Guitar Techniques

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NICKEL CREEK

A minute’s all it takes to discover what makes a great musician tick. Before they jumped into their limo for the airport, we grabbed a quick chat with bluegrass picking sensations’ Sean Watkins and Chris Thile

JUSTIN SANDERCOE

The founder of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This month: The Band.

SUBSTITUTE

Extended Chords

MITCH DALTON

The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by our resident session ace. This month: Playing Out From The Backline.

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DANIELE GOTTARDO

Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments. Jason Sidwell asks top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month: an incredible Italian guitarist with a unique approach to combining rock and classical music.

NEW ALBUMS

A selection of new and reissued guitar releases, including Album Of The Month

ROCKIN’ & A-ROLLIN’

10 INFLUENTIAL 50s PICKERS

THE CROSSROADS

BB King

GERARDO HERNÁN MATOS RODRÍGUEZ La Cumparsita

Declan Zapala arranges this famous tango from 19th century Uruguay. With energetic rhythms, strums, and taps it will have your hands dancing around the fretboard.

VIDEO MASTERCLASS Shane Theriot

In this instalment of GT’s popular Star Video feature, US session guitar ace Shane Theriot performs and discusses his tasty solo over Jason’s funk-rock track, Bump And Bind. Jon Bishop is your guide.

VIDEO MASTERCLASS

Peter Green Style Solos

30-MINU TE LICKBAG

Jamie Hunt of BIMM Bristol brings you another musically varied selection of licks to learn at easy, intermediate and advanced levels.

SIMON MCBRIDE

This month Phil Short explores the rip-roaring style of blues-rock virtuoso and Deep Purple’s sensational new guitarist, Simon McBride.

MAMMOTH WVH

This month Martin Cooper checks out the sound of rock royalty, Wolfgang Van Halen, who ploughs his own furrow with Mammoth WVH.

KIKO LOUREIRO

This month Charlie Griffiths lays down the gauntlet with five scary licks from Brazil’s Mega(deth) rock and power metal monster!

TASTY SOLOING

This month Andy G Jones investigates the sophisticated style of a fantastic contemporary blues artist, Manchester’s own Matt Schofield.

NICKEL CREEK

This month Stuart Ryan gets deep into the playing style of a personal hero, and one of the greatest bluegrass guitarists of them all.

WALKING BASSLINES PART 3

In the third of his four-part series Tim Pettingale delves further into the bassline, chord and melody style of British jazz guitar legend Martin Taylor.

IMPROVE YOUR LEGATO

This month RGT’s Simon Barnard is here to help you improve your legato playing with some smooth, slinky and slippery licks.

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