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By Matt Owen Published
Struggling to deal with unwanted pickup switching when strumming? This clever hack might be able to help

By Guitar World Staff Published
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By Matt Owen Published
Satch eventually put his own spin on the iconic axe, but it took him a while to wrap his head around a guitar that he initially struggled to keep in tune

By Phil Weller Published
The guitar professor lifts the lid on his early lessons with Mayer and explains how Neon was born from his signature slap guitar technique

By Andrew Daly Published
Tommy Emmanuel does things with the acoustic guitar that defy belief. He does things with pop-culture's canon that blow our mind. Here he walks through his approach, sharing wisdom as he goes

By Andrew Daly Published
Gilbert takes us down memory line and back up to the present, and tells us about his evolution as a player

By Jon Bishop Published
Starting from ’50s electric blues pioneers, we're bending the blues scale into different shapes, with 30 licks taking us up to the present day as the art form continues to evolve and thrive

By Total Guitar editors Published
With a cover song, you've already got a head start – the song is already written – but that creates its own challenges. Here is how you can put your own spin on another artist's track

By Jonathan Horsley Published
“Good evening, Long Island! Are we havin’ a good time? All right. Now we’re gonna do a song by the Killers. This is Mr. Brightside!” Not tonight, Satan…

By Jenna Scaramanga Published
We asked, you voted, and the results are in, with a top 20 covers list featuring Guns N' Roses, Aretha Franklin, SRV and Joe Bonamassa. But who was voted number one?
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