Beginner guitar: how to take your first steps with lead guitar By Chris Bird Start your lead playing journey with TG’s easy lesson on two essentials: the minor pentatonic scale and string bends
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
The fretless fretboard: how to improvise using nothing but natural harmonics By George Howlett Mastering this technique will uncover a world of creative opportunities
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
How to play guitar like Brian May By Total Guitar editors Brian May's epic and wholly original lead style broken down into manageable pieces
How to traverse the entire fretboard using major pentatonic and hexatonic scales By Andy Aledort Unlock the fretboard by applying E major pentatonic and E major hexatonic scales to a repeating chord progression
How understanding the power of leading tones will help you craft better melodies By Stéphane Wrembel An essential lead-writing primer with jazz guitarist Stéphane Wrembel
How to get Brian May's Red Special tones from a Strat or Les Paul By Simon Bradley Our insider’s guide to the ingenious workings of Brian’s home-built guitar and how to dial in classic Queen tones
How to play guitar like Jimi Hendrix By Total Guitar editors We dive in to the legendary guitarist’s trademark chords and lead-writing tricks
How to play the solo in Whitesnake's Trouble Is Your Middle Name By Joel Hoekstra Guitarist Joel Hoekstra teaches you the winding leads of this attitude-driven rocker
How to install humbucker pickups By Jack Ellis Our guide to soldering new pickups for your guitar all by yourself
How to play guitar like Pearl Jam By Jonny Scaramanga Discover the lead licks and arrangement secrets of Stone Gossard and Mike McCready
How to write guitar solos: 10 essential tips By Ron Zabrocki Catapult your lead lines into the stratosphere with these tried-and-tested compositional tricks
Beginner guitar: how to play minor chords By Total Guitar editors Improve your playing and get to grips with the theory behind minor chords
Joel Hoekstra teaches you how to play the intro and opening solo to Whitesnake's Shut Up and Kiss Me By Joel Hoekstra This classic-rock belter is taken from the group's latest album, Flesh & Blood
Beginner guitar: how to play chord tones By Total Guitar editors Ditch scale shapes and use chord tones for a creative approach to your first guitar solos
How to install a new 3-way pickup switch By Jack Ellis Our guide to soldering a new switch into your electric guitar - without ruining the circuit
5 guitar tricks you can learn from slide master Sonny Landreth By Richard Barrett Nail the slide guru's style with 5 examples of his supreme slide technique
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
