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June 2022

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June 30
- The rise, fall and rebirth of Fender’s Rosewood Telecaster – the solidbody beloved by George Harrison
- Eric Gales on why he is not trying to be the next Jimi Hendrix – and why you shouldn’t be either
- Yngwie Malmsteen: "You can’t 'build' speed – you play it until you have it perfect. There are no shortcuts and no tricks"
June 29
- Dave Mustaine, Kirk Hammett and an all-star panel explain why Randy Rhoads was one of the greatest guitar players of all time
- Hot Water Music on bending punk rules till they break and leaving space for the “long f**kin’ guitar solo” just ‘cos they can
June 28
- Best guitar VSTs: our pick of the top plugins for guitarists
- How to restring an electric guitar
- How to replicate ‘holy grail’ Gibson PAF humbucker tone with modern pickups
- Khruangbin’s Laura Lee on visual identity, Zen Guitar and why she still plays her first bass
June 27
- 5 albums you need to hear by bebop trailblazer Oscar Pettiford
- 7 guitar-led covers of Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill
- Best budget bass guitars: our top pick of basses under $500/£500
- How Celestion speakers helped Marshall become ‘the sound of rock’
- Carolesdaughter: “I think my next thing will be a full-length, now that I know what I’m doing”
June 25
- Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 360
- Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 360 Blues Power supplement
June 24
- Trixie Mattel: “I’m a product, right? If they want a singing, guitar playing, joke-telling Barbie doll, they have to get me. Or they have to get Dolly Parton”
- Randy Rhoads’ greatest guitar solos
- Best pedals for blues overdrives, reverbs and more, primed for blues
- Download and stream the audio from Guitar Techniques 337
- I Built the Sky’s Rohan Stevenson on breaking out of the shred-metal box for an acoustic guitar album that makes space for banjo, xylophone and more
- Foals: “We very clearly enjoyed living in our own sound on this record”
June 23
- Brazilian bass titan Junior Groovador on his bombastic playing, rocking Rio with Jack Black and channeling Rocky Balboa
- JD Simo unpacks the legacy of Elvis Presley and reveals how he nailed Scotty Moore’s guitar tone for Baz Luhrmann’s new biopic
June 22
- Bleed From Within’s Craig ‘Goonzi’ Gowans and Steven Jones talk sick riffs, fierce grooves, and how Neural DSP revolutionized their sound
- Sylvaine spirits us away to share the guitar secrets behind her dreamy, shoegaze-inspired atmospheric metal sound
- Spotlight: Xander Burgess of Johnny Hunter
- Paolo Gregoletto: “I’ve never needed a side project because Trivium play everything. We’re always trying to push ourselves”
June 21
- The many faces of Jack White: the innovator, visionary and gearhead’s story so far
- Best headless guitars: 8 top picks for all budgets and player styles
- 28 players name their favorite John Frusciante guitar moments
June 20
- Best cheap wireless guitar systems: liberate your playing on a budget, from bedroom to stage
- Charlie Griffiths: “Everyone knows the blues scale – just move it up a semi-tone from your root note and you get a whole new lease on life”
- Drug Church’s Nick Cogan on his alt-rock conversion from Les Paul to Jazzmaster, and the three secrets to his sound
- Pattern-Seeking Animals’ Ted Leonard on how he struck guitar tone gold with a ‘Franken-Tele’ rescued from the junk pile
- Bartees Strange: “A lot of my songs tend to start off as country songs and become something else”
June 17
- Guthrie Govan on finding an orchestra as weird as The Aristocrats to rework their material – and how he convinced Hans Zimmer to buy a 9-string
- Best guitar cabinets 2024: expand upon your sound with the right cab
- 20 milestone moments in Marshall’s 60-year quest for bigger, badder tone
- Foals' Jimmy Smith talks overcoming nerves to develop his "naïve" style – and why ditching pedals helped him embrace a positive guitar attitude
- Ben Lee: “I’ve always been interested in being a cheeky bastard and stirring the pot”
June 16
- 20 guitar virtuosos on their favorite Joe Satriani moments
- John Illsley reflects on Dire Straits' stadium-rocking success, the pressure it put on Mark Knopfler, and tells us what makes a great bass part
- Larry LaLonde and Les Claypool join Alex Lifeson to discuss A Farewell To Kings and recall that one time the Rush guitarist used a tortilla chip as a guitar pick
June 15
- Sepultura’s Paulo Pinto Jr: “Just keep to the tempo on the bass drum and on the snare, so the guitars can breathe more and you’ll have more body in the song”
- John Frusciante on the stories behind 5 standout Unlimited Love tracks
- Spotlight: Nick Hauser of Outright
June 14
- How Coheed and Cambria embraced pentatonic riff slams and a Deftones 8-string to create prog guitar epics for a new generation
- Jack White's guitar gear: his wackiest guitars, pedals and amps through the years
- Live Review: The Wombats, Melbourne 10/06/22
June 13
- Opeth’s Martín Méndez: “I use theory as a guide, but I trust my ears and ideas more… you have to understand why certain notes feel more beautiful or threatening”
- The story of the JTM45, Marshall’s first amp and a holy grail of rock guitar
- Alexisonfire: “It’s a blessing and a curse that we make records this way”
June 10
- 10 signature guitars we want to see
- AmpliTube vs Guitar Rig: which amp and effects modelling plugin is best?
- The 30 most difficult guitar techniques
- Alex The Astronaut: “I feel like I’ve developed a lot as an artist, and that’s really, really exciting”
June 9
- Eddie Van Halen interviews Les Paul about his friendship with Leo Fender, the SG, and his favorite Les Paul model of all time
- Billy Howerdel: “With A Perfect Circle, I was always concentrating on bigger guitars – on this album, I wanted the compositions to take center stage”
- Best distortion pedals: the top 11 high-gain stompboxes for guitarists
- Best chorus pedals: 10 top choices for your 'board
- Rush’s Geddy Lee on A Farewell To Kings, Les Claypool the bassist, and what he thinks of Primus playing the album live in its entirety
- Best fuzz pedals: add some filth with this guitar effects essential for your pedalboard
- Def Leppard share 8 tips on how to create a killer rock anthem
- Best wah pedals 2024: add an essential tone-shaping effect to your pedalboard
- Best Klon clones: Our pick of the best Klon Centaur Klones for every budget
- Best electric guitars under $2,000: high-end guitars for intermediate and pro players
- Best Stratocasters: The best Strats for every budget and playing style
- Best Telecasters: the top Fender Tele electric guitars for all budgets and styles
- Best Gibson Les Paul 2024: The greatest Gibson singlecuts for every budget and style
June 8
- Best guitar speakers: the 9 best speaker upgrades for your combo amp or cabinet
- John Frusciante’s 10 best Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar moments
- Jack White: “I’m the proudest I’ve been in my life of my guitar playing. There are places I’ve never gone before... techniques I thought I wasn’t capable of doing”
- Feeder’s Grant Nicholas shares his tips on on songwriting, gear and tone: “You can always find a new way of playing a chord”
- Spotlight: Keyan Houshmand
June 7
- Best overdrive pedals: explore which drive pedal is right for you
- Jennifer Batten on the sexism she faced as Michael Jackson's guitarist, and how Jeff Beck shaped her view of innovative guitar playing
- Screamfeeder and Adalita: A match made in Australian rock heaven
June 6
- Fantastic Negrito on the near-fatal car crash that changed his approach to playing and the forces behind his powerful new album, White Jesus Black Problems
- Eva Gardner: “I was the kid singing to Veruca Salt in 1994. Fast forward to 2005 and I was their bass player”
- Kris Barras: “I love the Kemper live for two reasons: stability and consistency. You’re not relying on whoever’s mic’ing the amps up”
June 5
- Australian Guitar’s Fresh Frets: Vol. 10
June 3
- Bill Frisell: “The limitations of the guitar invite their own solutions… so there are a lot of different ways people end up playing it”
June 2
- Alpha Wolf: “We’ve always wanted to do this, and now we’re finally at the stage where we can”
- Bloc Party’s Russell Lissack: “The effects pedals are the defining part of our sound more than guitars and amps”
June 1
- Body Count’s Ice-T and Ernie C look back on the making of – and reaction to – their incendiary 1992 debut album
- Les Claypool: “Singing Geddy Lee parts and playing bass, or just singing Geddy Lee parts period, is f**king hard, because it’s up in the upper stratosphere”
- Best guitar wireless systems 2024: set your playing free, from the rehearsal room to the stage
- Spotlight: Alex Manhire of The Beautiful Monument