In this issue

Features
024 Rig Tour: Disturbed
030 Tom Morello
038 Slipknot
046 30 All-Star Lessons

Opeth Return

A new Opeth album is always a cause for celebration as, along with the usual selection of surprises from the Swedish progressive maestros, there’s always a feast of great tones, searing leads and lush harmonies to be found within their unique compositions.

3 mins

Five Minutes Alone Samantha Fish

The blues guitarist and singer-songwriter talks feeling, soul, authenticity – and putting the fun back into record shopping

3 mins

Miss June

Auckland punk’s passion project

3 mins

Back Track

A Guitarist’s Guide to the Artists You Need to Know

4 mins

Dan Donegan

The Disturbed axe-man prepares to level London’s Alexandra Palace with a lethal Bogner/Egnater tag team

8 mins

Tom Morello

We visit the past, present and future with one of the greatest riff writers and guitar innovators of his generation to find his righteous rage undiminished – “This is missionary work,” Tom Morello tells TG,“I’M ON A ZEALOT’S MISSION OUT THERE”

10+ mins

'Knot Your Skinda Guys

Join Slipknot’s Jim Root and Mick Thomson as They Take You on a Journey Inside the Making of Their Crushing New Album, We Are Not Your Kind. They Also Talk Gear Galore, Those New-ish Masks — and Reminisce About the Sights, Sounds and Smells of the 1999 Ozzfest

10+ mins

30 All-Star Lessons

We feel privileged here at TG Towers to have interviewed hundreds of guitar greats over the years, most offering advice and, frankly, great wisdom that could potentially change the way you play the humble six-string. With that in mind, this month we’ve chosen 30 of our favourite slices of inspiration from recent times so you can learn from the stars in their own words. There’s a mix of rhythm and lead techniques and inspiring ideas to help you develop your playing and branch out into new musical pastures. Grab your guitar and let’s rock!

10+ mins

Fionn Regan

On Sixth Album, Cala, Fionn Regan Recalls the Starker, Acoustic-led Sound of His Debut, Yet He Tells Us the Wheel Still Keeps Turning…

4 mins

Gibson 2019 Modern Collection

With Gibson hitting the headlines for reasons good and, well, not so good, it’s time to see if its iconic electric guitars are equally as newsworthy…

6 mins

Fix Your Guitar How To Install Compensated Tele-style Saddles

A nifty intonation-improving upgrade is now available for ashtray bridges…

4 mins

The Playlist

Former Reuben man Jamie Lenman talks ThunderCats, The Four Horsemen and being triggered by Gun

3 mins

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