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TINSLEY ELLIS

A minute’s all it takes to find out what makes a great guitarist tick. Before he jumped into his limo for the airport, we grabbed a quick chat with the much lauded American bluesman.

JUSTIN SANDERCOE

The founder of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers This Month: Rhythm And Melody.

SUBSTITUTE Seventh Chords

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MITCH DALTON

The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by our resident session ace. This month: Born Under A Blues Sign.

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MICHAEL O’NEILL

Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments. Jason Sidwell asks top players for their take on this movement. This month: George Benson’s rhythm guitarist and solo jazz artist.

SPECIAL FEATURE Fantasy Blues Jams!

Ever dreamt of blues’s most iconic guitarists pairing up and jamming together, asks Andy Saphir? Well it’s about to come true... in the virtual world of GT!

MEMORISING MUSIC Tips From The Pros

In this special feature, Jason Sidwell asked 15 top guitarists what insights they could offer to improve your memorisation skills.

THE CROSSROADS Bruce Forman

This month John Wheatcroft shines a light on a true virtuoso of contemporary jazz guitar who’s helping to keep the flame of bebop burning brightly.

SANTIAGO DE MURCIA Prelude & Allegro

Declan Zapala says explore this ‘pick up and play’ piece from the guitar’s five-stringed ancestor, full of virtuosity and vigour to level up your classical guitar fingerings.

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This brilliant acoustic guitarist has recorded six incredible mini-pieces especially for GT, with Jon Bishop as your guide.

JOSH SMITH

Modern blues meets jazz and country this month as David Gerrish explores the innovative and impressive techniques of this blues virtuoso.

THE KILLERS

Martin Cooper gets to grips with a Las Vegas quartet that made it big in the UK but has gone on to conquer the world’s arenas and pop charts.

ANTHRAX

This month Jamie Hunt gets under the skin of this legendary metal band’s guitarist, with two fantastic riffy rhythm ideas based on the style of Scott Ian.

BILLY GIBBONS

This month Andy G Jones examines the tasty blues-rock style of ZZ Top’s frontman, singer, guitarist and widely celebrated soloist.

JOAN BAEZ

This month Stuart Ryan examines the articulate fingerpicking style of the First Lady of America’s folk and protest song movement.

MATEUS ASATO

This month’s JTCguitar lesson comes from one of neo-soul guitar’s most brilliant exponents.

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN

This issue Nick Mellor offers an overview of the Mahavishnu Orchestra guitarist’s improvised 16th-note lines played over static Minor chords.

MELODIC MINOR SCALE

Following last month’s look at the Harmonic Minor, Simon Barnard explores an alternative scale choice for soloing in a Minor key scenario.

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