Total Guitar

Infobox Magazine
title = Total Guitar


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publisher = Future Publishing
paid_circulation =
unpaid_circulation =
cost per magazine = £4.99
total_circulation = 52,646
circulation_year = ABC Jul-Dec 06
language = English
category = Music Magazine
frequency = Monthly
editor = Stephen Lawson
firstdate = 1994
country = flag|United Kingdom
website = [http://www.totalguitar.co.uk/ www.totalguitar.co.uk/]
issn = 1355-5049

"Total Guitar" is a monthly magazine in the United Kingdom. The magazine is the best selling guitar magazine in Europe.

The magazine is owned by Future Publishing, who publish many other magazines ranging from guitars and drums to video games, mountain bikes and health and fitness. The current editor of Total Guitar is Stephen Lawson.

Total Guitar regularly contains tablature for (Rock, Metal, Folk, country, Rhythm and Blues and Jazz) songs, alongside industry renowned reviews of guitar equipment. The magazine boasts many exclusive interviews with various bands and guitarists, securing the majority of 'UK guitar exclusive' covers and features for many artists in the magazine. The Learn To Play section of the magazine covers everything from basic strum-along tunes to full-blown shred monsters. The Novice section of Total Guitar is the perfect place for beginners to hone their skills and progress on guitar. The magazine also comes with a free CD in each issue that contains backing tracks and demonstration tracks to accompany the magazine's tablature and regularly features Video Lessons for tricky and demanding guitar passages. The magazine has also featured a DVD edition in two of the issues. Although it contains gear reviews, "Total Guitar" contains fewer articles than its sister magazine "Guitarist", focusing instead on learning material. Total Guitar has the largest amount of tablature in each issue than any other UK and European based guitar mag. It is generally better suited for novice players than magazines such as "Guitarist" and "Guitar Techniques", which tend to focus more on expensive gear and advanced techniques for an experienced guitarist, rather than on the fundamental aspects of guitar playing that are often focused upon in "Total Guitar"'s novice section.

Ex-Mr. Big Guitarist Paul Gilbert has his own column within the magazine, called "School of Shred". There have been guest spots from various other popular guitarists such as Brian Setzer, Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy, Mick Thompson and Jim Root of Slipknot, John 5, Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance of Avenged Sevenfold, Alex Skolnick, Joe Satriani, Wes Borland, Matt Tuck and Michael Padget of BFMV, and Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu of Trivium.

The magazine's current team is:

Editor - Stephen Lawson

Deputy Editor - Claire Davies

Music Editor - Chris Bird

News Editor - Nick Cracknell

Production Editor - Lucy Rice

Reviews Editor - Ed Mitchell

Key Account Manager - Martin Hughes

Art Editor - Graham Dalzell

Deputy Art Editor - John Blackshaw

External links

* [http://www.totalguitar.co.uk Total Guitar magazine sales]
* [http://www.onemetal.com/music/grill/grill_3.asp Interview with Steve Lawson, Editor] at Onemetal
*MySpace|totalguitar|Total Guitar