50 THE TOP 5 SOLOS

54 THE TOP 5 RIFFS

80 EPIPHONE BONAMASSA ES-335

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MONITOR 06 First Look 08 Scene

HOWTO... 12 First Steps in Guitar

Major Pentatonic Rock 14 Riff of the Month

Tropical Gothclub –Needles

OBITUARY 16 Wilko Johnson

COVER FEATURE 20 The Year in Guitar 28 Guitarist of the Year 36 The Top 20 Albums 46 The Top 5 Songs 50 The Top 5 Solos 54 The Top 5 Riffs 58 Play Like the Stars of 2022 62 Gear of the Year

LEARN TO PLAY 66 Classic Track

Rainbow –SinceYouBeenGone 72 Rockschool

Metallica –SadButTrue 76 Open-Mic Songbook

Oasis –HalfTheWorldAway

THE GAS STATION 78 The Gas Station 80 Epiphone Joe Bonamassa

1962 ES‑335 84 The TG Test: Victory V1 Pedals 90 Lava Music Blue Lava 92 Boss DS-1W 94 MXRDuke of Tone

SUBSCRIPTIONS 96 Subscribe to TG!

SPOTLIGHT 98 Tuk Smith

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