Guitar World

Guitar World is the world’s leading guitar magazine. Professionals and beginners alike turn to Guitar World for top-flight coverage of their favorite artists, from rock titans like Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Metallica's Kirk Hammett to contemporary stars like the White Stripes' Jack White and Tool's Adam Jones. Every issue of Guitar World magazine offers broad-ranging interviews that cover technique, instruments and lifestyles as well as Guitar World’s famously thorough lessons and transcriptions.

If you’re into gear, this, my friends, is the issue for you

GUITAR WORLD

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New Levels, New Devils • Meet Spiro Dussias, an L.A.-based guitar wiz pioneering futuristic sounds with his own system of pick angles, odd/even groupings and muting

Robben Ford • The jazz, blues and rock great chooses his favorite piece of gear (yeah, it’s the Dumble) and most embarrassing moment (yeah, he took a tumble)

Los Straitjackets • In this shocking exclusive, GW takes you behind the glitter masks of the surfin’, riffin’, fast-pickin’ instrumental combo

The Byrds • Roger McGuinn talks Dennis Hopper, Bob Dylan, CBS-era Fender amps and the making of 1969’s Ballad of Easy Rider

COVER MODELS

Pasquale Grasso • The NYC-based virtuoso talks recording two albums in two days and his efforts to inspire younger generatons to appreciate jazz

Lightning in the Bottle • Original Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell explains the roots and finer points of his “Whiskey in the Jar” guitar solo and phrasing

Dirty Boy Pedals • With the help of a certain Queen guitarist, the future’s bright for the Dirty Boy effects brand, says CEO Danny Gomez

A Whole New Deal • On her debut solo album, Kim Deal expands on the sonics she built in the Breeders and Pixies

PERSONALITIES Craig Chaquico • The Jefferson Starship guitarist on his days as a touring teenage sensation and fighting the “corporate rock” tag

THE GREATEST GEAR OF THE 21ST CENTURY • Twenty-five years’ worth of the guitars, amps, effects, tech and innovations that changed how we play, listen and create

III’s a Charm • Wolfgang Van Halen and EVH's Matt Bruck revisit the trial-by-fire development of the EVH 5150 III 100w head — and salute its legacy

’Casting a Long Shadow • Slipknot’s Jim Root on the signature-model Fender Telecaster that no one saw coming

When Silver Strikes Gold • John Mayer talks GW through his acclaimed PRS Silver Sky, while its maker — Paul Reed Smith — reveals the science that went into the guitar’s development

Positive Energy • Steve Vai hails his signature Positive Grid Spark Mini Vai, a tool that punches above its weight

Nylon Nights • Polyphia’s Tim Henson on the acoustic-electric Ibanez TOD10N that bears his name

Pedals to the Metal • The ’00s saw an explosion in the boutique-pedal market — but how long can it continue?

Sign o’ the Times • With more artist products available now than ever before, and an entire movement of brands run and owned by musicians, here’s a look into the evolution of signature gear

Model ’Em All • Why Metallica decided to leave the gear in the garage

Attack of the Killer B’s • The stigma of lower-cost guitars has pretty much disappeared over the past 25 years. Behold the rise of the B-brands!

Hammer to Fall • A-list guitar auctions are now a firm fixture, and the sums involved are eye-watering. But who is driving the boom — and is it sustainable?

Ringing the Changes • Smartphones are everywhere these days. Yes, even in your signal chain

Damage, Inc. • The not-so-gentle art of relic’ing has enjoyed a renaissance...