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

HELLO, AND WELCOME to my new column for Guitar World! Over the course of these lessons, I will be sharing many of the techniques and approaches I use for creating effective melodies and rhythm guitar

Alex Bishop reflects on 20 years at the workbench, and considers the lessons he has learned along the way

This month Richard Barrett embellishes some open-position chords to find that satisfying jangle

Patrick James Eggle’s take on the OM body shape is built by Faith’s facility in Indonesia and based around PJE’s Linville model from his acoustic-building days. But does it rock our world?

Our pick of the month’s most delectable and wallet-bothering new gear