How to install humbucker pickups By Jack Ellis published 21 July 20 Our guide to soldering new pickups for your guitar all by yourself
Sick Riffs: Mike Taylor teaches you the finger-stretching intro to Rabid Flesh Eaters' Vengeance (Of Nightmares) By Sam Roche published 20 July 20 Get your thrash on with this rapid-fire alternate picker
Wah pedal tricks and techniques: how to expand your creativity with this classic effect By George Howlett published 20 July 20 Incorporate polyrhythms, vowel patterns, and Hendrix-style licks into your playing
Sick Riffs: Rishi Dhir teaches you the Phrygian drone lick of Elephant Stone's Land of Dead By Sam Roche published 17 July 20 Learn the main riff of this raga-fied pop-rocker
Enrich your solos by incorporating major pentatonic and hexatonic scales By Andy Aledort published 17 July 20 Diversify your compositional palette with this essential primer
How to play guitar like Pearl Jam By Jonny Scaramanga published 17 July 20 Discover the lead licks and arrangement secrets of Stone Gossard and Mike McCready
Sick Riffs: Caroline Jones teaches you the slide-tastic main lick of Tough Guys (Remix) By Sam Roche published 16 July 20 The attitude-driven country track is taken from the singer-songwriter's latest EP, Chasin' Me
Sick Riffs: Alex Wilson teaches you the odd-time swagger of sleepmakeswaves' pyramids By Sam Roche published 15 July 20 With alternating time signatures - and altered tuning - this riff derives musical ideas from outside the norm
Sick Riffs: Conjurer's Dan Nightingale delivers double chug in this ruthless playthrough of Hollow By Sam Roche published 14 July 20 The savage track is taken from the band's 2018 album, Mire
Sick Riffs: Mass Worship deliver a full playthrough and lesson of the unfathomably heavy Spiritual Destitution By Sam Roche published 10 July 20 Drummer Fred Forsberg and guitarist Gustav Eriksson showcase the track's brutal array of riffs
Accelerate your rhythmic understanding with this lesson on eighth-note syncopations By Jimmy Brown published 10 July 20 We break down a widely used rhythmic tool, and how bands like Black Sabbath, AC/DC and Deep Purple use the concept in their riffs
Sick Riffs: Charles Elliott teaches you the blistering death-metal riffage of Abysmal Dawn's Coerced Evolution - with tab! By Sam Roche published 9 July 20 The riff-slinging frontman sheds light on the track's dextrous guitar lines
Give your solos a sinister edge with the diminished scale By Charlie Griffiths published 8 July 20 Explore the scale beloved of Fredrik Thordendal and Allan Holdsworth with symmetrical fretboard shapes, Dim7 chords and a fresh perspective on major triads
Sick Riffs: Adam Bell and Ross McLennan teach you the fiendishly brutal verse riff of Viscera's Obsidian - with tab! By Sam Roche published 6 July 20 Grab your seven-string - extreme metal calls...
Sick Riffs: Brandon Ashley teaches you the grunge-meets-hard-rock main riff of The Dark's Where's Your God By Sam Roche published 3 July 20 Drop A# tuning and attitude required
Get to know a staple of gypsy jazz: the A harmonic minor scale By Stéphane Wrembel published 3 July 20 Thoroughly learning all positions of the scale will enable you to traverse the fretboard with total fluency
Sick Riffs: Piotr Turek teaches you the palm-muted sludge onslaught of Telepathy's Pariah By Sam Roche published 2 July 20 Fan of unusual tunings? You'll love this one
Sick Riffs: Jay Tarantino teaches the sweeptastic lead lines of Etherius's The Rivers of Sand and Blood By Sam Roche published 1 July 20 Dig out your seven-string - it's about to get technical
Cory Wong shows you how to sharpen up your rhythmic precision in this exclusive lesson By Adrian Clark published 1 July 20 The Vulfpeck funk maestro reveals how a solid grasp of rhythm and timing enhances every aspect of your playing, including leads
Sick Riffs: Raff Sangiorgio of Devil's Mist teaches you a truly astounding 20-second guitar solo By Sam Roche published 29 June 20 This stunning passage uses just about every six-string technique available