In this issue

Riff Of The Month: System Of A Down Protect The Land.

TYLER BRYANT & REBECCA LOVELL

POCKET ROCKET

Boss’ latest box of tricks is loaded with stacks of features

1 min

THE FAMILY THAT PLAYS TOGETHER...

Guitar-toting husband and wife Tyler Bryant and Rebecca Lovell are stars in their own right. “We’re the leaders of our own respective bands,” he says. But this year they’ve collaborated in each other’s music – her on the new Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown album, and him on Larkin Poe’s acoustic set. As they tell TG, it’s all about a “special connection” – and a lot of gear...

8 mins

LIVE AND DANGEROUS!

The Struts are Britain’s fastest-rising hard rock band, and for their new album Strange Days, they’ve pulled in some A-list guest stars including members of Rage Against The Machine, Def Leppard and The Strokes – and Robbie Williams. It was also recorded pretty much live in the studio, and as guitarist Adam Slack says, “It’s the most guitar-y album we’ve done!”

6 mins

MASTER CLASS

HIS WORK WITH RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, AUDIOSLAVE AND PROPHETS OF RAGE HAS MADE HIM ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ROCK GUITARISTS OF HIS GENERATION. AND FOR THE READERS OF TOTAL GUITAR HE HAS A SIMPLE MESSAGE. “IT’S LESSON TIME,” TOM MORELLO SAYS. “SO WASH YOUR HANDS AND TUNE YOUR GUITAR. BUT IF YOU HAVE TO PICK ONE OR THE OTHER... WASH YOUR HANDS!”

9 mins

THE EVOLUTION OF… Yvette Young

ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED AND INNOVATIVE GUITARISTS OF THE MODERN ERA EXPLAINS HOW SHE DEVELOPED A UNIQUE STYLE THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION, INTUITION AND PLAIN OLD-FASHIONED HARD WORK. AS YVETTE YOUNG SAYS: “MY TIME IS STILL VERY MUCH BASED AROUND IMPROVING”

10+ mins

JOE DUPLANTIER SIGNATURE PRO-MOD SAN DIMAS STYLE 2 HH MAHOGANY £719

Another Signature model from the Gojira frontman, but this time he’s gone vintage

4 mins

HARLEY BENTON SC-JUNIOR £177

More than the sum of its parts?

3 mins

EPIPHONE PROPHECY FLYING V £799

With top-dollar spec and classy finish, is this 2020’s best metal guitar?

2 mins

DUNLOP CRY BABY Q-ZONE £169

Cocked and loaded

2 mins

AJ YORIO (THE HEAVY HOURS)

“We assumed we would just be four friends making music in a basement forever. One day we get a phone call from a booking agent in Nashville.

2 mins

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