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COVER STORY • ISSUE 344 • MARCH 2023 • CONTENTS TUNE UP Tap here for an Tap here for an audio clip to help audio clip to help you tune your you tune your guitarguitar CONTENTS THE LEARNING ZONE Jimmy Page, triple threat: Riffs, Solos, Acoustic. Learn how he does it with GT! 30-MINUTE LICKBAG 52 Jamie Hunt brings you six vibrant licks from: Ted Turner, Taylor York, Captain Kirk Douglas, Eric Steckel, Josh Smith & George Lynch. BLUES 54 David Gerrish looks at high-octane bluesrocker from South Africa who’s making waves over here, the excellent Dan Patlansky. ROCK 58 Martin Cooper has devised a great rock track that showcases the rhythm and lead styles of AC/DC’sbrilliantMalcom&AngusYoung. SHRED 62 Charlie Griffiths has five challenging licks to play from Pentatonic master and alternate pickerextraordinaire,ZakkWylde. FUNK & SOUL 66 Steve Allsworth of Fundamental Changes starts a new series looking at James Brown’s fabulous roster of guitarists. ECONOMY PICKING 70 Simon Barnard looks into a picking style that will allow you to create smooth, flowing lines using as few different pick strokes as possible. ACOUSTIC COUNTRY 74 Stuart Ryan checks out the acoustic side of a self-made Nashville guitar star who’s better known for his scary electric work: Brad Paisley. CASCADING SEXTUPLETS 78 Andy G Johns explores using streams of scintillatingsextupletlinesinthestyleofTexan guitarlegendEricJohnson. FEATURES COVERFEATURE JIMMY PAGE Riffing, soloing, fingerstyle 14 The quintessential rock guitar legend, Page has it all, from writing legendary riffs, to edge-ofyour-seatsolos,acoustictuningsandpicking. Jon Bishop delves deep into his many styles. I M A G E S I V E S / G E T T Y I C H A E L O C H S A R C H L A R R Y H U L S T / M SPECIALFEATURE THE CROSSROADS Billy Butler 40 This jazzman had a style that was tasteful and musical. John Wheatcroft checks out his jazzyblues licks, chord phrasing and more. CLASSICALTAB GIUSSEPPE GIORDANI Caro Mio Ben 48 Declan Zapala tabs this glorious piece made famous by Pavarotti and other opera greats. SCAN TO GET OURWEEKLY NEWSLETTER REGULARS WELCOME 3 JasonlooksatJimmyPage’sgreatheritage. HUGH CORNWELL 6 TheStranglers’ex-guitaristturnedsoloartist answersour60-SecondsWith...Q&A. INTRO 8 AllyourregularsincludingJustin,Mitch,Quist, Phil,andRichardBarrett’sSubstitute. JULIAN LAGE 12 Thissuperbjazzguitaristoffershisthoughts onplayingandwritinginstrumentals. SUBSCRIPTIONS 38 Greatoffersatwww.magazinesdirect.com. BACK ISSUES 61 Missed a print or digital edition? Get it here! ALBUM REVIEWS 81 Six of the best new guitar albums assessed and rated by Jason Sidwell and David Mead. NEXT MONTH 82 John Mayer & The Strat Blues Players! Ant Law &CarlVerheyenvideo;Hendrix,turbo-charged blues; Rory, Morse, George Lynch & more! EXCLUSIVEVIDEOS! ERIC GALES 9 examples to play 26 TheincredibleAmericanbluesguitaristsat down with us and demonstrated a whole raft of exciting lead and rhythm ideas that will greatlyenhanceyourbluesvocabulary. JOHN WHEATCROFT 34 GT’s John Wheatcroft is a highly respected gypsy jazz guitarist in his own right. Here he shows us six of his favourite licks. AUDIO &VIDEO PLEASENOTE… All audio and video lessons are available online via a bit.ly link (see below) where animated tab versions of every lesson can be found. What’s more, you can view these on any type of computer, making for a much more rewarding experience. All the audio and video is also available to download to your computer (hi or lo res). Simply look for the red links on the landing page. Type the bit.ly link below into your browser to get to the GT page: https://bit.ly/3EsttvD //month 2023 5

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COVER STORY

• ISSUE 344 • MARCH 2023 • CONTENTS

TUNE UP Tap here for an Tap here for an audio clip to help audio clip to help you tune your you tune your guitarguitar

CONTENTS

THE LEARNING ZONE

Jimmy Page, triple threat: Riffs, Solos, Acoustic. Learn how he does it with GT!

30-MINUTE LICKBAG

52

Jamie Hunt brings you six vibrant licks from: Ted Turner, Taylor York, Captain Kirk Douglas, Eric Steckel, Josh Smith & George Lynch. BLUES 54 David Gerrish looks at high-octane bluesrocker from South Africa who’s making waves over here, the excellent Dan Patlansky. ROCK 58 Martin Cooper has devised a great rock track that showcases the rhythm and lead styles of AC/DC’sbrilliantMalcom&AngusYoung. SHRED 62 Charlie Griffiths has five challenging licks to play from Pentatonic master and alternate pickerextraordinaire,ZakkWylde. FUNK & SOUL 66 Steve Allsworth of Fundamental Changes starts a new series looking at James Brown’s fabulous roster of guitarists. ECONOMY PICKING 70 Simon Barnard looks into a picking style that will allow you to create smooth, flowing lines using as few different pick strokes as possible. ACOUSTIC COUNTRY 74 Stuart Ryan checks out the acoustic side of a self-made Nashville guitar star who’s better known for his scary electric work: Brad Paisley. CASCADING SEXTUPLETS 78 Andy G Johns explores using streams of scintillatingsextupletlinesinthestyleofTexan guitarlegendEricJohnson.

FEATURES

COVERFEATURE

JIMMY PAGE Riffing, soloing, fingerstyle 14 The quintessential rock guitar legend, Page has it all, from writing legendary riffs, to edge-ofyour-seatsolos,acoustictuningsandpicking. Jon Bishop delves deep into his many styles.

I M A G E S

I V E S / G E T T Y

I C H A E L O C H S A R C H

L A R R Y H U L S T / M

SPECIALFEATURE

THE CROSSROADS Billy Butler

40

This jazzman had a style that was tasteful and musical. John Wheatcroft checks out his jazzyblues licks, chord phrasing and more.

CLASSICALTAB

GIUSSEPPE GIORDANI Caro Mio Ben

48

Declan Zapala tabs this glorious piece made famous by Pavarotti and other opera greats.

SCAN TO GET OURWEEKLY NEWSLETTER

REGULARS

WELCOME

3

JasonlooksatJimmyPage’sgreatheritage. HUGH CORNWELL 6 TheStranglers’ex-guitaristturnedsoloartist answersour60-SecondsWith...Q&A. INTRO 8 AllyourregularsincludingJustin,Mitch,Quist, Phil,andRichardBarrett’sSubstitute. JULIAN LAGE 12 Thissuperbjazzguitaristoffershisthoughts onplayingandwritinginstrumentals. SUBSCRIPTIONS 38 Greatoffersatwww.magazinesdirect.com. BACK ISSUES 61 Missed a print or digital edition? Get it here! ALBUM REVIEWS 81 Six of the best new guitar albums assessed and rated by Jason Sidwell and David Mead. NEXT MONTH 82 John Mayer & The Strat Blues Players! Ant Law &CarlVerheyenvideo;Hendrix,turbo-charged blues; Rory, Morse, George Lynch & more!

EXCLUSIVEVIDEOS!

ERIC GALES 9 examples to play

26

TheincredibleAmericanbluesguitaristsat down with us and demonstrated a whole raft of exciting lead and rhythm ideas that will greatlyenhanceyourbluesvocabulary. JOHN WHEATCROFT 34 GT’s John Wheatcroft is a highly respected gypsy jazz guitarist in his own right. Here he shows us six of his favourite licks.

AUDIO &VIDEO

PLEASENOTE… All audio and video lessons are available online via a bit.ly link (see below) where animated tab versions of every lesson can be found. What’s more, you can view these on any type of computer, making for a much more rewarding experience. All the audio and video is also available to download to your computer (hi or lo res). Simply look for the red links on the landing page. Type the bit.ly link below into your browser to get to the GT page:

https://bit.ly/3EsttvD

//month 2023

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