Total Guitar was a monthly music magazine based in Bath, the United Kingdom, published from 1994 to 2024.
The magazine was owned by Future plc, who publish many other magazines ranging from drums and video games to technology magazines.[3]
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Total Guitar regularly contained tablature for rock, acoustic, punk, blues, and metal, as well as profiles of guitarists and their specific techniques and playing styles. Total Guitar was aimed at players who would like to learn how to play guitar and people who would like to develop their playing style, with tutorials in acoustic and electric guitar.
Total Guitar also had a gear reviews section that looked at the latest guitar equipment and interviews with guitarists from all genres and levels of playing.
The Learn To Play section of Total Guitar covered songs from beginner level through to intermediate. For most of its existence, the magazine also came with a free CD each issue, with backing tracks and demonstration tracks to accompany the magazine's tablature.
The magazine celebrated its 200th issue in April 2010, with Jimi Hendrix on the cover.
The magazine published its final issue (marked as the November 2024 issue) on the 30th anniversary of its first issue.[4]Total Guitar's final editor, Chris Bird, died in May 2025.[5]
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