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

Total Guitar

Welcome…

ONE CARELESS OWNER • Fender’s latest signature Strat is a tip of the hat to a grunge icon

SCENE YOUR NEWS IN GUITARS

10 FINGERSTYLE JAZZ LICKS • Go fingerstyle as Pickup Music tutor Arianna Powell introduces some cool jazz licks to play without a pick

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2023 BEST OF THE YEAR • A 50-page celebration: Brand new interviews with Nuno Bettencourt, Kirk Hammett and Keith Richards; the Year in Guitar; play like the stars of 2023, and much more…

2023 THE YEAR IN GUITAR • There was so much great guitar music to celebrate this year, with the return of Metallica, The Rolling Stones and a fired-up Nuno Bettencourt, alongside the rise of modern virtuosos Matteo Mancuso and Sophie Lloyd. But the story of 2023 began with the loss of one of the most influential players of all time…

NUNO BETTENCOURT • HE CREATED THE MOST TALKED ABOUT GUITAR SOLO OF THE YEAR – INSPIRED BY HIS GREATEST HERO, EDDIE VAN HALEN. NOW, THE EXTREME VIRTUOSO REVEALS THE FULL STORY OF RISE. “THIS,” HE SAYS, “IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE BROKEN DOWN THE SOLO IN THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL…”

RISE AND SHINE • The 5 Greatest Solos Of 2023

POWER UP! • The riffs that rocked 2023

THE TG TOP 50 • The guitar albums of the year: from metal to blues, rock ’n’ roll to jazz fusion and all points in between…

“For most of this record, I didn’t even bring a guitar!” • Inside the Foos’ M.O. – by guitarist Chris Shiflett

“Dark. Heavy. Technical.” • Manuel Gardner Fernandes details his unique take on thrash metal

“THE RIFFS FLY, BRO!” • Lead guitarist Kirk Hammett recalls how Metallica made the guitar album of the year – with songs pulled from the “riff bank” and solos cooked up on the spot. He also reveals how he grabbed another prized guitar thanks to Joe Bonamassa, and how he finds inspiration playing along to birdsong and aeroplanes…

KEITH RICHARDS • KICKING ASS WITH THE ROLLING STONES, HAVING FUN WITH A BEATLE, AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO THREE ALL-TIME GREATS – CHARLIE WATTS, MUDDY WATERS AND JEFF BECK…

WOLFGANG VAN HALEN • ROAD-TESTING HIS NEW PROTOTYPE GUITAR, HAVING FUN WITH SEVEN- AND EIGHT-STRINGS, ROCKING WITH METALLICA AND SHARING SONGS WITH DAVE GROHL…

NITA STRAUSS • FINDING INSPIRATION IN ALL THINGS METAL, AND DOING SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY IN THE BEST GIG OF HER LIFE…

CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM • FLYING HIGH IN LONDON, JAMMING WITH ERIC GALES AND SAMANTHA FISH, AND HEADING INTO FUSION TERRITORY…

JAKE KISZKA • HONING SLIDE GUITAR CHOPS, CREATING AUTHENTIC ROCK MUSIC AND FINDING NEW INSPIRATION IN PLAYERS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD…

SOPHIE LLOYD • A LANDMARK SIGNATURE GUITAR, A WHOLE LOT OF SHREDDING AND A NEW ADVENTURE IN FUNK…

CORY WONG • MORE SOLOS ON RECORD. MORE AMPS ON STAGE. AND A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE FOR NUNO…

YVETTE YOUNG • USING ONLY ONE GUITAR, BUT SEARCHING FOR NEW WAYS TO MAKE GUITAR MUSIC THAT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE GUITAR MUSIC…

PLAY LIKE THE STARS OF 2023! • TG looks at the playing styles of the guitarists who made waves this year

THE GEAR OF THE YEAR • The six-strings, amps and effects pedals that have had us reaching for our wallets in 2023

LED ZEPPELIN I CAN’T QUIT YOU BABY • This track is like one big guitar solo that lets Jimmy show off his blues skills with the minor pentatonic scale!

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