Latest articles by Steve Allsworth
Learn how to slide and boogie like Keith Richards on The Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed album
The school of 1969
5 ways to play like The Edge
With a frightening array of effects pedals in his arsenal, The Edge has helped redefine the sonic limits of what an electric guitar can do
6 ways to play guitar like... Eric Clapton
Clapton's playing - like many great blues guitarists - incorporates the sounds of the heroes he grew up listening to, such as the 'three Kings' (Freddie, BB and Albert), Buddy Guy and Robert Johnson
Paul Gilbert's power-piano guitar lick
Paul demonstrates how borrowing licks from other instruments can improve your technique
Albert Lee on banjo-style rolls
Country legend, Albert Lee shows you how to perform banjo-style rolls on your guitar
How to play Britpop-style guitar
The playing that defined the biggest movement in UK guitar music since Beatlemania
How to play guitar like... Eric Clapton
Clapton's playing - like many great blues guitarists - incorporates the sounds of the heroes he grew up listening to, such as the 'three Kings' (Freddie, BB and Albert), Buddy Guy and Robert Johnson
Keith Richards-style open G tuning lesson
Keith Richards is one of the best-known exponents of open G tuning, which he discovered in 1968 after experimenting with different open tunings and jamming with the likes of blues legend Ry Cooder
Paul Gilbert on trying new pentatonic positions
A video lesson with free, high-quality tab
Paul Gilbert: 3 note-per-string major scale patterns
A video lesson with free, high-quality tab
Alter Bridge's Mark Tremonti teaches fingerstyle guitar
A video lesson with free, high-quality tab
Paul Gilbert: how to play Bach's Prelude in D Major
A free tab lesson with audio example
Wes Borland on two-handed tapping
A video lesson from the Limp Bizkit star, plus free tab!
Tony Iommi: Tone tips
Tony Iommi's tone is almost as recognisable as his riffs, here we dissect three of his most recognisable tones and give you some tips on how to recreate them with your own gear.
Video tutorial: Killer licks with Paul Gilbert part 1
Check out this tutorial with video and tab
Video: Albert Lee on rhythm guitar
Check out this lesson with video and tab
Paul Gilbert on playing rhythmically
Check out this video lesson with tab
Albert Lee on chord bends
A video on country bends that emulate the sound of a lap steel guitar
Super-fast blues guitar with Paul Gilbert
A high-paced blues lick from the shred supremo
Rodrigo Y Gabriela on building picking speed
Rodrigo Sanchez shows you the exercises he used to develop his flawless technique
A monster riff from Wes Borland
Video lesson from the Limp Bizkit star with free tab
Analog Man Standard Chorus
Drawing inspiration from the holy grail of chorus effects...
Paul Gilbert tapping masterclass
A guest video lesson on fret-tapping from the shred legend
