“SOMEONE WOULD COUNT IN OR START PLAYING... AND THEN YOU'D JUST FLY!”

MY LIFE IN PINK FLOYD – AND BEYOND. DAVID GILMOUR: IN HIS OWN WORDS...

“The solo in Comfortably Numb is actually a first take!”

INSIDE THE WORLD OF DAVID GILMOUR AND PINK FLOYD, BY PRODUCER BOB EZRIN

YAMAHA RSS02T £649

Yamaha’s Revstar range gets a serious makeover and much more

LINE 6 DL4 MKII £279

A new, updated version of the classic multi-footswitch delay pedal

FENDER PARAMOUNT PD-220E £649

A new benchmark?

Molly Tuttle – "If you know three chords you can strum along!"

Molly Tuttle reckons that pretty much anyone can play bluegrass music. But as a renowned virtuoso, she likes to bend the rules. "It's fun," she says, "to stretch the limits..."

How to create a rock anthem by Def Leppard

Guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell on the art of the stadium rock banger. Rule number one: "Respect the melody..."

I like the freedom to experiment

Tips on songwriting, gear and tone, by Grant Nicholas of Feeder

The Many Faces of Jack White

Innovator. Visionary. Gearhead. And a guitar hero like no other. Jack White is all of these things and more...

Jack White – I'm the proudest I've been in my life of my guitar playing

As two new solo albums illustrate the breadth of his art, Jack White believes that he's reaching a new peak as a guitarist. "There are places I've never gone before," he says, "and techniques I thought I wasn't capable of doing...”

Russell Lissack – "I do as much with my feet as I do with my hands!"

Bloc Party's lead guitarist Russell Lissack has two of the most complex pedalboards ever amassed. So how many pedals did he have when making the band's new album? "Probably a hundred," he laughs...

THEM TONES!

EPIPHONE UNVEILS A BRACE OF JERRY CANTRELL LES PAULS

RIFF LESSONS

Get inside Jack White's playing style from past to present

PEDAL SHOPPING-PING-PING!

Build your 'board with TG's delay pedal recommendations...

MAESTRO INVADER DISTORTION

Naturally-voiced distortion - with or without gain

TRACK BY TRACK Fear Of The Dawn

The tones and techniques of Jack's eclectic new album

DELAY TACTICS

Transform your tone with the atmosphere, rhythm and space that only a delay pedal can give

Jack White and the retro future of guitar

What can we learn from Jack's gear? Looking through his collection, it's clear he is at once the junk store aficionado and the nutty professor, chasing tones that exist out of the pop-cultural timeline...

JET GUITARS JS-400

Can a high spec and a low price tag co-exist? Jet Guitars argues the case

My hands feel like someone poured concrete in them!

Fantastic Negrito had to find a new way to play guitar after he was injured in a near-fatal car crash. But he gets by - with a little help from a friend...

Johnny Marr - “He Was Ahead of His Time”

How Johnny Marr blazed his own trail, by Dave Keuning of The Killers

“I Need to Raise My Own Bar...”

Every guitarist wants to play better – and Joe Satriani is no exception.

MY RIGHT HAND IS ALWAYS MOVING WHETHER I HIT ANY NOTES OR NOT!

Funk master Cory Wong is all about the groove. But on his new album with Vulfpeck, he's also rocking out. As he says: "I got to be a little more Eddie Van Halen!"

“Let's Go As Hard and Fast As We Can!”

Hardcore cult heroes Turnstile are poised to be one of the breakout bands of 2022. Guitarist Pat McCrory discusses their “emotional” return to playing live– and how to experiment without losing your edge...

Johnny Marr - “It's My Sound. I F*cking Invented It. I Can Use It As Many Times As I Like!”

Johnny Marr is an inspiration to countless guitarists. In a major new interview he discusses his entire career – from The Smiths to his latest solo masterpiece. And also included in this 20-page TG special: how to play like Marr, with three classic Smiths riffs to learn, plus exclusive interviews with the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ John Frusciante, Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradfield and The Killers’ Dave Keuning on the genius of Johnny...

Writing a Guitar Solo Is Like Writing Another Song

Joe Newman has led alt-J to worldwide success, but has always focused on songwriting first-guitar playing second. Until now...

Writing a Guitar Part that Ends at an Irrational Point Is Quite a Challenge!

Yard Act are the most talked about new band in the UK. Guitarist Sam Shjipstone and singer James Smith reveal the origins of their unconventional post-punk sound

Everyone's Personality Is in Their Phrasing

He plays heavy with Black Label Society and Ozzy, but Zakk Wylde is inspired by the emotion in blues and "pentatonic insanity" of jazz fusion

“WE BUY EACH OTHER PEDALS FOR BIRTHDAY PRESENTS!”

The Lazy Eyes are Australia’s next great psych-rock band. Guitarists Harvey Geraghty and Itay Shachar reveal the secrets of their mind-bending sound...

“MY JOB IS TO SING, PLAY GUITAR AND MAKE THE AUDIENCE FEEL SOMETHING”

Blues sensation Joanne Shaw Taylor loves being back on the road. She only gets nervous when she plays for friends – like Joe Bonamassa...