Charlie Griffiths

The Sylosis virtuoso teaches you five approaches to improve your metal guitar solos – and make them that bit more sinister

The British shredder shares an exclusive video lesson in her signature soloing style – and it'll take you from pentatonics to melodic tapping and beyond

Melodically OTT, technically on point even when on the trampoline or underwater, Li is one of shred guitar’s greatest showmen

In this exclusive lesson, the Strat maestro shows you how to blur the line between the two disciplines and inject lead hooks into your rhythm playing

Take your metal playing to a new level with this lesson on the uncompromising style of the late, great Pantera icon

Influenced by the orchestral sweep of John Williams and the neoclassical madness of Yngwie Malmsteen, the Symphony X mastermind is a formidable shred talent, and this tab and audio lesson isn't for the fainthearted

Improve your alternate picking, arpeggios and tapping skills with these 5 lessons in the style of the Arch Enemy virtuoso

Learn how chords can tap into emotions and you can improve your rhythm chops – and songwriting – fast

The choice Extreme cut had the whole guitar world talking thanks to its hair-raising technique and nods to Eddie Van Halen – and now you can bring that same flair to your solos

The Aussie maestro's radical style is a rhythmic and technical challenge for any player to master, but by doing so, it might just change how you look at the instrument

How the rhythm and lead styles of James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett will power up your metal playing fast

The G.O.A.T. of 21st-century progressive guitar, Henson has a style that combines technical brilliance with abundant imagination. This is a lesson in making the impossible possible

A Berklee prof with neoclassical chops to burn, Joe Stump of Alcatrazz is a bona-fide shred legend, and these five examples will whip your metal guitar chops into shape in no time

This shred lesson is so hot we've been keeping it under lock and key, until now...

There’s no rest for the wicked in Wylde’s world of fast alternate picking and pinched harmonics. It's time to light up the 'board in the style of Ozzy Osbourne's longstanding shredder-in-chief

For those who have completed Woodshedding 101 and are ready to progress to the outer limits of shred, Charlie Griffiths offers five expert licks in the style of Todd Joseph Helmerich

Good news and bad news. First, the good: we've adapted MAB's hyper-technical style for single-necked guitars. The bad? Welcome to the toughest shred lesson this side of Planet Gemini

With a new solo album out, the Haken guitarist and Guitar Techniques tutor is on a mission to challenge your picking and fretting hands – and to test your theory skills

In our great Erotic Cake-off, our star baker is the aristocratic Guthrie Govan. Here you’ll discover a handful of tasty licks from the UK guitar master

Awaken your picking mastery with these prog metal techniques in the style of the virtuoso Dream Theater guitarist

Alternate picking, string skipping through the arpeggios... This dip into the former Deep Purple guitarist's playing is bootcamp for your shred chops

Workshop your tapping, melodic phrasing, tech-metal riffing and more in this primer in contemporary prog guitar

These five examples will help you set the fretboard alight with the pyrotechnic style of the legendary Jason Becker – bonus points for anyone who masters them while playing a yo-yo

Transposing piano for guitar, combining jazz, classical and rock, Lane was way more than just a speedster – this lesson will take you inside his imaginative phrasing and esoteric note choices