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Shred Alert

Armed with a stash of rare and custom Telecasters, multifaceted guitar virtuoso John 5 launches Invasion, the most shred worthy album of 2019.

Epiphone Dc Pro

This reimagined cult double-cut promises heaps of tone on tap.

Back Track

A guitarist’s guide to the artists you need to know.

Aria 714-MK2

Is this double-cut a boutique bargain?

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Wrap your fingers around slash’s fiendishly fiddly riff and epic solos in the ultimate Guns N’ Roses classic.

Getting Started With… Down-Picking

Get your strumming hand warmed up and get ready for some double time down-picking.

Five Minutes Alone - Dan Donegan

Disturbed’s co-founder on building houses as well as a fanbase, and losing friends too young.

Getting Started With…Fingerpicking

Get playing fingerstyle with TG’s easy acoustic guitar lesson

Scene - Thrice Change

YOUR MONTH IN GUITARS

Five Minutes Alone - Willie Adler

The Lamb of God man on noxious gig fumes, Billy Gibbons’ soul and why you don’t need to be a shredder

The Playlist

Blues rocker Dan Patlansky shuffles through his record collection and reveals why he’s scuppered by //Scuttle Buttin’

Five Minutes Alone Ihsahn

The Norwegian metal visionary on making it and why Jonny Greenwood is a genius…

Getting Started With...Minor 7th Chords

Rounding off our series looking at 7th chords, we turn our attention to the moody sounds of the minor variety

Muddy Waters & Jimmy Rogers

Take a look at the styles of two famously associated bluesmen, with a handful of ideas for each, plus two backing tracks to jam over

Turnstile

Hits from the ’pit with the Maryland moshers

Fender California Series Newporter Player

A well-priced West Coast acoustic wonder.

Getting Started With...Rhythm Guitar

Try some rhythm basics with a lesson on strumming and staying in time

Time To Shine

Described as a Love Letter to Nashville, DAN AUERBACH’s Second Album Waiting on a Song Is Also, He Tells Tg, a Tribute to the Magic of Writing and Recording

Thrive Live

Eight Steps To Onstage Acoustic Success

Shuffle Blues

Get the sounds of the chicago legends as you jam along to TG’s authentic swing-feel blues backing track

Gretsch G5622T-CB Electromatic Double Cutaway With Bigsby

This centre block-equipped semi-acoustic invites you to turn up the volume

Mooer Ocean Machine

Make waves with this dual delay, reverb and looper

Quinn Sullivan

Buddy’s bud steps away from blues and into his own shoes.

Chuck Berry - Chuck

Chuck Berry’s first album since Rock It, 38 years ago, has sadly proven to be his last.

Open-Mic Songbook - Rag 'n' Bone Man - Human

Master the bluesy hit single by playing lead along with our backing track or strumming along, open-mic style.

Gretsch G9521 Style 2 Triple-0 Auditorium

Back to the roots of 20th century acoustics.

Chris Buck

A new UK blues rock hope? The crowd goes Buck wild

Getting Started With...Natural Harmonics

Make your guitar ring like a bell by adding some natural harmonics to your palette

Jackson Pro Series Misha Mansoor Juggernaut HT7FM

A behemoth seven-string from the Periphery riff-master

IK Multimedia Acoustic Stage

Is this new pickup system taking the mic?