Jon Bishop

Jon Bishop

Jon Bishop is a UK-based guitarist and freelance musician, and a longtime contributor to Guitar Techniques and Total Guitar. He's a graduate of the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford and is touring and recording guitarist for British rock 'n' roll royalty Shakin’ Stevens.

Latest articles by Jon Bishop

Allen Hinds pointing his guitar towards camera and the words "They call me Mr Legato..."

Flair, fluidity and fire: Allen Hinds' legato style will help you create your own stunning solos

By Allen Hinds published

From sequential patterns to doubling notes for unique phrasing, this tutorial will provide you with many new lead ideas

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Mattheus Canteri

Hybrid picking, slides, pentatonics, bends, muting and double-stops are powerful techniques for country guitar playing

By Jon Bishop published

Mattheus Canteri’s 6 favourite licks are not only impressive but a lot of fun to learn too!

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Molly Miller Lesson

Molly Miller shows six licks that put the power of modes to work in blues and jazz

By Jon Bishop published

Often the best way to develop modal vocabulary is by learning short phrases which resonate with "flavor" notes that are uniquely placed in the mode

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Carl Verheyen lesson

The whammy bar is a magical device for bending strings; Carl Verheyen shows 6 stunning licks and riffs for you to learn

By Jon Bishop published

Verheyen said Beck's album "made me realize it would be nice to know what intervals would happen when I pulled on the bar”

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BB Playing a 1960s Gibson ES-330TD

Here’s Some Blues You Can Really Use

By Rob Laing, Jon Bishop, Chris Bird published

Improve your playing with this master class on everything you need to know for better blues.

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