In this issue

Riff Of The Month
Foo Fighters – Times Like These.

Classic Track
Blue Öyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper.

The TG Test: Universal Audio UAFX Amp Pedals..

Marcus King – "I want my guitar to sound like a jazz singer"

Marcus King on raiding Dan Auerbach's pedal collection and wanting his new record to sound like “a tattoo gun”

3 mins

FENDER GEORGE HARRISON ROCKY STRATOCASTER

FENDER PAYS TRIBUTE TO GEORGE HARRISON'S ICONIC STRATOCASTER WITH A PRODUCTION MODEL REPLICA

2 mins

"It's the way the riffs are picked that makes them exciting"

MEGADETH LEADER DAVE MUSTAINE SHAPED THE SOUND OF THRASH METAL WITH HIS FAST RIGHT HAND. AND NOW, HAVING SURVIVED CANCER, HE'S IN NO MOOD TO SLOW DOWN...

10+ mins

"Playing on one string can almost emulate the human voice"

As the Tedeschi Trucks Band deliver a quadruple album bonanza, slide guitar maestro Derek Trucks reveals the source of his gargantuan tones and emotive power...

7 mins

Matt Bellamy – "It's a new dimension for this band"

The Matt Bellamy interview. How the explosive new Muse album was created - with a mountain of gear and inspiration from Iron Maiden and Slipknot...

10+ mins

"He's Pushing the Boundaries of Music and Instruments"

Matt Bellamy's vision for Manson guitars: the inside story

5 mins

PERFECT TEN

The guitar heroics of Matt Bellamy in the top 10 Muse songs - as voted by TG readers

7 mins

GUILD SURFLINER £395

Old, new, borrowed and, er, orange. Let's introduce the Surfliner!

4 mins

SOPHIE MAY

During the 2020 lockdown, singer/ songwriter Sophie May was really churning out the content for her newly minted TikTok channel (200k followers, 3.8m likes, both rising fast).

2 mins

SOUNDLAD LIVERPOOL SCRAN £99

Brit-rock in a box?

2 mins

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