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ARIELLE

A minute’s all it takes to discover what makes a great guitarist tick. Before she jumped into her limo for the airport, we grabbed a quick chat with the US singer-songwriter, guitar player, and Brian May Guitars artist.

TOM KERSTENS

Alongside his career as a renowned performing and recording classical guitarist, Tom Kerstens is also the founder of the International Guitar Foundation (IGF) which offers tuition courses and celebrated concerts in the UK. Jason Sidwell spoke to him about IGF and its history.

MITCH DALTON

The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by our resident session ace. This month: Pedal Tones!

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BILL FRISELL

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, we welcome one of the great modern jazz innovators.

NEW ALBUMS

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

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THE CROSSROADS

For this month’s meeting down at the Crossroads, John Wheatcroft shows us 10 top techniques from the country-blues Telemaster himself.

JOSÉ FERRER Ejercicio No.7 in E Minor

Here Declan Zapala returns to Romantic-era Catalonia to explore some bitesize building blocks of classical guitar technique through this short and chirpy study

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH Video Masterclass

Australian maestro Brett Garsed pays tribute to the talent of the sadly departed Allan Holdsworth, with a video masterclass guided by Milton Mermikides.

TROY REDFERN

Four Slide Licks

30-MINUTE LICKBAG

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

HUBERT SUMLIN

David Gerrish explores the pioneering style of the man that was able to hold his own next to the immortal Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters.

THIN LIZZY

This month Martin Cooper checks out the classic sound of Thin Lizzy, with the twin-guitar assault of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson.

TIM HENSON

Play God and become a G.O.A.T. with the technical and creative brilliance of Polyphia, with Charlie Griffiths as your guide.

FUNK RHYTHM GUITAR PART 4

Steve Allsworth concludes his series with a look at seven funk guitarists, from David Williams to Prince, John Frusciante, Mark Lettieri, Cory Wong and more.

IMPROVE YOUR HYBRID PICKING

For this issue’s Improve theme, Simon Barnard takes you through one of the most economical and effective methods of plucking the strings.

JOHN PAUL WHITE

This month Stuart Ryan checks out the acoustic style of a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, once part of the succesful duo The Civil Wars

TASTY SOLOING

In the first column of a new series from LCCM’s Andy G Jones we focus on one of the pillars of modern blues, the great innovator T-Bone Walker.

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