Total Guitar

Total Guitar is Europe’s best-selling guitar magazine, crammed full of songs to learn plus backing tracks. From the latest metal and indie hits to classic rock from the likes of Led Zeppelin and AC/DC, TG has more songs than ANY other guitar magazine!. Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not currently include the covermount items or content you would find on printed newsstand copies

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Total Guitar

PURE MAGIC

“IT’S BRUTAL – AND DISGUSTING!” • THE “WORLD OF TONES” IN ONCE HUMAN’S METALLIC ATTACK

CAT POWER

IT’S SO EASY

ROOTS MANOEUVRE

NEXT LEVEL BOSS! • The chairman of the pedalboard is back with one of the best-stocked multi-FX units in its price range

UP CLOSE

NOVA TWINS Antagonist

FIRST STEPS IN GUITAR... CHORDS & NOTES • As a top rock journalist for over three decades, TG content editor Paul Elliott knows everything about guitar, except how to play! We’ve decided to fix that...

TECHNIQUE CHECK... • Get your fingers in the right place and your powerchords will rock!

“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...

“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...

“WE LOVE MAKING WEIRD NOISES WITH OUR GUITARS!” • Masters of the seven-string, architects of nu-metal, Korn guitarists Munky and Head are still finding new ways to play heavy...

"WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT THEM!” • Thanks to EverTune bridges, life is peachy for Korn’s guitarists

FOLLOW THE LEADER • Korn’s influence - from Sepultura and Slipknot to the present day.

“I need to raise my own bar...” • Every guitarist wants to play better – and Joe Satriani is no exception.

“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...

Jason Pierce • HE CREATES COMPLEX, EPIC SOUNDSCAPES WITH SPIRITUALIZED, BUT CALLS HIMSELF AN “INEPT” GUITARIST. “IT'S ABOUT THE SOUL,” JASON PIERCE SAYS, “NOT THE ABILITY...”

“JUST HIT A CHORD!”

HIS GUITARS

THE SOUND

“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...

“HE’S FEARLESS!” • The joys of working with Johnny: by Primal Scream bassist Simone Marie Butler.

“HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME” • How Johnny Marr blazed his own trail, by Dave Keuning of The Killers

“A NEW KIND OF GUITAR HERO” • How Johnny Marr re-articulated the guitar for a whole generation, by the Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradfield.

“HE’S VERY UNORTHODOX” • How the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ guitarist John Frusciante found a kindred spirit in Johnny Marr...

PLAY LIKE JOHNNY MARR • Get a little jangle in your sound with our breakdown of Johnny’s style

JOHNNY MARR SONG-SMITH • Learn three classic riffs from the band that made Johnny Marr an indie guitar icon in the 80s

MARR-VELS • Three more of our...