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STRUM AS YOU ARE

30 years after the release of Nirvana’s biggest album, Fender has reissued Kurt Cobain’s Jaguar/Mustang mash-up

WE CAME AS ROMANS

Daggers

“Some people might see my Hydra guitar and think, ‘Vai, what a joke!’”

Steve Vai reveals all about his three-necked Hydra, how he invented a new technique he calls “joint-shifting”, and how he made a track from his new album using only one hand

Andy Summers

FROM JAZZ ROOTS TO WORLDW IDE FAME WITH THE POLICE, HE DEVELOPED A SIGNATURE STYLE THAT DEF INED THE POST-PUNK ERA. “BEING A GUI TAR PL AYER,”

THE ONES TO WATCH IN 2022

Indie pop, Maori metal, jazz fusion and grime-influenced protest punk. The breakout artists set to shape the sound of guitar music this year

BENDOLOGY…

The evolution of string bending from classic 70s blues-rock to contemporary progressive math-rock

2022 Guitar Workout

Turn on, tune up, plug in and let’s rock the hell out of February!

WIN!

A GIBSON GENERATION COLLECTION G-00 ACOUSTIC GUITAR

"THE THOUGHT OF PLAYING ON STAGE CAN INTIMIDATE ME, BUT AS SOON AS I PUT THE GUITAR OVER MY CHEST I’M LIKE, 'RIGHT, THIS IS ME!’”

When Biffy Clyro made a triumphant return to the stage, frontman Simon Neil felt that he had rediscovered the meaning of life. Now, as part of TG’s 2022 Guitar Workout, he presents his guide to the art of rock guitar. How to make a Strat sound heavy. How to write in odd time signatures. How to prepare for playing live. And why there is still one pedal he can’t live without

GOLDEN RULES

The Guitar Techniques Of Simon Neil

“A LEGATO WORKOUT CHANGED MY LIFE”

Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge on the secret to fast picking, and the best fretting-hand exercise he ever learned

“95 PER CENT OF TONE IS IN THE PLAYER”

How Eric Gales is taking one of electric guitar’s oldest art forms and reimagining it for a new generation

“INSIDE PICKING WAS A BIG DISCOVERY FOR ME”

Dream Theater’s John Petrucci on game-changing exercises and creating a solo that “feels like you’re floating”

“I MAINLY PLAY A JAZZMASTER – AND THAT’S IT!”

Singer-songwriter Nilüfer Yanya on beating the lockdown blues – and why one guitar can be enough

“I’VE NEVER BEEN INTERESTED IN BEING TECHNICALLY GOOD!”

Tom Dowse of art rockers Dry Cleaning plays by his own rules. His specialities: improvisation and guitar abuse

DJANGO REINHARDT MINOR SWING

Travel back to 1930s Paris as TG and Rockschool explore Django ’s signature jam

WEEZER ISLAND IN THE SUN

Banish those winter blues with catchy chords and a fuzzed-out solo courtesy of Rivers Cuomo and co

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

FENDER ACOUSTASONIC PLAYER TELECASTER

£1049

FRAMUS DIABLO SUPREME

£719

GUILD A-20 MARLEY

£359

ELECTRO-HARMONIX NANO DELUXE MEMORY MAN

Honey, I shrunk the iconic analog delay! £179

GEESE

Photo Pooneh Ghana New York post-punk band