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Total Guitar March 1996 (#16) contents:
Total Guitar December 1994 (#1) contents:
 Fripped Out And ‘Scaped Up – Frippertronics are out, soundscapes
are in. So says guitar innovator Robert Fripp.
 Parker Fly Deluxe – Electric Guitar
 Roland Jazz Chorus combos: JC-120E, JC-20E & JC-85E
 Status Eclipse – Active 4-string Bass Guitar
 ZZZZT! Fuzz, distortion, overdrive, dirt, grunge, thrutch – Paul
Thomason rounds up and rates sixteen stomp boxes that make your
guitar grunch.
 Going For A song? While some guitars never archive greatness,
other have greatness thrust upon them. So what exactly makes a
vintage instrument so special? Richard Riley picks up six old and
new guitars to find out…
 The bluffer’s guide to Jimi Hendrix. Amaze your friends! Be a
wow at parties! Play your guitar upside-down and fell mountains
with the edge of your hand.
 Beep Up Your Flange – Squish, squeeze and swoosh your guitar
and bass sound with flanging, or its close cousin, phasing.
 Classic Track – little Wing: Jimi Hendrix
 Bass Technique: Bass boogie.
 Theory Technique – Theoretically speaking.
 Jazz Technique – Mastering modes
 Blues Technique – Phrasing
 Rock Technique – Sweep-picking
 Acoustic Technique – Fingerpicking
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 Telecaster 90s deluxe – A brand new addition to the Telecaster
range, reviewed after our Telecaster feature
 Stone – A tailor-made stadium rock band featuring ex-band
members of Guns ‘N Roses, Bad Company, UFO and WASP. Hear
them on CD
 Napalm Death – Last month we gave Napalm Death’s Diatribes
album an excellent review. This month, we talk to the band and
feature a track from the album
 Scheer – This powerful indie outfit from Northern Ireland are
producing some great music. Listen to a cut from their recent
Schism FP on CD
 The Rolling Stones – Their guitar riffs are amongst the finest ever
written. Learn eight of them here and read the story behind some of
rock’s best songs
 Fender Telecaster – The history of a legend, plus the 90s Tele
Deluxe
 Gibson Nighthawk – An impressive range of sounds; a future
classic?
 Nobels DT-XN & TR-X Pedals – New distortion and tremolo
pedals
 Fender DG-19 – The latest acoustic dreadnought
 Bonneville G50 – Not the Triumph, but the Trace Elliot
 Classic track – Hendrix’s Voodoo Child in tab
 Novice – Jimmy Page-style finger-picking
 Theory – More chord substitutions
  Rhythm – Slow funk grooves
 Rock – Riff like a bastard!
 Jazz – Play the Django Reinhardt classic, Minor Swing
 Blues – New blues progressions
 Bass – Alternative bass notes to chords
 Acoustic – Gordon Giltrap’s track Country Bluff
Total Guitar April 1996 (#17) contents:
 Sepultura – Brazil’s finest export talk you through their exclusive
new album track on the TG CD
 Warren Cuccurullo – Zappa’s ex-guitarist, on CD and in TG
 Roomful of blues – They play blues, and they fill a room. ‘Nuff
said
 Chet Atkins – Nashville’s top dog talks about his new LP – hear
him play an exclusive track on the TG CD
 Queen’s ten greatest guitar solos – Brian May is the finest melodic
rock guitarist around – learn to play his ten best solos
 Layla – The making of a guitar classic. The full story behind
Clapton’s biggest track
 Fuzz pedal round-up – Nine cool retro fuzz pedals rated and
compared
 Dean ACXL american series – The cheapest US rock machine?
 Vantage DL-305/CS – A budget guitar with very familiar looks
indeed…
 Zoom 3030 – The latest multi-FX from Zoom gets the full TG
treatment
 Classic track – Complete tab for this 1970 epic, plus the full slide
solo
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 Novice – Delta blues fingerpicking for beginners
 Theory – The art of changing key
 Rhythm – Essential licks to fill out a rock rhythm part
 Rock – Solo your face off in Dorian mode, a la Satch…
 Blues – Neat phrasing tricks to liven up your blues solos
 Bass – Rock blues bass styles, with a full backing track
 Acoustic – A Dublin Day by Gordon Giltrap
Total Guitar October 1996 (#23) contents:
Free Stringwinder! It’s free, and it winds strings. A free string wander!
Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The 19 year-old master of SRV rockin’ blues
The Levellers – Ace folk rockers with a great live sound
Keb’ Mo – Up and coming US bines artist talks to TG
Dubstar – The new jangly guitar/dance sensation
Steve Vai – New-age guitar virtuoso and all-round flash git
The Beatles – The white album. Go on – you sum the Beatles up in one
line…
Zoom 505. Zoom’s amazing 99 pounds multi-FX processor
Laney LC50. The top dog in Laney’s new tube series
Peavey Evh Wolfgang. Eddie Van Halen’s latest signature guitar on test
Fender Telecaster limited edition. The 50th anniversary Fender classic
Roger Mayer Voodoo-AXE. Fuzz from Roger Mayer, Hendrix’s FX guru
Warwick Fortress one. A stylish bass at a surprisingly reasonable price
Country Special – Jerry Donahue: Be a bender with the best of ’em
Novice – Rhythm & Blues. R&B analysis, plus solo tips
Rhythm – Classic AC/DC. Cover You In Oil, and Back In Black
Rock – Using the Lydian mode. Satch and Vai’s favourite mode explored
Blues – Pink Floyd. Our Gilmour-style solo, Comfortably Dumb
Bass – Speed and Fluency. Fingers like lightning, strings like wool
Acoustic – Gordon Giltrap. Hammer-on, pull-off, hammer-on, count
fingernails
Total Guitar November 1996 (#24) contents:
Little AXE. Ex-session star goes solo – hear it on CD!
The EGG – Mighty dance/funk crossover combo
Kula Shaker: Indie’s rising stars – learn to play their two greatest hits,
Tattva and Hey Dude
Rem’s new adventures in HI-FI. The history of the world’s most popular
band, with transcriptions of five of their greatest hits
Digitech RP12. New floor-mounted FX unit
Orange Overdrive 120. 120 watt monster stack widi retro chic
Morris TF-100 acoustic. Stylish challenger in the acoustic stakes
Patrick Eggle Berlin legend. The latest super-axe from Eggle
Yamaha Pacifica 303-12. The electric 12-string at a stupid price
Vantage 635TG. Great-looking budget Korean semi
Hughes & Kettner Triamp – Three great amps in one 2,000 pounds box
Classic track – Black Night. All of Purple’s top hit. With full backing track
Acoustic master – Wild Wood. Paul Weller’s mellow classic explained
Novice – Smoke on the water. Oh Lord, give me strength…
Rhythm – Crowded House. Don’t Dream It’s Over transcribed
Rock – Kiss. Paint that face, spit blood, and rock ‘n’ roll all nite!
Blues – Santana soloing. Carlos Santana’s soloing techniques
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Bass – Jazz Funk Styles. Up your funk factor – get into jazz!
Acoustic – Gordon Giltrap. Gordon Giltrap’s beautiful A Jazz Waltz
Total Guitar December 1996 (#25) contents:
Fender’s 50th Anniversary. TG gatecrashes Fender’s LA party…
Yes – The Return! Yes are back. Time to talk to Steve Howe…
Magic Slim & Floodgate. Veteran blues guy and new metal act – on CD!
The G3 Tour. Satch, Vai and Johnson hit die road
The Who – Greatest hits. Eight of the best from Pete Townshend
The Who – John Entwistle. Who bassist invites us round for a chat…
Fender Hank Marvin Signature Strat – A hefty hunk of Hank
Zoom 506 bass multi-FX. See? Even bassists need FX…
Washburn Red rocker RR100. Piezo/electric mayhem from Washburn
Boss GT-5 Multi-FX. A monstrous piece of Boss technology
Peavey Studio PR0 112. Peavey’s new 65 Watt combo
Classic track- Purple Rain. Prince’s 1984 guitar epic transcribed in full –
with all the tough bits played on CD
Acoustic Master – Neil Young. Learn Neil Youngs 1972 classic track. The
Needle And The Damage Done…
Novice – Hendrix (Made Simple). Sacrilege! Hendrix gets the novice
treatment…
Rhythm – Manic Street Preachers. The mighty Design For Life transcribed
Rock – 300 Chords. Very interesting column about chords
Blues – SRV Soloing. Stevie Ray’s soloing techniques
Bass – Chic’s Bernard Edwards. Disco fever – from the king of funk bass
Acoustic – Gordon Giltrap. Giltrap and Taylors Gb-T Blues
The Who – Eight of Townshend’s best tracks for you to learn and play
Total Guitar January 1997 (#26) contents:
 Midge Ure. Mr Ultravox gets all celtic for his new LP
 Tempest – Norse prog/folk meltdown. Hear it for yourself
 Recording History – The story behind the greatest tracks
ever!
 Slash spills the beans on all his new projects, talking just
before the final split with Guns N’ Roses
 Gretsch 6131MYF – AC/DC signature axe
 Westone WE1052 – New guitar from an old name
 Yamaha G50 Guitar-To-Midi converter – Synth power at
your fingertips
 Crate Blue Voodoo BV-50H – Cool all-valve mini-stack
 Lindert Victor-S – Bizarre new US guitar
 Recording Round-Up. Four multitrackers under test
 Classic Track – U2. U2s classic Where The Streets Have
No Name – from The Joshua Tree album
 Acoustic Master – Bert Jansch. The folk fingerstyle
masterpiece, Anji
 Novice – Bon Jovi (Made Simple). Bon Jovi and Sambora’s
Wanted Dead Or Alive, transcribed for beginners
 Rhythm – Oasis. The rockin’ Morning Glory, from their
second multi-platinum-selling album
 Rock – Paul Gilbert. Techniques from Mr Big’s guitar
virtuoso
 Blues-Car Keys Blues. Fast, Chuck-style blues licks
 Bass – Stevie Wonder. Stevie’s cool Sir Duke, transcribed
for bass
 Acoustic – Gordon Giltrap. Gordon’s toughest piece yet –
Celtic Jig
Total Guitar February 1997 (#27) contents
Classic Track – Samba Pa Ti – Santana
Total Guitar March 1997 (#28) contents:
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 Silverchair: Metal mayhem – from 16 year-olds…
 Glenn Tipton – Ex-Judas Priest guitarist in solo mode
 Beth Orton – Soulful acoustic balladry from a new voice
 Mike Henderson – Country’s finest session man turns to
blues
 Paul Rodgers – Free’s guitarist and singer returns with a
new LP
 John Lee Hooker – The growliest ever bluesman talks to TG
 Zoom 8080 Multi-FX – The most powerful FX box around
 VOX AG15 TBR – Updated valve amp from a UK legend
 Guild Bluesbird – Guild’s new axe looks a lot like a Les…
 PRO Co Brat Fuzz Pedal. Pure fuzz – raw, brash and very
loud
 Laney HC25R Hardcore Combo. The bedroom amp that’s
big enough to gig with
 Tanglewood S2500 Baretta Custom. A new slant on a
classic design
 Classic Track – Free. That riff, that voice. It’s All Right
Now…
 Acoustic Master – John Williams. The Deer Hunter theme,
Cavatina
 Novice – Barre Chords. Essential chord techniques
 Rhythm – James Brown Grooves. How to get funky
 Rock – Arpeggio Solos. Break like the wind, with Jimi’s
masterclass
 Bass – New Order’s Peter Hook. The riff-tastic bass
machine behind New Order
 Blues – Pentatonic Twists. A new twist on pentatonic blues
 Acoustic – Gordon Giltrap. Atmospheric acoustics, from the
UK’s finest player
Total Guitar May 1997 (#30) contents:
 Link Wray – The grandfather of grunge in a rare interview
 Kip Winger – Former ’80s rock frontman returns to the fray
 Judge Nothing – US-based band destined for greatness
 Cast – Four lads from Liverpool (who aren’t the Beatles!)
 Aerosmith – Take a limo ride with Messrs Tyler and Perry
 James are back, and they’ve got a new guitarist
 Peter Green – Total Guitar speaks to the reformed blues
maestro
 Parker Nitefly – Affordable version of the modern classic
 Gibson Les Paul Studio Gem Series. A green Les. With P90
pickups
 Yamaha FG411E Electro-Acouctic. Mid-price electro from
Yamaha
 Boss XT-2 and PW-2. New versions of the all-time classic
stomp box
 Trace Elliot Super Tramp. Latest valved-up version of
Trace’s combo
 Classic Track – Fleetwood Mac. Albatross – in tab and on
CD
 Acoustic Master – Bob Dylan. Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright
 Novice – Pinball Wizard. Classic Townshend for beginners
 TV Themes – Rainbow. Cheesy TV theme nonsense, but
we love it!
 Rock – Terorvision. Oblivion and Stop The Bus in tab
 Bass – Mark King. Level 42’s old slapper in a jazzy moment
 Songsheet – American Pie. A new section, with a track you
might just know…
 Special – The four Brothers. Learn that distinctive African
guitar technique
 Blues – Essential Licks. When your baby’s done left you…
 Acoustic- Gordon Giltrap. Acoustic eem from the TG
maestro
Total Guitar June 1997 (#31) contents:
 Will Ray – The full SP on The Hellecasters’ king of Country
 Joe Bennett meets some namesakes from Reading
 Tony Macalpine – Half-rock, half-classical, meet a man of
many talents
 Gretsch Story – Follow the history behind the marque
 Manic Street Preachers – From punk to pop, we chronicle
their rise
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 The Charlatans – Guitarist Mark Collins talks about the
latest album
 Squier Venus – A Fender newcomer, based on Courtney
Love’s axe
 Washburn P2 – We test an all-new Nuno-designed six-
string electric
 Martin DM – A genuine Martin for under 900 pounds. Are
they mad?
 Zoom 507 – Under 100 pounds is cheap, but is this reverb a
bargain?
 Amtech AGE-1 – A rack FX designed to simulate a ’60s
tape echo…
 Gretsch Silver Jet 6129 – A mix of real ’50s character
with ’90s performance
 Classic Track – Dire Straits. Sultans Of Swing – explained
in tab and on CD
 Acoustic Master – Nick Drake. Man In A Shed – in open G5
(DGDGDG) tuning
 TV Themes – James Bond 007. Learn Vic Flick’s classic for
a licence to thrill
 Novice – Jazzy Chords. Beatles-style sixths sevenths and
augmenteds
 Rock-Van Halen. Hot For Teacher – a break-down to the
tough bit
 Blues – One step beyond. A fresh approach for some
straight blues scale licks
 Acoustic – Gordon Giltrap. An instrumental from Gordon’s
Visionary album
 TG Tab legend. The key to all those weird hieroglyphics…
Total Guitar Summer 1997 (#32) contents:
 Gun – Get the lowdown with GUN guitar man, Joolz Gizzi
 Joe Louis Walker – Meet the man with the Great Guitars
 Machine Head – Scary heavy metal band with big tattoos
 Greatest Hits of Psychedelia. Relive 1967, the ultimate
Summer Of Love, with everyone from The Beatles to
Jefferson Airplane
 Robert Cray – The king of contemporary blues talks to TG
about his new record, his sound and his famous friends
 Squier super-sonic. Another very cool Fender newcomer
 Burns NU-Sonic. Variation on the Telecaster theme by a UK
maker
 Lowden 012. A stunning acoustic guitar from Ireland’s finest
 Rivera R30. American all-valve combo from the Rivera
stable
 Digitech 2112. Hi-tech rack-mount guitar processor
 Classic Track – Jimi Hendrix. Get that psychedelic feeling
with Jimi’s Purple Haze
 Acoustic Master – Joni Mitchell. The Priest – in a peculiar
Joni-type tuning
 TV themes – Grange Hill. Back to school with this funky
wah-wah fest
 Novice – Hammer-Ons & Pull-0ffs. Speed up your playing
with these nifty little tricks
 Rock – Natural Harmonics. Impress your friends with
harmonic heavy soloing
 Songsheet – Space Oddity. The David Bowie song that
everyone needs to play
 Blues-Slide Guitar. Take the fear out of playing slide for the
first time
 Acoustic – Takamine Competition. A competition for
younger guitarists
 TG Tab Legend. Complete guide to reading TG
transcriptions
Total Guitar September 1997 (#35) contents:
 Shootyz Groove – Funked up, metal rap rockers
 Whatever – Newcastle power poppers come up trumps
 Testament. Bay area thrash – back with a vengeance!
 The Beatles – The End. The Beatles final recorded work –
full transcription
 Echo and the Bunnymen – Guitarist Will Sergeant talks to
TG
 Steve Lukather – The session man to end all session men.
On CD!
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 Ibanez RG507. The return of Ibanez to the UK — full review
 G&L Asat. A hand-built reworking of a Thinline Tele
 Marshall JCM602. Marshall’s latest valve combo
 Encore W-260. Bargain basement budget guitar
 Matchless Chieftain Half-Stack. The most expensive thing
we’ve ever reviewed!
 Dod Tec-8 Multi-FX. Dod’s latest gets the full TG treatment
 Classic Track – Oasis. Don’t Look Back In Anger – Noel’s
finest hour
 Acoustic Master – Chet Atkins. Maybelle – A fingerpicking
masterpiece from Chet
 TV Themes – Inspector Morse. The serenely acoustic
Morse tune
 Novice-Rock Picking. Essential plectrum techniques for rock
lead
 Songsheet – Oasis. D’You Know What I Mean? – its them
again!
 Blues – Fast blues licks. Spice up your blues soloing
 Rock – Tapping Party Piece. Jimi Savage gives you a flash
tapping lesson
 Acoustic – Gordon Giltrap. Gordon s own arrangement of
The Kerry Dancers
Total Guitar November 1997 (#37) contents:
 Stevie Ray Vaughan – Live mastery from the late blues
legend
 China Drum – Idiosyncratic power-pop four-piece
 Orange – The History. The story of the classic UK amp
 Dinosaur JR. Rock Genius J Mascis speaks!
 Radiohead – The best band around talk to TG
 The Wildhearts – Anarchy and mayhem with the noise
terrorists
 Squier Protone Fat Strat. Fender’s latest Black beauty
 Jackson AT-X. A new rock monster from Jackson
 Weird FX Round-up. Swollen Pickles and Gonkulators
ahoy!
 Orange 0TR80 Combo. A brand new amp from Orange
 Zoom 509. All sorts of harmonies – in a box…
 Classic Track – Queen. Hammer To Fall – the 1985
masterpiece
 Novice – Chuck Berry. Master those primal rock ‘n’ roll riffs
 Songsheet – Alanis Morissette. Ironic, don’t you think?
 Acoustic Master – Simon & Garfunkel. The Boxer – limber
up those fingers!
 Rock – Bass Riffs. Improve relations with your bass player
 Blues – Melodic Blues. Arpeggios, and how to use them
 TV Themes – This Life. Just as they disappear from our
screens…
 Acoustic – Gordon Giltrap. Make a Daisy Chain with
resident florist Gordon
 TG Tab Legend. Make sense of our tablature system