I wonder if everyone remembers the first time they heard Jimi Hendrix? I was about 14 years old and had been playing guitar for a number of years but somehow had never encountered the music. I remember reading an article about him in a guitar magazine and deciding on the spot to get to the local record store where I bought Are You Experienced on cassette tape. I remember feeling excited on the bus home (buying albums was a big deal back then) and when I got home I put it into my ghetto blaster, lay on the floor and transcended into another place.
I remember feeling quite bewildered but in a great way. It was incredible. Genius. So different to anything else that I’d ever heard before and I didn’t really understand what was going on - he used blues vocabulary, some of which I recognized, but it sounded completely different. Unison bends with wide vibrato and lots of gains blew my mind (it took me ages to figure that out). It was like he was coming from another place, somewhere that I wanted to visit but had no idea how to get there. Looking back, I assume some of it was to do with the era and substances that were popular at the time - certainly nothing I was aware of at 14 years old. He certainly had some kind of special energy in the way that he played. It was totally captivating.
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THE MOODY BLUES
This month Stuart Ryan delves into the picking style of this British prog legend whose acoustic guitar has powered many a Moody Blues song.
WAYNE KRANTZ
This issue Nick Mellor provides an insight into this brilliant jazz stylist, focusing on his approach to improvising over static chords.
OPEN G TUNING
Open tunings are great fun and can help create exciting new ideas. Simon Barnard shows how to incorporate open G tuning into your playing.
RODRIGO GOUVEIA
Last month we featured Mateus Asato, and mentioned the importance of the neo-soul style in his playing. Here we turn to his fellow Brazilian, the master of neo-soul fusion.
MARK KNOPFLER
Our topic this month is a master craftsman as both guitar player and songwriter. His style is unique and his influence spreads far and wide.
U2
Martin Cooper checks out the chiming pedal delay tones of this stadium-filling band from Dublin, Ireland, and guitarist The Edge.
LUTHER ALLISON
It’s blues with a touch of soul this month, as David Gerrish explores the dynamic, expressive style of an often overlooked Chicago bluesman.
JOHANN KASPAR MERTZ Capriccio
This month Declan Zapala explores the music of Austria at the turn of the Romantic period with a fiery caprice to level up your fingers and unlock your inner virtuoso.
THE CROSSROADS Michael Landau
John Wheatcroft explores the playing of a session ace _ and blazing blues-rock maestro who graces the top-flight m band of singer-songwriting legend, James Taylor.
VIDEO MASTERCLASS Troy Redfern
This month GT welcomes this slide guitar virtuoso. If you've been wanting to take your slide playing to the next level then this is one's for you. With Jon Bishop.
