THE HUMAN RIFF

Follow TG’s guide to The Human Riff’s open G riffing, acoustic work and weaving rhythms

Record Your Electric Guitar

Recording your guitar doesn’t have to be a brain-melting experience. With the help of legendary producers, we take the pain out of capturing the sounds of your electric guitar...

ADAM BLACK ROUTE 61 CE

If you’re at a crossroad, this affordable cutaway-electro could help make your deal

JAVIER REYES

Javier Reyes demonstrates his signature fingerstyle technique and progressive influences in this specially recorded track for TG

HAKEN'S RICHARD HENSHALL & CHARLIE GRIFFITHS

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

GRETSCH G5410T ELECTROMATIC ‘RAT ROD'

A stripped-down Hollowbody boasting plenty of attitude and authentic tones

Man of The World

IN HIS HEARTFELT TRIBUTE TO PETER GREEN, METALLICA’S KIRK HAMMETT EXPLAINS HOW THE FORMER BLUESBREAKER AND FLEETWOOD MAC GUITARIST'S VIRTUOSO PLAYING, EAR FOR DARKNESS, AND LEGENDARY ’59 LES PAUL – AKA GREENY – CHANGED HIS LIFE, AND WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT HE TOOK IT ALONG FOR A SPECIAL REUNION

IK MULTIMEDIA Z-TONE DI

IK makes going direct more fun

BB KING THE THRILL IS GONE

Take a ride with the King as TG and Rockschool take a look at BB’s classic minor blues ballad

HYBRID THEORY

WHEN LINKIN PARK SINGER CHESTER BENNINGTON DIED IN 2017 HE WAS PLANNING A REUNION ALBUM WITH HIS PRE‑FAME BAND GREY DAZE. NOW, THAT ALBUM HAS BEEN COMPLETED – WITH VOCALS BENNINGTON HAD RECORDED, AND GUEST APPEARANCES BY GUITARISTS FROM KORN, HELMET AND BUSH. GREY DAZE GUITARIST CRISTIN DAVIS LEADS THE TRIBUTES...

RECORD YOUR ACOUSTIC GUITAR

RECORDING YOUR OWN MUSIC CAN BE ONE OF THE MOST FUN AND REWARDING EXPERIENCES YOU’LL HAVE WITH YOUR GUITAR – IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE DIFFICULT OR EXPENSIVE! OVER THE NEXT FEW PAGES, WE’LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT GEAR YOU NEED AND HOW TO GET A GREAT SOUND FROM A SIMPLE ACOUSTIC SET-UP...

TASH SULTANA

“You could say my set-up has come a long way from an RC-30 and a milk crate!” laughs Tash Sultana.

MANSON META MBM-1 £569

When a signature guitar belongs to the company’s owner, it’s gonna be good…

Nahko Bear

“THE JOURNEY WITH THE GUITAR IS NEVER-ENDING. I AM ALWAYS LEARNING,” SAYS NAHKO BEAR, THE OREGON-BORN GUITARIST AND LEADER OF MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE. WITH A NEW ALBUM, TAKE YOUR POWER BACK, INSPIRED BY HIS NATIVE AMERICAN ROOTS, NAHKO LOOKS BACK ON HIS DEVELOPMENT AS A PLAYER AND EXPLAINS HOW ONE NEW CHORD CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING...

ORANGE CRUSH ACOUSTIC 30 £319

Small and perfectly formed?

NEW ADVENTURES IN Sound

“We like sounds that are slightly askew and wrong!” says Biffy Clyro’s guitarist/vocalist Simon Neil. With the band’s powerful and experimental new album, A Celebration Of Endings, released this month, he discusses his love of the Strat and his “life-changer” new pedal, his go-to gear and tones, the influence of Soundgarden and Rush, and the art of writing a rock anthem...

FREE SPIRIT

Robby Krieger’s new solo album The Ritual Begins At Sundown finds The Doors legend still testing the boundaries of feel, technique, and genre. But to understand Krieger’s playing today, you have to take it back to the start, to Los Angeles, 1965...

CORT LITTLE CJ WALNUT OP £369

The small guitar that goes large on value?

25 ACOUSTIC SONGS

From summer strummers and campfire classics to more advanced fingerstyle workouts, expand your repertoire withtips and tricks for 25 of our favourite acoustic songs...

STEVE LACY

It’s fair to say Steve Lacy is not your average recording musician.

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

SQUIER’S NEW PARANORMAL SERIES SEES THE REVIVAL OF FORGOTTEN FENDER CLASSICS THE TORONADO, CYCLONE, SUPER-SONIC, CABRONITA AND MORE

NEW WEIRD AUSTRALIA

AUSSIE SHAPESHIFTING POLYMATHS KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD HAVE RELEASED 15 STUDIO ALBUMS SINCE 2012, RANGING FROM JAZZ TO THRASH METAL. VOCALIST AND LEAD GUITARIST STU MACKENZIE SPEAKS TO TG ABOUT AC/DC, RECORDING IN SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND HIS NEWFOUND LOVE FOR THE GIBSON EXPLORER...

Life in Technicolour

RECENTLY VOTED ONE OF THE 10 BEST MODERN PLAYERS, COVET MASTERMIND YVETTE YOUNG DISCUSSES HER DISTINCTIVE FINGERSTYLE APPROACH, HER PIANO-BASED ORIGINS AND HER SIGNATURE IBANEZ TALMAN AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM TECHNICOLOR...

ROCK IN PEACE

PHIL CAMPBELL AND RUDY SARZO PAY TRIBUTE TO PAUL CHAPMAN, FORMER UFO GUITARIST WHO HAS PASSED AWAY AGED 66

SOME KIND OF MONSTER

EVH’S NEW FRANKIE MODEL STRIKES THE BEST BALANCE BETWEEN AUTHENTICITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF ANY FRANKENSTEIN REPLICA TO DATE. HERE, WE TAKE AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE NEW MODEL, AND EXPLORE THE ORIGINS OF THE GUITAR IT IS BASED ON, WITH HELP FROM EDDIE HIMSELF

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy on Tom Morello’s unending inspiration, buying Jeff Buckley’s Telecaster, and how Manson guitars will be at the forefront of the instrument’s evolution...

PEOPLE POWER

THE 1975’S NEW ALBUM NOTES ON A CONDITIONAL FORM IS THEIR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE UK NUMBER ONE, AND ANOTHER GENRE‑HOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA. LEAD GUITARIST ADAM HANN EXPLAINS THE THINKING BEHIND THE BAND’S ECLECTIC APPROACH – AND HAILS THE ALBUM’S LEAD SINGLE, PEOPLE, AS “OUR FIRST PROPER ROCK SONG”

Its all in the FINGERS

THE DARKNESS FRONTMAN JUSTIN HAWKINS EXPLAINS THE GENIUS OF AC/DC’S FRATERNAL GUITAR DUO ANGUS AND MALCOLM YOUNG – AND HAILS “THE ULTIMATE ROCK RIFF” IN BACK IN BLACK

ANGUS YOUNG - My life in shorts

THE AC/DC GUITAR HERO ON THE BAND AND BACK IN BLACK, THE PERILS OF GOING ON STAGE IN A SCHOOLBOY INFORM, AND WHAT SHAPED HIM AS A PLAYER – THE POWER OF THE BLUES, AND THE “NASTY” SOUND OF CHUCK BERRY’S GUITAR

A SOUND THAT SHOOK THE WORLD

Created by a band in mourning, Back In Black was the album that resurrected AC/DC. And as Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash said: “It saved rock’n’roll!” From tragedy to triumph, this is the story of AC/DC’s greatest victory...