Steve Allsworth
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Learn how to slide and boogie like Keith Richards on The Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed album
By Steve Allsworth published
The school of 1969

5 ways to play like The Edge
By Steve Allsworth published
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
By Steve Allsworth published
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
By MusicRadar, Paul Gilbert, Steve Allsworth published
Paul demonstrates how borrowing licks from other instruments can improve your technique

Albert Lee on banjo-style rolls
By MusicRadar, Steve Allsworth, Martin Holmes published
Country legend, Albert Lee shows you how to perform banjo-style rolls on your guitar

How to play Britpop-style guitar
By Steve Allsworth last updated
The playing that defined the biggest movement in UK guitar music since Beatlemania

How to play guitar like... Eric Clapton
By Steve Allsworth last updated
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
By Steve Allsworth last updated
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's high 3-notes-per-string lick
By Total Guitar, Paul Gilbert, Steve Allsworth last updated
A video lesson with free, high-quality tab

TG204 Tab: Play like Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
By Steve Allsworth last updated
Total Guitar issue 204 hits news-stands nationwide on Friday (9 July) and it's a classic rock special – featuring Van Halen, KISS, Thin Lizzy, Toto, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi and Def Leppard!

Paul Gilbert's crazy seven-note tapping lick
By Total Guitar, Paul Gilbert, Steve Allsworth last updated
A video lesson with free, high-quality tab

Paul Gilbert on trying new pentatonic positions
By Total Guitar, Paul Gilbert, Steve Allsworth last updated
A video lesson with free, high-quality tab

Paul Gilbert: 3 note-per-string major scale patterns
By Total Guitar, Paul Gilbert, Steve Allsworth last updated
A video lesson with free, high-quality tab

Alter Bridge's Mark Tremonti teaches fingerstyle guitar
By Total Guitar, Mark Tremonti, Steve Allsworth last updated
A video lesson with free, high-quality tab

Paul Gilbert: how to play Bach's Prelude in D Major
By Guitar Techniques, Paul Gilbert, Steve Allsworth last updated
A free tab lesson with audio example

Wes Borland on two-handed tapping
By Steve Allsworth last updated
A video lesson from the Limp Bizkit star, plus free tab!

Video tutorial: Killer licks with Paul Gilbert part 1
By Paul Gilbert, Steve Allsworth last updated
Check out this tutorial with video and tab

Video: Albert Lee on rhythm guitar
By MusicRadar, Steve Allsworth, Martin Holmes last updated
Check out this lesson with video and tab

Paul Gilbert on playing rhythmically
By MusicRadar, Paul Gilbert, Steve Allsworth last updated
Check out this video lesson with tab

Albert Lee on chord bends
By Steve Allsworth last updated
A video on country bends that emulate the sound of a lap steel guitar

Super-fast blues guitar with Paul Gilbert
By MusicRadar, Steve Allsworth, Martin Holmes last updated
A high-paced blues lick from the shred supremo

Rodrigo Y Gabriela on building picking speed
By MusicRadar, Steve Allsworth, Martin Holmes last updated
Rodrigo Sanchez shows you the exercises he used to develop his flawless technique

A monster riff from Wes Borland
By Steve Allsworth last updated
Video lesson from the Limp Bizkit star with free tab
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