How to play guitar like Joe Perry By Jonny Scaramanga, Richard Bienstock and Chris Bird Get back in the saddle with this primer on the Aerosmith icon's instinctive and effortlessly cool playing style
Sick Riffs: Rob Caggiano teaches you Volbeat's Leviathan in its entirety - with tab! By Sam Roche Behold, the guitarist's signature Jackson Shadowcaster electric guitar in action
5 guitar tricks you can learn from Warren Haynes By Jon Bishop Dig out your Les Paul - it's time to learn the secrets behind the explosive style of blues guitar guru Warren Haynes
Sick Riffs: Joseph Morinelli teaches you the stadium-shattering solo to Joywave's Like a Kennedy By Sam Roche Learn the first track of the Rochester quartet's 2020 album, Possession
Sick Riffs: Luke Gruntz teaches you the pitch-shifted ferocity behind cleopatrick's bernard trigger By Sam Roche Practice your fretboard accuracy with this track from 2018 EP the boys
Sick Riffs: Tommy Baldwin teaches you the attitude-filled blues-rock riffs of Save Me By Sam Roche Here's an opportunity for you to practice multiple techniques, with hammer-ons, pull-offs and powerchords aplenty
Build a solid foundation for your soloing by learning major pentatonic scale positions and patterns By Andy Aledort Pentatonics form the basis of an encyclopedia of lead lines, so it's important to grasp them fully
Sick Riffs: allusinlove guitarist Drey Pavlovic teaches you a pirate-themed riff written exclusively for Guitar World By Sam Roche "It reminds me of a load of drunk pirates fighting over the last bottle of rum," he says
Sick Riffs: Andee Blacksugar delivers 2 killer lessons in the 50th episode of Sick Riffs By Sam Roche Learn the main riff of This Is Crazy Town and the solo of Omens
Sick Riffs: Chris Kang teaches you the genre-fluid riff of Huntsmen's Ride Out By Sam Roche The track is taken from the Chicago metal-meets-folk-meets-country band's new album, Mandala of Fear
Add personality to your playing with Eric Johnson’s string stretching and vibrato techniques By Richard Bienstock The guitar wizard shows you how to spice things up with some patented EJ moves
Send your blues into overdrive with this fully tabbed lesson on Joe Bonamassa’s blazing pentatonics By Richard Bienstock Instructor Juan Antonio lays out trusted techniques like note groupings, scale weaving and more
Sick Riffs: Inter Arma drummer - yes, drummer - TJ Childers teaches you Citadel's sludge colossus By Sam Roche "Whoever writes the riff gets to show it to y'all," he reasons
Sick Riffs: Yvette Young teaches you the celestial fingerpicking of Covet’s Parachute By Michael Astley-Brown Ditch the pick and tune in to this masterclass in making the most from alternate tunings
How to install a kill switch on your guitar By Jack Ellis We take you through the wiring you need to get that Morello/Buckethead sound
Sick Riffs: Pat Reilly teaches you the revolving arpeggio-heavy lead line of Dead Eyes By Sam Roche "It kind of never ends - it works great as an exercise," the shredder says
Blues maverick Jonathon Long shows you how to get more mileage from your guitar licks By Guitarist editors The Baton Rouge bluesman shares his talent for transforming licks into a multitude of styles, from loping gospel sounds through Delta blues and slick country riffs
Sick Riffs: Arran Day teaches you the classic-rock lead lines of These Wicked Rivers' Floyd By Sam Roche The track is taken from the band's recently released debut album, Eden
Eric Johnson teaches you Cliffs of Dover-style chord-based improv in his latest mini-lesson By Richard Bienstock “Learn all the notes on all the frets, so you can afford yourself the freedom to improvise,” EJ advises
Sick Riffs: David Rybka takes you on a trippy psych-rock journey with Deepshade's Monster By Sam Roche The mind-bending track appears on the band's new album, Soul Divider
