Latest articles by Total Guitar editors
Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 340
All of the backing tracks and audio from issue 340 of Total Guitar, to download and stream
How to play guitar like Fender offset heroes
Your primer in surf-rock, alt-rock, metal and grunge powered by Jazzmasters, Jaguars and Mustangs
How to play guitar in 3 diverse Fender Telecaster styles
Take your Tele techniques to the next level with these varied exercises
The genius of Eddie Van Halen in 10 stages
From Eruption and Beat It to the design of the Frankenstrat, EVH was one of the most revolutionary guitar players who ever lived – here's why
How to record your electric guitar
Recording your guitar doesn't have to be a brain-melting experience. Here's how to take the pain out of the process
4 guitar tricks you can learn from Keith Richards
How to play The Human Riff’s open G riffing, acoustic work and weaving rhythms
Javier Reyes teaches you his progressive fingerstyle approach with this exclusive track and video lesson
Some Kind Of Way breaks the Animals As Leaders guitarist's technique into manageable pieces
The greatest guitar songs of the 21st century
From metal anthems to garage-rock skronk, lo-fi pop to prog, these are the biggest guitar moments of the Noughties so far
Classic gear: Boss DM-2
The classic 80s bucket-brigade delay, the DM-2 is still coveted for its warm, lush echo
Malcolm Young's guitar gear: how the AC/DC rhythm machine perfected high-voltage rock 'n' roll tone
The late AC/DC great liked his rig simple and loud
How to play guitar like Brian May
Brian May's epic and wholly original lead style broken down into manageable pieces
How to play guitar like Jimi Hendrix
We dive in to the legendary guitarist’s trademark chords and lead-writing tricks
Beginner guitar: how to play minor chords
Improve your playing and get to grips with the theory behind minor chords
Chord tone soloing: how to learn this important lead skill
Ditch scale shapes and use chord tones for a creative approach to your first guitar solos
Mark Potter: “I wouldn’t have survived in the Motown studio. They’d be like, ‘We’re not getting him in, he takes five hours to start playing!’”
The Elbow guitarist discusses his weirdest gig, a Brian May meltdown and Elbow's love of Pignoses
Here are the 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear this month (June 2020)
From acoustic blues to horror-themed metal, these are the players to check out right now
Beginner guitar: expand your chord knowledge with these simple suspended shapes
Go beyond basic majors and launch your playing to a new level
Beginner guitar scales: learn the most important patterns
Get your head around this essential musical building block and learn two of the important scales: pentatonic and major
How to play guitar like Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong
Learn the secrets of the iconic punk-rock guitarist's deceptively dextrous playing techniques
Pedal tone riffs: kickstart your playing with these simple riffs
What do a church organ and your guitar have in common? Let us explain...
5 guitars that defined Billie Joe Armstrong's career in punk
Let's take a walk down the boulevard of the Green Day leader's most rockin' six-strings...
Here are the 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear this month (May 2020)
Featuring Opeth bassist Martín Méndez’s White Stones, the Free-inspired Gabriella Jones, Leeched and more...
20 of the best modern blues riffs
The hottest riffs from today's masters of the blues - complete with video lessons
