Ten Players To Inspire... Better Rhythm Guitar

Jon Bishop looks at 10 contrasting styles featuring some of the most prolific rhythm guitar specialists in history. If your playing could benefit from a rhythm guitar booster then look no further.

- Jon Bishop

Welcome to this slightly different take on improving your rhythm skills. As a vehicle to supercharge your rhythm we’ve picked 10 of our favourite rhythm guitar specialists in 10 contrasting styles. The players we have chosen may have dabbled with the odd single-note melody, but all have made their name mostly by playing ‘for the song’ and holding down the groove for the rest of the band. Also, we haven’t gone straight for all the obvious ones - there are of course some we couldn’t leave out, but we’ve also included one or two you may not expect, and left out a couple you might; no Lennon, Jimi or Bruce Welch, for instance.