Best left-handed guitars 2022: Our top choices from Fender, PRS, Squier and more
We’re showing the lefties some love with our pick of the best left-handed guitars. Read on to find your perfect match…
Read more » King Crimson and Foreigner multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald dies aged 75
The talented saxophonist, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist has passed away following a cancer diagnosis
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ALBUM REVIEW: Wisdom Vibration Repent – Mortuary Drape
There are many things that one might associate with the proud nation of Italy. Her culinary prowess is often chief among them, followed by her sheer natural beauty or perhaps…
Read more » Slash discusses working virtually with Tom Morello for their guitar battle track, Interstate 80
The top hat-toting Guns N’ Roses icon recalls his fiery collaboration with the Rage Against the Machine man in this Guitar World-exclusive excerpt from Slash’s Artist Takeover appearance on Pandora’s Hard Rock Radio
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ALBUM REVIEW: Mana Regmata – Heavy Meta
How do you harness the energy and breadth of EVERY TIME I DIE, RUSH and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN? It seems a perplexing task of gargantuan proportions, but stepping up…
Read more » Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain: “When I was 17 or 18, I transcribed Jason Becker's entire Perpetual Burn album. I still have the manuscript – it’s about a hundred pages!”
The Voivod metaller discusses his biggest influences, the impact of Denis “Piggy” D’Amour, and how he approached his instrument on the band’s new LP, Synchro Anarchy
Read more » Slash – The Return Of The Guitar Hero: inside the new issue of Total Guitar
Also in issue 355! Interviews: alt-J, Yard Act, Zakk Wylde, Cory Wong, Black Country New Road, Robben Ford and more! Gear Reviews: PRS, Epiphone, Fender and Funny Little Boxes. Learn songs by Santana, Taylor Swift, Bill Withers and Jack White.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Never Better – Weatherstate
WEATHERSTATE’s signature band of grunge-infused pessimism strikes again on sophomore release Never Better. Rough vocals and charging drumbeats serve as a satisfying dose of 90s punk nostalgia; frazzled basslines immediately…
Read more » How to solo over a two-chord vamp in the style of the Allman Brothers
Inspired by the Allman Brothers classic Dreams, this lesson teaches you how to tell a story through lead guitar
Read more » Tal Wilkenfeld: “Take improvising one step at a time. Don’t think too far ahead, otherwise it’s not genuinely reacting to the moment”
The Australian bass sensation on how stand-up comedy can inform your playing and approach to songwriting
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