Welcome…

“Your individuality is the best thing you’ve got.”

BRIGHT SPARK

The world’s best-loved practice amp returns for its second generation

“I’M GETTING CLEANER WITH MY TONES”

HOW RICHIE KOTZEN IS STILL GROW ING AS A “MORE EXPRESSIVE” PLAYER

EPIPHONE JIMI HENDRIX “LOVE DROPS” FLYING V

Epiphone has been working hard on its “Inspired

UNIVERSAL AUDIO ANTI 1992

Amp modelling pedals have been changing the way

FENDER FINNEAS ACOUSTASONIC PLAYER TELECASTER

If the name Finneas escapes you, you may

TALKING GUITARS MICHAEL SCHENKER

HARD ROCK LEGEND. HERO TO SLASH, KIRK HAMMETT AND MORE

10 SPANKY RHYTHM RIFFS

Learn from the masters of funk with Pickup Music’s 10 practice rif fs inspired by legends including James Brown, Prince and Vulfpeck

JACK WHITE

Old Scratch Blues

INTRO TO ROCK

How to start playing rock guitar for beginners

ARCTANGENT’S RISING GUITAR STARS

ArcTanGent is one of the world’s biggest festivals for boundary-pushing guitar music. We bring you the lowdown on the players setting fretboards and imaginations ablaze

NIGHT VERSES

Night Verses are already tipped as prog-metal’s Next

BICURIOUS

If you think you’ve heard everything a guitar/drums

SQUID PISSER

As you might expect from a band called

VOWER

Photos Derek Bremner The band may be new,

ASYMMETRIC UNIVERSE

In terms of pure technicality, Italian prog-metal fusion

“I’VE BEEN TRYING TO WRITE RIFFS THAT ARE LIKE WHEN YOU START PLAYING THE GUITAR”

A self-confessed “guitar-culture nerd” and TG reader, Fontaines D.C. guitarist Conor Curley has overhauled his band’s sound on Romance, their most ambitious and experimental album to date, inspired by a “massive sounding” fuzz pedal, a beefy new Jazzmaster and… Korn?

“THIS IS THE MUSIC THAT WE MAKE WHEN WE JUST THROW OUR GUITA RS ON AND NOODLE A ROUND!”

No rock band on Earth is as prolific as King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. On their 26th album in 15 years, they’ve captured the sound and the vibe of classic ’70s rock – but with cheap amps and zero pedals. As leader Stu Mackenzie says: “We were just going for the take that had the boogie!”

ELECTRIC DREAMS

Near the end of his life, Jimi Hendrix founded Electric Lady Studios as a place where he could express his creativity to the full. Anew boxset full of previously unreleased recordings reveals how the guitar genius was pursuing a bold new vision

“LUCK AND STRANGE ? IT’S ABOUT THE ‘LUCK’ OF THE VERY STRANGE MOMENT THAT US BABY BOOMERS HAVE LIVED THROUGH…”

As the ex-Floyd guitarist presents his first solo album since 2015’s Rattle That Lock, we look at the songs and music behind David Gilmour’s best offering to date

Track by track

Abrief rundown of the album’s new songs

“my Goal IS TO BRING GUITAR MUSIC TO A NEW GENERATION!”“my Goal IS TO BRING GUITAR MUSIC TO A NEW GENERATION!”

PUNK ROCK HERO AND GEN Z SUPERSTAR YUNGBLUD IS NOW L AUNCHING HIS F IRST SIGNATURE GUITAR. “I SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS RE ADING TOTAL GUITAR, LE ARNING ABOUT THIS STUFF,” HE SAYS. AND HE’S ALRE ADY PLOT TING HIS NEXT MOVE: “A CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM FOR 2025!”

Anarchy In The EU!

YUNGBLUD ON THE GUITAR THAT DEFINED THE SOUND OF PUNK ROCK

“It ’s a dream !”

WHY YUNGBLUD INVITES FANS TO JAM ON STAGE AND KEEP THE EPIPHONE GUITAR THEY PLAY

PUNK JUNK

THE GEAR THAT POWERED THE GENRE

Never Mind the Harmonics

Think punk is just powerchords and rubbish technique? Think again as we take you through all you need to know...

BLACK SABBATH

WAR PIGS Sabbath’s classic anti-war protest song tabbed in full

SAM FENDER

GETTING STARTED

TAB GUIDE

Get more from TG by understanding our easy-to-follow musical terms and signs

THE GAS STATION

REAL WORLD REVIEWS OF THE BEST NEW GEAR

START ME UP!

Five awesome new products to get your gear engine revving this month…

EPIPHONE YUNGBLUD SG JUNIOR £549

This ‘anonymous’ signaturemodel is a garage-rock work horse

A different kind of single-coil

A quick look into why P-90s have their own unique sound

LTD EC-201FT £479

The single-pickup resurgence continues as we ask: is one really all you need?

CHAPMAN LAW MAKER LEGACY BARITONE £1099

A T-style bruiser to handle all your lower range needs

SQUIER LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC VIBE ’60S TELECASTER SH £399

A stealth contender for the nicest-looking (and best-performing) Squier of the year

LINE 6 HX ONE £236

Line 6 applies its Helix technology to this problem-solving multi-FX unit

JHS HARD DRIVE £155

Josh Scott pays homage to desirable 90s drive tones

TORUS

Getting to jam with Tony Iommi would be