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.

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Blinded by the Light • U.K. SINGER-SONGWRITER — AND SELF-CONFESSED JEFF BUCKLEY FANATIC — ANNA CALVI DISCUSSES HER FAVORITE TOOLS FOR COMPOSING THE MUSIC FOR NETFLIX’S PEAKY BLINDERS

INQUIRER JOHN NORUM • THE EUROPE GUITARIST DISCUSSES HIS “FINAL COUNTDOWN” STRAT AND THE VALUABLE SIX-STRING LESSON HE LEARNED FROM SINGER DON DOKKEN

MJ Lenderman • WITH A BLAZING (NOT TO MENTION “FLUID LIKE THE WIND”) BAND BEHIND HIM, INDIE ROCK’S LEADING OVERDRIVE PURVEYOR TAKES HIS BEST ONE-MAN-BAND MATERIAL TO WILD NEW PLACES

LOST CLASSICS Social Distortion • MIKE NESS EXPLAINS WHY THE CALIFORNIA PUNKS TOOK A DECIDEDLY ROOTSY LEFT TURN WITH THEIR SELF-TITLED 1990 ALBUM (YEAH, THE ONE WITH “RING OF FIRE”)

Strung Out on Thrills • FOR BROOKLYN’S EMANUEL CASABLANCA, IT WAS THAT AGE-OLD STRUGGLE BETWEEN BASKETBALL, SKATEBOARDING AND GUITAR. LUCKILY, GUITAR WON OUT — AND MODERN BLUES IS ALL THE BETTER FOR IT

Rock City Machine Co. • RYAN COOK AND JEREMY ASBROCK HAVE LEARNED PLENTY FROM ACE FREHLEY AND GENE SIMMONS. WITH THEIR NEW DEBUT RECORD, THEY'RE FINALLY PUTTING IT ALL TO GOOD USE

MY PEDALBOARD ISAIAH MITCHELL • WHAT THE FORMER BLACK CROWES AND LONGTIME EARTHLESS SIX-STRINGER SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

Ava Mendoza • THE WEST-COAST JAZZ SUPREMO DETAILS HER FAR-FROM-TRADITIONAL APPROACH ON NEW RELEASE ECHOLOCATION

NEWS + NOTES

EARL SLICK • The venerable session ace recounts fast times with John Lennon and David Bowie — and exactly why he turned down David Coverdale’s Whitesnake offer

MACHINERY MAKING MODERN MUSIC … • RUSH LEGEND ALEX LIFESON PROVIDES GW WITH A DEEP DIVE INTO HIS NEW LINE OF SIGNATURE LERXST GEAR — AMPS, PEDALS AND THAT NEW LIMELIGHT GUITAR

SPACE INVADERS • GUITAR WORLD SPENT SOME QUALITY TIME AT ACE FREHLEY’S PAD TO SHOOT THE BREEZE, CHECK OUT HIS STUFF AND DISSECT HIS GROOVIN’ NEW ALBUM, 10,000 VOLTS STORY (AND HOME-VISIT PHOTOS) BY JON WIEDERHORN

CLASS OF 1984 • Guitar World celebrates one of the greatest — if not the greatest — “ guitar album years ” of all time

’84 The Works • Our guide to 12 amazing months of six-string thunder (and a few other interesting things...)

Steve VAI Flex-Able • STEVE VAI RECOUNTS THE MAKING OF HIS ATTITUDE-PACKED DEBUT ALBUM

PEACE, LOVE, TRUTH AND PLENTY • THE MUSICAL UTOPIA OF VAN HALEN’S MASTERPIECE, 1984

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN Couldn’t Stand the Weather • TOMMY SHANNON AND CHRIS LAYTON RECALL THE MAKING OF SRV’S GARGANTUAN SECOND ALBUM

RUSH Grace Under Pressure • ALEX LIFESON RECALLS THE MAKING OF THE BAND’S “REALLY DIFFICULT” 10TH ALBUM

DIO The Last in Line • VIVIAN CAMPBELL LOOKS BACK ON THE FIRST DIO ALBUM TO GO PLATINUM — AND THE SOLOING TIPS HE PICKED UP FROM HIS BOSS

IRON MAIDEN Powerslave • ADRIAN SMITH REVISITS THE RIFFS, SOLOS AND WRITING PROCESS BEHIND THE BAND’S MOST EPIC ALBUM (WHICH LED TO AN EVEN MORE EPIC TOUR)

KING CRIMSON Three of a Perfect Pair • ADRIAN BELEW SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON THE BAND’S DUAL-PERSONALITY 10TH ALBUM — AND FINAL STUDIO RELEASE FROM THE...