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

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GS, I LOVE YOU • As Taylor turns 50, it hasn’t forgotten the little guy. Could this be the best looking GS-Mini of all?

“I’VE MOVED AWAY FROM THE ‘STUN GUITAR’ APPROACH” • RICHIE KOTZEN HAS MODIFIED HIS STYLE – BUT NOT HIS SIGNATURE TELE

STRUT • Sometimes you just need to strut your stuff – and right now is one of those times!

VAMPIRE WEEKEND • Classical

WITH THIS BAND I GET TO BE A ROCK GUITARIST! • With the return of supergroup Black Country Communion, blues master Joe Bonamassa is pumping up the volume once again. In a wide-ranging interview, he discusses his approach to heavy rock and his ever-expanding guitar collection, and recalls “a notorious conversation about pedals…”

“THE KEY TO MY PLAYING IS LEARNING THE TECHNICAL STUFF - AND THEN FORGETTING IT!” • The Last Dinner Party are this year’s hottest new rock band. Lead guitarist Emily Roberts reveals how their hit debut album was created, and how her unique approach to the instrument was shaped by jazz greats and one rock legend in particular…

“I’M CURIOUS. I WANT TO EXPERIMENT” • A free spirit and self-taught guitarist with dazzling technique, Mdou Moctar has harnessed the energy of live performance to create his most explosive album

“WE DON’T NEED TO BE SAT TWIDDLING KNOBS. WE CAN DO IT WITH OUR FEET!” • Idles took a new approach to writing and recording their hit album Tangk - created with tape loops and other production techniques. Now, as guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan admit, the big challenge is to recreate these sounds on stage…

JOE PERRY “Anyone who plays guitar will understand that you don’t always know where a riff comes from. You’ll just be tapping your foot, and suddenly you’re playing, and you just hope the tape is running because you’ll probably forget it!” • Joe Perry has seen and done it all in his 50 years of playing guitar in America’s Greatest Rock ’N’ Roll Band. Now, as Aerosmith head out on a farewell tour, he reveals how the band’s greatest songs were created – and explains why two guitarists are better than one…

“IT’S REAL, IT’S RAW, IT’S ALIVE!” • Joe Perry tours with a wall of amps, five vaults of guitars, and enough pedals to supply a shoegaze festival. Darren Hurst, the man charged with making all that work, reveals Joe’s setup and tone secrets…

6 OF THE BEST • The cream of Joe Perry’s 600+ guitar collection

“NOBODY PLAYS LIKE JOE!” • Guns N’ Roses guitarist Richard Fortus recalls how Aerosmith’s early albums changed his life, and tells us what he’s learned from being friends with Joe Perry

PLAY LIKE JOE PERRY • Get inside the rocking and riffing style of Aerosmith’s number one axe wielder

ERIC CLAPTON COCAINE • Slowhand’s classic 1977 cover version showcases his pentatonic soloing and intricately layered rhythm guitars

ERIC CLAPTON COCAINE

OPEN-MIC SONGBOOK SAM FENDER SPIT OF YOU • Master the sweet indie jangle riffs in Sam Fender’s gritty and reflective ode to his father

TAB GUIDE • Get more from TG by understanding our easy-to-follow musical terms and signs

THE GAS STATION • REAL WORLD REVIEWS OF THE BEST NEW GEAR

FENDER TOM DELONGE STARCASTER • DeLonge’s second signature model in a year takes the form of Fender’s offset, semi-acoustic classic

THIRD MAN HARDWARE X DONNER TRIPLE THREAT • A three-in-one, all-analogue...