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JEFF LOOMIS
Guitar Techniques

JEFF LOOMIS

This month Charlie Griffiths gets Nevermore heavy with five very challenging licks from the shredder from Seattle with no Arch Enemies.

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2 mins  |
July 2023
CHRIS REA
Guitar Techniques

CHRIS REA

This month Phil Short takes a trip down memory lane exploring the slide guitar stylings of Middlesborough’s finest pop-blues crooner.

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2 mins  |
July 2023
LÉO DELIBES Pizzicato (from Sylvia)
Guitar Techniques

LÉO DELIBES Pizzicato (from Sylvia)

This month Declan Zapala reduces an orchestra to just six strings with his arrangement of this quirky and chirpy pizzicato movement from Delibes’ ballet masterpiece.

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3 mins  |
July 2023
THE CROSSROADS Pat Metheny
Guitar Techniques

THE CROSSROADS Pat Metheny

For this month’s Crossroads, John Wheatcroft looks at a jazz musician who is undeniably one of the world’s most significant guitar players, and a master of the instrument.

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3 mins  |
July 2023
JARED JAMES NICHOLS Six Rock Licks
Guitar Techniques

JARED JAMES NICHOLS Six Rock Licks

This young but very old-school rock master took time out of his busy schedule to record six, red-hot blues-rock licks for you, all in the key of A. Jon Bishop is your guide.

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1 min  |
July 2023
DAVID GRISSOM
Guitar Techniques

DAVID GRISSOM

Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments. Jason Sidwell asks top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month it's the stunning blues-rocker and tone master from Austin, Texas.

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5 mins  |
July 2023
MITCH DALTON
Guitar Techniques

MITCH DALTON

The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by our resident session ace.

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3 mins  |
July 2023
JUSTIN SANDERCOE
Guitar Techniques

JUSTIN SANDERCOE

The founder of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers

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4 mins  |
July 2023
JARED JAMES NICHOLS
Guitar Techniques

JARED JAMES NICHOLS

A minute's all it takes to discover what makes a great guitarist tick. Before he jumped into his limo for the airport, we grabbed a quick chat with amodern American blues-rock tour-de-force.

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7 mins  |
July 2023
SONS OF APOLLO
Guitar Techniques

SONS OF APOLLO

Martin Cooper checks out the sound of rock supergroup Sons Of Apollo, featuring the amazing Ron Thal, aka Bumblefoot.

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2 mins  |
June 2023
RICHIE SAMBORA
Guitar Techniques

RICHIE SAMBORA

Phil Short looks back to an 80s icon, a guitar hero who not only played with rockers Bon Jovi but always showed great blues chops!

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2 mins  |
June 2023
VIDEO MASTERCLASS - Allen Hinds
Guitar Techniques

VIDEO MASTERCLASS - Allen Hinds

We welcome the stunning US guitarist, Allen Hinds to demonstrate his sophisticated legato lead work over Jason Sidwell's track, Glow To Grow. Jon Bishop is your guide.

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10 mins  |
June 2023
NAPOLÉON COSTE Barcarolle
Guitar Techniques

NAPOLÉON COSTE Barcarolle

This month we're floating along the canals of Venice with this chirpy French take on a gondolier's song, prepared for us by resident classical guru, Declan Zapala.

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3 mins  |
June 2023
THE CROSSROADS - Lage Lund: Soloing with Intervals
Guitar Techniques

THE CROSSROADS - Lage Lund: Soloing with Intervals

Down at the Crossroads this month, John Wheatcroft checks out an incredible Norwegian virtuoso, and one of the brightest stars from today's world of jazz guitar.

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3 mins  |
June 2023
PLAY LIKE...ERIC CLAPTON
Guitar Techniques

PLAY LIKE...ERIC CLAPTON

This month Andy Saphir examines the various styles of one of the most revered and influential blues-rock guitarists of them all, the legendary 'Slowhand' himself.

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3 mins  |
June 2023
SCOTT LEPAGE
Guitar Techniques

SCOTT LEPAGE

Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music's most evocative moments. Jason Sidwell asks top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month: one half of the guitar duo that fronts Polyphia.

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7 mins  |
June 2023
MITCH DALTON
Guitar Techniques

MITCH DALTON

The studio guitarist's guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by our resident session ace. This month: Profile, Shmofile.

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3 mins  |
June 2023
JUSTIN SANDERCOE
Guitar Techniques

JUSTIN SANDERCOE

The founder of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world's most successful guitar teachers. This Month: Tipping The Scales

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3 mins  |
June 2023
SAMANTHA FISH
Guitar Techniques

SAMANTHA FISH

A minute's all it takes to discover what makes a great guitarist tick. Before she jumped into her limo for the airport, we grabbed a quick chat with this hard-working American blues phenomenon.

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4 mins  |
June 2023
TASTY SOLOING
Guitar Techniques

TASTY SOLOING

In the first column of a new series from LCCM's Andy G Jones we focus on one of the pillars of modern blues, the great innovator T-Bone Walker

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2 mins  |
May 2023
TIM HENSON
Guitar Techniques

TIM HENSON

Play God and become a G.O.A.T. with the technical and creative brilliance of Polyphia, with Charlie Griffiths as your guide

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2 mins  |
May 2023
THIN LIZZY
Guitar Techniques

THIN LIZZY

This month Martin Cooper checks out the classic sound of Thin Lizzy, with the twin-guitar assault of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson

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2 mins  |
May 2023
HUBERT SUMLIN
Guitar Techniques

HUBERT SUMLIN

David Gerrish explores the pioneering style of the man that was able to hold his own next to the immortal Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters

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2 mins  |
May 2023
JOSÉ FERRER: Ejercicio No.7 in E Minor
Guitar Techniques

JOSÉ FERRER: Ejercicio No.7 in E Minor

Here Declan Zapala returns to Romantic-era Catalonia to explore some bitesize building blocks of classical guitar technique through this short and chirpy study

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2 mins  |
May 2023
THE CROSSROADS Roy Buchanan
Guitar Techniques

THE CROSSROADS Roy Buchanan

For this month's meeting down at the Crossroads, John Wheatcroft shows us 10 top techniques from the country-blues Telemaster himself

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3 mins  |
May 2023
ALLAN HOLDSWORTH Video Masterclass
Guitar Techniques

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH Video Masterclass

Australian maestro Brett Garsed pays tribute to the talent of the sadly departed Allan Holdsworth, with a video masterclass guided

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2 mins  |
May 2023
BILL FRISELL
Guitar Techniques

BILL FRISELL

Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music's most evocative moments. Jason Sidwell asks top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month, we welcome one of the great modern jazz innovators

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6 mins  |
May 2023
PLAY LIKE...DAVID GILMOUR
Guitar Techniques

PLAY LIKE...DAVID GILMOUR

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon, Jamie Humphries analyses the playing of David Gilmour, with five stylistic mini pieces.

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3 mins  |
May 2023
MITCH DALTON
Guitar Techniques

MITCH DALTON

The studio guitarist's guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by our resident session ace

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3 mins  |
May 2023
ARIELLE
Guitar Techniques

ARIELLE

A minute's all it takes to discover what makes a great guitarist tick. Before she jumped into her limo for the airport, we grabbed a quick chat with the US singer-songwriter, guitar player, and Brian May Guitars artist

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6 mins  |
May 2023