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April 2024

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April 22
- Introducing jump blues, the pioneering guitar style that set the scene for rock ’n’ roll by melding swing, jazz and blues
- With Full For Your Lovin’ and Here I Go Again, Whitesnake wrote some of rock’s best-loved anthems – and founding members Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody were a classic guitar partnership
April 19
- “He was one of my greatest heroes… His attack, tone, vibrato and melodic sense was peerless”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to Jeff Beck as he shares his favorite licks from the guitar icon
April 16
- Shred to impress with these fast guitar licks that sound harder than they actually are
April 15
- Sophie Lloyd's pyrotechnic style will banish six-string imposter syndrome and teach you to shredify any song, any time
- A Stratocaster master and stompbox pioneer with an astonishing vibrato, Robin Trower's blues guitar style is up there with the best
April 12
- Jimmy Herring has lent his talents to the Allman Brothers Band and Derek Trucks – he’s a play-anything virtuoso who can fuse jazz, blues and rock together like no other
April 10
- Learn the greatest licks from over 100 years of trailblazing blues guitarists, from Robert Johnson to B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales and more
April 9
- All your favorite guitarists know how to lock into a groove with their leads – and learning to solo deep in the pocket will elevate your style immensely
April 8
- Martin Miller literally wrote the book on Modern Rock Guitar Soloing – so who better to show you how to get more from your minor pentatonic and blues solos?
April 7
- How to play bass guitar for beginners: start playing today
April 5
- You don’t need to bury your head in books to decipher the secrets of the fretboard – you can learn the CAGED guitar system in just 10 minutes
April 3
- “The first time I saw Ronnie, he was playing a Strat through two Super Reverbs – the sound was larger than life”: Joe Bonamassa reaches for his dream guitar to dissect the brilliance of East Coast blues great Ronnie Earl
April 1
- 5 rock ’n’ roll ending chords you need to know