Guitar Techniques #172 December 2009

Guitar Techniques #172 December 2009 Every month we feature full transcriptions of guitar songs and intrumentals in every genre, from blues and rock, to acoustic and jazz. We take pride in providing the most accurate transcriptions around, and cover a full range of styles. The Guitar Techniques tutors' workshops provide some of the best guitar tuition available.
Current regular columns include soloing, jazz and fingerstyle. All the music in the magazine is included on a cover-mounted audio CD, complete with backing tracks to let readers play along. If you want to become a better guitarist, Guitar Techniques is the magazine for you.

On this issue:

Supercharge Your Playing - Lead guitar
Jason Becker - Altitudes
The Who - Sunrise
30-minute lickbag - Six of the best lickbag master Scott McGill
Blues - John Wheatcroft on the versatile and sophisticated bluesman, David Grissom
Rock - Martin cooper meets the tapping pioneer, Edward Van Halen
World Guitar - Jon Bishop takes a trip down the bayou to taste some Cajun music
Metal Bootcamp - Sergeant Goulding's final assault on two hand tapping. Join him for the victory.
Creative Rock - Shaun Baxter concludes his series on soloing over the augmented chord
Jazz - Pete callard looks at the different ways of navigating the bebop bridge
Fingerpicking Basics - Joy Stapley on three-fingered picking
Acoustic - Stuart Ryan shows how you can mimic a mandolin with a capo
Video Masterclass - Julian Lage Pt3