Save up to $800 on a MacBook Pro with Best Buy's epic pre-Prime Day deals By Guitar World Why hold-out until Prime Day when there are deals as good as this music laptop offer?
How a capo can make 5 classic songs easier to play By Jimmy Brown From Eagles' Desperado to Aerosmith's Dream On: here's how a capo can make playing these hits simpler than ever
8 things to expect when you start learning the guitar By Chris Corfield From calloused fingers to finally nailing that first song, playing the guitar is one of the greatest journeys of your life
Cory Wong enlists Joe Satriani for Massive, the shreddiest funk jam you’ve ever heard By Michael Astley-Brown The funk maestro’s 8th(!) album of 2020 is set to feature Satch, Tom Misch and many more
How to use the major hexatonic scale of a I-IV progression By Andy Aledort Learn to implement the scale beloved of Dickey Betts, Duane Allman and Eric Clapton into your playing
Master Eric Johnson’s harmonic-like two-handed koto technique in a few easy steps By Richard Bienstock “It’s actually not a harmonic at all,” reveals instructor Juan Antonio
Joel Hoekstra teaches you the dizzying guitar solo of Whitesnake's Get Up By Joel Hoekstra Exercise your hybrid picking and two-finger tapping chops with these searing leads
Bolster your rhythmic arsenal by learning how to cycle dotted-quarter syncopations By Jimmy Brown Learn a technique employed in songs like the Cars' Good Times Roll and David Bowie's Suffragette City
Perfect the art of clawhammer guitar with Molly Tuttle's lesson on how to play Take the Journey By Molly Tuttle The supremely talented multi-instrumentalist teaches a choice cut from her latest album, When You're Ready
How to play slide guitar like the world's greatest players By Phil Capone, Jimmy Brown Learn slide guitar in the style of Duane Allman, Ry Cooder, Rory Gallagher, Derek Trucks and more
Joel Hoekstra teaches you the guitar solo for Whitesnake's Always and Forever By Joel Hoekstra With hybrid picking and two-finger tapping, this one'll certainly test your chops
How hybrid picking can open up a world of progressive possibilities By Gustavo Assis-Brasil This in-depth lesson will help you get to grips with the versatile technique favored by Plini and Tosin Abasi
How to build dramatic tension with dotted-quarter syncopations By Jimmy Brown Mastering rhythms within rhythms can make for much more interesting compositions
Tosin Abasi confirmed as Bill & Ted 3’s official “air shredder” By Michael Astley-Brown The Animals As Leaders virtuoso takes over from Steve Vai to provide the duo’s air guitar licks
How the major hexatonic scale can help you bust out of a soloing rut By Andy Aledort Refresh your lead playing by adopting new positions on the fretboard
Learn to play clawhammer guitar with Molly Tuttle By Molly Tuttle This old-time Appalachian technique is associated with the banjo, but it might well transform your acoustic playing
4 ways to make a bold statement in a guitar solo By Richard Barrett Add a little intensity to your blues soloing game
The fretless fretboard: how to improvise using nothing but natural harmonics By George Howlett Mastering this technique will uncover a world of creative opportunities
Classical fingerstyle guitar master Julian Bream dies aged 87 By Richard Bienstock The British virtuoso was the 20th century’s greatest exponent of classical guitar and lute music, bringing the forms into the greater public consciousness
Dial your solos up to epic levels with this '80s rock ballad lesson By Richard Barrett Achieve those stadium-shattering leads with this easy-to-follow primer
