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Have you ever watched other players play the blues and wondered how they get their chord voicings just right? Maybe you’re lacking inspiration when it comes to lead playing, or perhaps you’ve never really dabbled with blues guitar playing in earnest. Well, this month is for you. We’ve compiled 10 pages of blues lessons for you to sink your teeth into covering everything you need to know to sound more authentic and confident whether you’re sitting in soloing at a jam night, or playing along to your favourite 12-bars at home. Elsewhere, we’ve once again packed the issue full of great tabs (Metallica, Simon and Garfunkel, Led Zeppelin, Joni Mitchell) complete with backing tracks to play along with. In our features section we catch up with Troy and Dean from Queens Of The Stone Age to find out about their new Mark Ronson-produced album, plus Joe Bonamassa and Glenn Hughes tell us all about reuniting to ride again as Black Country Communion. It doesn’t end there though, because we’ve got reviews of the hottest new affordable gear from the likes of Sterling by Music Man, Boss, Martin and many more. Enjoy the issue, we’ll see you next month!