Total Guitar - August 2023

In this issue

A Summer Of Rock

Foo Fighters: Track by track.

Avenged Sevenfold: Track by track..

"It sounds like a cyborg hungover and vomiting!"

Inside the 'sonic craziness' of punkmetal project Mutoid Man

2 mins

MIJ SERIES EVH SIGNATURE WOLFGANG

RUNNIN' WITH THE NEW WOLFGANG MODEL

2 mins

DOUBLE PLATINUM

Gretsch marks 140 years with some tasty-looking anniversary guitars

1 min

FIVE WAYS TO...USE MINOR 7 ARPEGGIOS

Your riffs, rhythm parts, and solos can all benefit from an arpeggio injection

1 min

“WE'VE MADE THESE SONGS QUITE HARD TO PLAY LIVE!”

For the two guitarists in experimental post-punk band Squid, normal rules do not apply. As they put it: \"We've never wanted to come across like we're doing things properly!\"

6 mins

"The strat sound is the most inspiring”

The Lemon Twigs' power-pop has a new sense of refinement - plus some classic guitar heroics

7 mins

Wolfgang Van Halen – "I said I was pushing the boundaries. Well, here you go!"

With a growing sense of confidence- and an onslaught of tapping-Wolfgang Van Halen is taking his playing to a whole new level...

10+ mins

"I approached this record as a more rounded player"

Nita Strauss can shred with the best of them, but her new solo album features 'radio songs' with guest-star vocalists - plus a showdown with mentor Marty Friedman

7 mins

Foo Fighters: But Here We Are-track by track

"Jangly layers, crunching fuzz, epic sounds..."

3 mins

"I'm on a journey as a guitarist to achieve perfection"

Heavy rock heroes Greta Van Fleet are on a mission to explore new territory. For guitarist Jake Kiszka, this means different techniques, random guitars and all-improvised solos. "Stagnation," he says, "Is a form of death."

9 mins

“NEW VARIATIONS OF A CLASSIC TWO-GUITAR ATTACK"

Queens Of The Stone Age: In Times New Roman... track by track

3 mins

"WILDLY UNPREDICTABLE IN THE BEST OF WAYS"

Avenged Sevenfold: Life Is But A Dream... track by track

4 mins

EASY GUITAR MODS

Get your six-string ready to rock with seven of the most important upgrades

4 mins

KISS DETROIT ROCK CITY

Get rocking with the epic powerchords and slick harmonies of Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley's 1976 twin-guitar classic

2 mins

OPEN-MIC SONGBOOK: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS BLACK SUMMER

2022's comeback track from the Chilis has it all: a barre chord workout, cool intro licks and Hendrix-like doublestops

1 min

GIBSON KIRK HAMMETT 'GREENY' LES PAUL STANDARD

The latest chapter in the tall tales of this most storied of quitars

3 mins

WALRUS AUDIO FUNDAMENTAL SERIES

Walrus enter the affordable pedal market with a new, visually striking range. How do they sound?

7 mins

EVH 5150 ICONIC SERIES 15W 1X10 COMBO

EVH expand their Iconic series with this compact yet powerful combo

2 mins

IK MULTIMEDIA TONEX PEDAL

Now you can take your TONEX Tone Models to the stage

2 mins

TWO NOTES REVOLT GUITAR

The master of speaker emulation turns its hand to analogue amp sim pedals

2 mins

APOGEE JAM X

A solid mobile interface with built-in compression and bite

2 mins

TALLULAH SIM-SAVAGE HOTWAX

Led by guitarist/vocalist Tallulah Sim-Savage, HotWax are tipped as one of the UK's most exciting new bands.

1 min

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