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STEVE LACY
It’s fair to say Steve Lacy is not your average recording musician.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
SQUIER’S NEW PARANORMAL SERIES SEES THE REVIVAL OF FORGOTTEN FENDER CLASSICS THE TORONADO, CYCLONE, SUPER-SONIC, CABRONITA AND MORE
NEW WEIRD AUSTRALIA
AUSSIE SHAPESHIFTING POLYMATHS KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD HAVE RELEASED 15 STUDIO ALBUMS SINCE 2012, RANGING FROM JAZZ TO THRASH METAL. VOCALIST AND LEAD GUITARIST STU MACKENZIE SPEAKS TO TG ABOUT AC/DC, RECORDING IN SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND HIS NEWFOUND LOVE FOR THE GIBSON EXPLORER...
Life in Technicolour
RECENTLY VOTED ONE OF THE 10 BEST MODERN PLAYERS, COVET MASTERMIND YVETTE YOUNG DISCUSSES HER DISTINCTIVE FINGERSTYLE APPROACH, HER PIANO-BASED ORIGINS AND HER SIGNATURE IBANEZ TALMAN AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM TECHNICOLOR...
ROCK IN PEACE
PHIL CAMPBELL AND RUDY SARZO PAY TRIBUTE TO PAUL CHAPMAN, FORMER UFO GUITARIST WHO HAS PASSED AWAY AGED 66
SOME KIND OF MONSTER
EVH’S NEW FRANKIE MODEL STRIKES THE BEST BALANCE BETWEEN AUTHENTICITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF ANY FRANKENSTEIN REPLICA TO DATE. HERE, WE TAKE AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE NEW MODEL, AND EXPLORE THE ORIGINS OF THE GUITAR IT IS BASED ON, WITH HELP FROM EDDIE HIMSELF
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy on Tom Morello’s unending inspiration, buying Jeff Buckley’s Telecaster, and how Manson guitars will be at the forefront of the instrument’s evolution...
PEOPLE POWER
THE 1975’S NEW ALBUM NOTES ON A CONDITIONAL FORM IS THEIR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE UK NUMBER ONE, AND ANOTHER GENRE‑HOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA. LEAD GUITARIST ADAM HANN EXPLAINS THE THINKING BEHIND THE BAND’S ECLECTIC APPROACH – AND HAILS THE ALBUM’S LEAD SINGLE, PEOPLE, AS “OUR FIRST PROPER ROCK SONG”
Its all in the FINGERS
THE DARKNESS FRONTMAN JUSTIN HAWKINS EXPLAINS THE GENIUS OF AC/DC’S FRATERNAL GUITAR DUO ANGUS AND MALCOLM YOUNG – AND HAILS “THE ULTIMATE ROCK RIFF” IN BACK IN BLACK
ANGUS YOUNG - My life in shorts
THE AC/DC GUITAR HERO ON THE BAND AND BACK IN BLACK, THE PERILS OF GOING ON STAGE IN A SCHOOLBOY INFORM, AND WHAT SHAPED HIM AS A PLAYER – THE POWER OF THE BLUES, AND THE “NASTY” SOUND OF CHUCK BERRY’S GUITAR
A SOUND THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
Created by a band in mourning, Back In Black was the album that resurrected AC/DC. And as Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash said: “It saved rock’n’roll!” From tragedy to triumph, this is the story of AC/DC’s greatest victory...
THE TOP Trailblazers
01 PRINCE The Purple One’s ambition knew no bounds, just as he refused to be restrained by any one genre. An underrated guitarist as well as a songwriter-extraordinaire, here are five things you can learn from his sensational playing.
THE TOP Acoustic PLAYERS
THE TOP Acoustic PLAYERS
THE TOP 5 EARLY INNOVATORS
THE TOP 5 EARLY INNOVATORS
THE TOP 10 Shred PLAYERS
In two interviews, with Guitarist and Classic Rock, the virtuoso talked gear and guitars, revealed the secrets of his creative process, and discussed the art of shredding...
THE TOP 10 BEST PLAYERS RIGHT NOW
THE TOP 10 BEST PLAYERS RIGHT NOW
THE TOP 10 Punk PLAYERS
01 JOHNNY RAMONE Johnny’s style has been in the DNA of every punk band since
THERE BY GRACE
TG Editor Chris Bird reflects on a guitarist who defies categorisation...
THE TOP 15 ALT & Indie PLAYERS
The most influential guitarist of his generation on his evolution from The Smiths to Electronic and Modest Mouse, and why the shortest solos are the best. As told to TG’s Henry Yates
ONE VISION
“It’s about making that guitar sing,” says Brian May, the Queen legend voted Number One Rock Guitarist Of All Time by readers of Total Guitar. In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview, he tells TG Editor Chris Bird how he created his unique sound, and pays tribute to his heroes and friends who placed high in our poll – from Hendrix and Clapton to Eddie Van Halen and Nuno Bettencourt.
THE TOP 10 Jazz & Fusion PLAYERS
These jazz pioneers and fusion virtuosos are essential listening.
9 Ways To Transform Your Tone For Less
Improve your sound and you’ll upgrade your playing. Simple! Here’s how to do it on a budget…
Learn any lick…
Struggling to shred? Use muscle memory to get up to speed
GET VERSATILE! DO MORE WITH YOUR STRAT
There’s so much you can do to improve and mod the guitar you have – here are some of the best ways to start
BUILD YOUR PEDALBOARD
The golden rules of effect order on your ’board… and when it’s okay to break them
Getting Started With…Chords For Solos
Ditch scale shapes and use chord tones for a creative approach to your first guitar solos
POSITIVE GRID SPARK 40
Can nearly 25,000 guitarists be wrong?
The Playlist
Justin Hawkins of The Darkness on being guitar-shamed in front of Nuno Bettencourt, and the genius of Mark Knopfler
THE SOUND THAT JACK BUILT
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST JACK GARRATT’S SOUND IS A KALEIDOSCOPIC SOUNDSCAPE OF SYNTH PATTERNS AND POP HOOKS WITH A GNARLY STRAT TONE AT THE HEART OF IT. HERE, HE EXPLAINS HOW HE PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER
ORANGE TERROR STAMP
The tiniest Terror yet...