Total Guitar

Total Guitar is Europe’s best-selling guitar magazine, crammed full of songs to learn plus backing tracks. From the latest metal and indie hits to classic rock from the likes of Led Zeppelin and AC/DC, TG has more songs than ANY other guitar magazine!. Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not currently include the covermount items or content you would find on printed newsstand copies

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MAKING THIS MONTH’S MAG

Total Guitar

ELECTRIC DREAMS • Time to chime with Fender’s reimagined classic

UP CLOSE

GREEN PARTY! • STAR-STUDDED LINE-UP TO CELEBRATE THE MUSIC OF PETER GREEN

ROUND-UP • Other newspieces pricking our ears up

STEVE MORSE • The Deep Purple and Flying Colors hero on changing picking styles, choosing guitars and famous friends…

YVETTE YOUNG COVET • The underrated Ibanez Talman is currently discontinued, but multi-instrumentalist Yvette’s otherworldly playing is helping to bring it back to the spotlight

BACK TRACK • A GUITARIST’S GUIDE TO THE ARTISTS YOU NEED TO KNOW

THE 1975 • People

GET THE TONE

GETTING STARTED WITH… POWERCHORD RIFFS • Power up your rhythm and riffing with our lesson on these staple chord shapes

POWER UP! • Four chord shapes to get you rocking

THE FX FILES TG’S CLASSIC STOMPBOX GUIDE

EHX POG • With the POG, polyphonic pitch-shifting finally arrived for the average player, and its great tones and superior tracking have cemented its place in pedal history.

WHAT THE F? HARMONISING MELODIES • Follow our theory tips and learn how to accompany your lead licks with some essential chords

VOLBEAT • The Danish-American rock ’n’ roll machine keeps rolling on a hearty diet of Fryette KT88 crunch and the profiled treble bite of a fiddly old Marshall JCM800

25 years of TG • In celebration of reaching the big 25, we pick out a few highlights and momentum shifts in our illustrious lifespan

Photography Olly Curtis Townsend • We catch up with one of the most versatile performers in modern progressive music for a look back over his lengthy, storied career

FRACT-ICAL CONSIDERATIONS • Why the Axe-FX III is all the rig Devin needs

START PLAYING NOW! • You’ve got a new axe, or maybe it’s your new year’s resolution to dust off that guitar you’ve owned for years and finally learn to play. You’re raring to get going, but where do you start?

TUNING MANUALLY

TG TIPS

TECHNIQUE CHECK • NAIL YOUR FRETTING TECHNIQUE AND MAKE THOSE CHORDS RING OUT CLEANLY

HOW TO READ TAB

EASY CHORD PROGRESSION: A D E

E MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE

IRON FIST • Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell hits up some famous friends for his solo debut...

25 Easy Guitar Lessons • There’s no denying that it takes time and dedication to become a great guitarist – it won’t happen overnight. Luckily, TG is here to help you cut some corners until then...

MAKE YOUR GEAR WORK FOR YOU… • Optimise your equipment and you’ll always play at your very best

PRACTISE SMART! • FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO GET MORE FROM YOUR PRACTICE TIME…

RHYTHM TRAINER… • Wrap your fingers round these timing tests to improve your lead and rhythm guitar skills

THE ROLLING STONES START ME UP • Recreate Keef and Ronnie’s unique rhythm section with this Stones classic. TG starts you up…

GET THE SOUND • Everything you need to know before playing ‘Start Me Up’

CHORDS

SCALES

THE ROLLING STONES START ME UP

SOUNDGARDEN FELL ON BLACK DAYS • TG and Rockschool delve into this track from the titans of the Seattle grunge scene

SCALES

CHORDS

DROP-TUNED PROG METAL • Drop your tuning and go down low...