These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the Holiday 2014 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: Using All Downstrokes, and How to Play “Gang Bang at the Old Folk’s Home”
• Thrash Course with Dave Davidson: Investigating Two Forms of the Diminished Scale
• String Theory with Jimmy Brown: An Effective Strategy for Soloing on John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”
• Metal for Life with Metal Mike: Using Drop-D Tuning to Write Heavy Riffs
• In Deep with Andy Aledort: Examining the Blues-Rock Virtuosity of the Late Johnny Winter, Part 2
Audio Lesson Files
• Acoustic Nation with Dale Turner: The Influential Percussive Playing Style of Preston Reed
Gear Review Videos
• Review: Ernie Ball/Music Man Majesty Guitar — Video
• Review: Mesa/Boogie Five-Band Graphic, Flux-Five and Throttle Box EQ Pedals — Video
• Review: ESP USA Eclipse Guitar — Video
• Review: PRS Guitars SE “Floyd” Custom 24 — Video
• Review: DigiTech Luxe Polyphonic Detune Pedal — Video
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