In this issue

Classic Track: Red Hot Chili Peppers
– Under The Bridge

Rockschool: AC/DC
– Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be

Open-Mic Songbook: Sam Fender
– Hypersonic Missiles

Getting Started With…Chords For Solos

Ditch scale shapes and use chord tones for a creative approach to your first guitar solos

2 mins

EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE

With his debut solo album released this month, Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien welcomes TG into the London studio where the album was recorded, and talks in depth about his creative process, the vast array of guitars and gear he uses, the influences that shaped his new music – from electronica to Keith Richards and Rush – and his role in one of the world’s most important guitar bands...

10+ mins

THE SOUND THAT JACK BUILT

MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST JACK GARRATT’S SOUND IS A KALEIDOSCOPIC SOUNDSCAPE OF SYNTH PATTERNS AND POP HOOKS WITH A GNARLY STRAT TONE AT THE HEART OF IT. HERE, HE EXPLAINS HOW HE PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER

8 mins

KISS THE SKY

Genius, visionary... Jimi Hendrix was the greatest guitar player that ever lived. With the 50th anniversary of his death arriving on September 18th 2020, Total Guitar celebrates the life and art of the man who reinvented the electric guitar for generations to come…

10+ mins

Frank Turner

HE STARTED OUT AS A PUNK ROCKER, BUT NOW FRANK TURNER IS TAKING INSPIRATION FROM OUTLAW COUNTRY LEGENDS, WRITING SONGS ABOUT POWERFUL WOMEN AND PLAYING ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH HIS ACOUSTIC

4 mins

POSITIVE GRID SPARK 40

Can nearly 25,000 guitarists be wrong?

5 mins

BALAGUER STANDARD SERIES ESPADA £699

This tricked-out electric rewrites the offset formula for the modern era

2 mins

ORANGE TERROR STAMP

The tiniest Terror yet...

2 mins

HEAD TO HEAD

A closer inspection of these four new models. Which will take your fancy?

1 min

The Playlist

Justin Hawkins of The Darkness on being guitar-shamed in front of Nuno Bettencourt, and the genius of Mark Knopfler

4 mins

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