30 open-tuned chords

This month, Richard Barrett grabs his acoustic and shows you another way to expand your chord vocabulary

Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks

Charlie Wilkins explores why guitarists crave sustain, how to get it and why some guitars sustain better than others

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This month Alex Bishop unravels the intricate fretwork of a century-old concert mandolin

Album: New Light (Big Sun Records)