JUST LAUGHED, THE IDIOSYNCRATIC SEATTLE SONGWRITER PRESENTS PERSONAL UPHEAVAL IN A MISLEADINGLY LAID-BACK PACKAGE.

Gretsch G5220 Electromatic Jet BT

Has Gretsch just thrown down the gauntlet for single-cut value in 2018?

Positive Grid Bias 2

A giant in software amp modelling returns leaner and meaner

Line 6 HX Effects

Happy with your amp but like the look of the Helix? Read on....

Beetronics Whoctahell

Put some buzz in your fuzz

Chris Shiflett

As the Foos man brings his solo project to the UK, we find out about his new signature model and his go-to pedals.

Running With The The Devil

Manuel Gagneux’s Zeal & Ardor take black metal through the darkest chapters in American history and reimagine it with African-American spirituals and unholy gospel verse.

Five Minutes Alone - Chad Taylor

The Live guitarist talks six-string shocks, shops and an acoustic with its own security detail.

The Tele-Vangelist

John 5 sings the praises of the Fender Telecaster with seven sacred models from his massive collection.

better band practice

getting your band in the same room to play can be like herding cats, but get it right and practice can be the key to success…

Open-Mic Songbook - Biffy Clyro Many Of Horror

Try your hand at Simon neil’s epic fingerstyle ballad with TG’s tab, songsheet and backing track

Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues

Learn the late guitar legend’s tour de force blues ballad with tG’s full transcription and backing track

Schecter C-6 Pro

A modern shredder with the curl of the burl

Acoustic Allstars

Dawes, Gomm and Emmanuel confirmed as Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year judges

Boss GT-1000

The effects giant takes its multi-effects and amp modelling to the high-end

Solar A2.6 Trans Blood Red Matte

A new breed in metal guitars?

Ruston Kelly

Nashville Singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly Documents A Hell-raising Period Of Life On Dying Star. Here He Reflects On The Six-strings,Sobriety And Spontaneity That Fed Into His Debut Album

Round Table Supersonic Blues Machine

ZZ Top Honcho Billy F Gibbons & Friends Look At The Roots Of Guitar Music And How The Blues Ended Up Shaping Everything

Five Minutes Alone Rich Robinson

The former Black Crowe turned Magpie Salute wingman ponders narc nightmares, divorcing his gear and the wisdom of Neil Young

Back Track

A Guitarists Guide To The Artists You Need To Know

IBANEZ AZ224F

Has Ibanez perfected the contemporary double-cut?

Charlie Cunningham

Lines sketched the template, now new record permanent way finds the UK singer-songwriter making bold new steps.

Shred Alert

Armed with a stash of rare and custom Telecasters, multifaceted guitar virtuoso John 5 launches Invasion, the most shred worthy album of 2019.

Epiphone Dc Pro

This reimagined cult double-cut promises heaps of tone on tap.

Back Track

A guitarist’s guide to the artists you need to know.

Aria 714-MK2

Is this double-cut a boutique bargain?

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Wrap your fingers around slash’s fiendishly fiddly riff and epic solos in the ultimate Guns N’ Roses classic.

Getting Started With… Down-Picking

Get your strumming hand warmed up and get ready for some double time down-picking.

Five Minutes Alone - Dan Donegan

Disturbed’s co-founder on building houses as well as a fanbase, and losing friends too young.