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Acoustic Gig Tips

Get gig-ready with TG’s guide to creating the perfect onstage acoustic guitar set-up

"I'M AS SELF-TAUGHT AS YOU CAN BE IN THE 21ST CENTURY"

How NAT MYERS made a beautiful old-school blues album - with help from Dan Auerbach, and just one acoustic guitar

"THE FIRST STEP FOR ME IS FINDING THE GUITAR TONE THAT SPEAKS"

For rising star MEHRO, every song begins with an acoustic. His method, “Being open, being in tune and channeling the inspiration”

“THE INABILITY TO PLAY MUSIC WAS JITE FRIGHTENING'

BEN HOWARD feared the worst after suffering two mini-strokes. Now he returns with his most adventurous album to date. \"The guitars,\" he says, \"are doing weird things...\"

The Iconoclast

How Jimmy Page redefined the role of acoustic guitar in rock

The 50 Greatest Acoustic Guitar Songs Of All Time

AS VOTED BY TOTAL GUITAR READE

TALLULAH SIM-SAVAGE HOTWAX

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

APOGEE JAM X

A solid mobile interface with built-in compression and bite

TWO NOTES REVOLT GUITAR

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

IK MULTIMEDIA TONEX PEDAL

Now you can take your TONEX Tone Models to the stage

EVH 5150 ICONIC SERIES 15W 1X10 COMBO

EVH expand their Iconic series with this compact yet powerful combo

WALRUS AUDIO FUNDAMENTAL SERIES

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

GIBSON KIRK HAMMETT 'GREENY' LES PAUL STANDARD

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

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

KISS DETROIT ROCK CITY

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

EASY GUITAR MODS

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

"WILDLY UNPREDICTABLE IN THE BEST OF WAYS"

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

“NEW VARIATIONS OF A CLASSIC TWO-GUITAR ATTACK"

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

"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

FIVE WAYS TO...USE MINOR 7 ARPEGGIOS

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

“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!\"

DOUBLE PLATINUM

Gretsch marks 140 years with some tasty-looking anniversary guitars

MIJ SERIES EVH SIGNATURE WOLFGANG

RUNNIN' WITH THE NEW WOLFGANG MODEL

"We're borrowing amps for every show"

Island Of Love are signed to Jack White’s label, but the band’s two guitarists are still hustling for gear in the pursuit of ear-bleeding volume

"The first note I play, I miss the whole string completely!"

It’s the guitar solo that everyone is talking about – but as Nuno Bettencourt now reveals, it starts with a mistake…

Stevie Ray Vaughan – "He is going to shake the world!"

In the early 80s, when Eric Clapton first heard Stevie Ray Vaughan play, it took his breath away. What David Bowie heard was the most exciting guitarist since Jeff Beck…

"It's a girl and a guy both ripping on guitars!"

How Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton got together to create a new blues explosion

Stevie Ray Vaughan – "By playing, you can make yourself feel better"

In a 1988 interview, Stevie Ray Vaughan talked in depth about his life, his music and his guitars. “It’s about the excitement of playing,” he said. “Trying new things…”

COROOK

Why is everybody on the internet so mean? Nashville-based songwriter Corook ponders this relatable question in 2023’s unlikeliest hit, If I Were A Fish – a song bashed out in ten minutes to help them process online bullying.

VOX AMPLUG SET BRIAN MAY LIMITED EDITION

£149 | Vox’s mini headphone guitar amp gets a royal ascent