These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the February 2015 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now or at the Guitar World Online Store.
Lesson Videos
• Man of Steel with Steel Panther's Satchel: The Beauty of an Acoustic Ballad, and How to Play “The Girl From Oklahoma”
• Thrash Course with Dave Davidson: Combining Two Popular Arpeggio-Playing Techniques to Create Fluid Phrases
• Metal for Life with Metal Mike: Exploring Musical Roads Less Traveled Within the Realm of Heavy Metal Riffing
• In Deep with Andy Aledort: Constructing Solo Phrases in the Style of Jimi Hendrix
Audio Lesson Files
• Acoustic Nation with Dale Turner: The Sullen Guitar Sounds of Damien Rice
Bonus Song Premiere and Transcription
• Dimebag Darrell, "Whiskey Road" — Exclusive Song Premiere and Transcription
Gear Review Videos
• Review: Kramer Assault Plus and Pacer Vintage — Video
• Review: EarthQuaker Palisades Overdrive Pedal — Video
• Review: PRS Archon Amplifier Head — Video
• Review: Reverend Bob Balch Signature Guitar — Video
• Review: Pigtronix Rototron Rotary Speaker Simulator — Video
• Review: DiMarzio PAF Master Bridge and Neck Pickups — Video
“I thought that it was a crime that these songs were sitting there on the shelf”: In the 1970s, Hayley Williams’ grandfather made an album that nobody heard. Now it’s finally being released through her Paramore bandmate’s label
“He got a kidney infection, so he’s in hospital… That’s a bit of a drag, because he was going to be the lead guitarist”: The iconic charity rock song that missed out on its star guitarist due to illness – and why it could have sounded very different
