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Guitar Home Recording Part 2

With the second part of our series, Marcus Leadley looks at the quick, easiest and most pocket-friendly solutions for getting your songs and guitars recorded. After last month's focus on phones, it's ...

Guitar Home Recording Pt One

The first part of a new Guitar & Bass series, Marcus Leadley seeks out the quickest, easiest and most pocket-friendly ways to get ideas down ...

Learn Rockabilly Guitar in 30 mins

Some top rockabilly guitarists offer their advice on how to play ...

Guitar DIY Workshop: Squier Telecaster Upgrades

Lyndon Jones has a nice Squier partscaster for stage use but it could do with one or two little tweaks to make it perfect. Huw Price takes on the project and shows us how it's done ...

Guitar Techniques Workshop: Play Like Danny Gatton

Hailed as 'the guitarist's guitarist' or the world's greatest unknown guitarist, 1991's 88 Elmira St was the first of two big label albums for Elektra, marking master of the Fender Telecaster Danny Ga ...

Critical But Stable - Tremolo Workshop

Fender Strat trem units can be a vita and life-affirming part of a guitar player's arsenal. However, getting them set up correctly so they can take a hammering and still do you proud can be a tricky b ...

B9b5

Place the fingers carefully for this one, as this voicing gets a bit congested at the bottom of the fretboard. Play this chord slowly from lowest note to highest note to make the most of the flattened ...

G

This may be a G, but it's no ordinary G! The combination of open strings and notes high up the fretboard means than this chord contains two pairs of unisons, that is, two pairs of notes of the same pi ...

Aadd9/E

Here's a voicing of Aadd9/E with a chiming major second interval between the open B and C# on the third string. Play the chord one note at a time to make the most of this. Resolve this chord by moving ...

Gm

A three-note voicing of Gm this month, showing that chords don't need to contain loads of notes to be effective. This shape has a nice bare perfect fifth interval between the bottom two notes and a mo ...

E Octaves

We're returning to classical composer Villa-Lobos again for this peculiar chord from Study No 11. It's called E Octaves since it consists solely of three fretted E's flanked by open E's on bottom and ...

G6/F5

As the name implies, we've got a G6 chord on the top three strings over an F5 chord on the bottom three strings. Alternatively, it could be called Fmaj7sus9aug11 which is more immediately informative ...

E

Here we've got an octave shape of G#s on strings five and three plus the bottom and top two strings played open. This forms an E chord; it's the opening chord of Radiohead's High And Dry, plus the ope ...

D7#9b5/A

Here's a handful for you. With a double barre from thumb and first finger this might not be an elegant chord to finger, but the harmonic richness in this D7#9b5/A makes it worth the struggle. Resolve ...

Dm add 9/Eb

This unlikely fella is the opening chord of Mastodon%u2019s Pendulous Skin. It's a Dm add 9 chord on the top four strings, but with an Eb note at the bottom on the fifth string. Resolve the tension by ...

Acoustic Rescue

Buying an acoustic guitar with 'issues' needn't be too much of a risk if you're handy and prepared to get stuck in. Huw Price snapped up a promising-looking contender from the internet and set to work ...

Wiring Secrets

Ready your workbench, take the phone off the hook, and prepare to expand your tonal palette. Huw Price is your guide to a brave new world of super-affordable guitar modifications ...

Build A Bass

There's nothing more satisfying than building your own custom bass or guitar from quality parts, but real life can get in the way. Huw Price takes on a project that deserves to be completed ...

Damage Control

Disasters happen, but sometimes an expensive fix just doesn't add up. Luthier and repairman Dave Walsh helps assess whether your guitar is worth mending ...

Refinishing Your Guitar

This 1990 Japanese-made Ibanez RG550, originally metallic red, was badly damaged in a bizarre plumbing incident. What better subject for a complete transformation? Huw Price rolls up his sleeves and g ...

Wired For Sound: The Great PCB Debate

If you use a valve amp, you'll know how much importance is attached to hardwiring. Hi-tech manufacturing is a must when it comes to keeping costs down... but why is it that our ears can hear the diffe ...

'Toe The Line' - John Illsley (Taken from his new album)

An exclusive viewing of John Illsley in the studio recording 'Toe The Line' from his new album, 'Streets Of Heaven' ...

Lap Of Luxury - Starting Out

If you were inspired by last month’s lap steel special and fancy having a go, why not build your own? It’s the perfect project for a budding luthier, and Huw Price can tell you exactly how i ...

Les Paul Relic: Part 1 | Introduction

If you followed our Rory Gallagher and Blackie relic workshops, you’ll know the amazing things that can be done to a bolt-on guitar with a little skill and time. Could we achieve the same results ...

Ronnie Lane Bass Techniques

More than just a mod dandy, Ronnie Lane cut his teeth on classic pop and R’n’B with Small Faces before getting all rustic and bluesy in the ’70s. Gareth Morgan dissects a very underrate ...