Total Guitar

‘Total Guitar’, as the name might suggest, is a magazine aimed at guitarists of all ages and various styles. It features news of general goings-on in the guitar world, reviews of albums and equipment, as well as tabs and chords of various songs, (for anyone who doesn’t know a ‘tab’ or ‘tablature’ is a means of showing which notes need to be played on a guitar, enabling the reader to learn the piece without necessarily being able to read standard notions, or ‘sheet music’). It also features lessons to try and help develop your playing skills. It is published monthly and costs £4.99, which is pretty much the typical price of a magazine of this nature and comes ...  Read the complete review

A Guide To 'Total Guitar Monthly Magazine' (with CD) - by an experienced guitarist. Total Guitar is one of the premiere guitar magazines, and is aimed squarely at guitar players (rather than just folks who like guitar music). A cd is always included with each copy -which adds to the appeal greatly. The magazine is a mixture of interviews with famous guitarists, reviews of new (and sometimes vintage) guitars/ amps/ pedals etc, adverts (generally useful ones -or at least fun to read/ drool over), album/ track reviews (including readers own music that they send in), and most importantly... and this is why most folks buy it... guitar tabs of famous ...  Read the complete review

Total Guitar magazine is totally awesome, and one of the few magazines out there that I'd say is not a waste of good trees. I have purchased this magazine regularly since I have started playing guitar about 6 months ago and I cannot deny that it has been a great help to me in so many ways. The magazine is usually priced around £5 which is great value for money as it not only contains informal and educational material for guitarists of all levels but it also makes for entertaining reading material. The magazine includes a lot of in depth yet easy to follow sheet music to learn as well an accompanying CD with each issue which you can use ...  Read the complete review

Of all the guitar magazines available, Total Guitar is undoubtably the best. It's one of the few magazines I look forward to coming out each month, each issue having a decent amount of guitar tablature. The magazine works so well because of several reasons: CD - The CD on the cover isn't just full of backing tracks for the tab. There's often full songs from new albums, B-sides (Ash's Cantina Band (Star Wars cover) anyone?) and sometimes an oldie. The main bulk of the CD consists of the tutorial tracks which demonstrate how the magazines tab should sound like when played properly. These tab tracks ar usually broken down into a riff by riff ...  Read the complete review

Total Guitar is the only guitar magazine worth reading. Others offer this and that, but nothing else is as complete as this. Each issue comes with a CD with around 70 minutes of lessons, tracks and demos, and occasionally a free gift, such as a capo, chord book, or scale charts. Whether you like acoustic or hard rock, there is something for you. Latest news on guitar bands, and reviews on new equipment (not just guitar, but amps, effects etc). Each month there is a number of interviews with both established and up-and-coming stars, which are always interesting. The highlight of the magazine, though, is the sheer amount of guitar tablature (tab). Thankfully, tab ...  Read the complete review