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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Guitar World

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Gear of the Dark • IHSAHN, THE EMPEROR MASTERMIND WHO TOOK HEAVY MUSIC TO NEW HEIGHTS, ON THE MERITS OF TECHNOLOGY AND HOW EXTREME METAL STRUMMING HAS A LOT IN COMMON WITH ACOUSTIC PLAYING

INQUIRER ALEX SKOLNICK • THE GENRE-HOPPING TESTAMENT GUITARIST TALKS FIRST GUITARS, FIRST GIGS AND ONE PARTICULARLY EMBARRASSING ON-STAGE MOMENT

Office Dog • FROM MELODIES TO OFF-KILTER RIFFS TO THE OCCASIONAL WALL OF SOUND, NEW ZEALAND INDIE VETERAN KANE STRANG DELIVERS THE SIX-STRING GOODS ON HIS TRIO’S DEBUT

Sam Bam Koltun • HE’S ALREADY PLAYING WITH FASTER PUSSYCAT, DOROTHY AND BUDDERSIDE, BUT WE GET THE FEELING THIS L.A.-BASED GUITARIST COULD SQUEEZE A FEW MORE BANDS INTO HIS SCHEDULE

MY PEDALBOARD JEFF SCHROEDER • WHAT THE FORMER SMASHING PUMPKINS GUITARIST SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

The Schizophonics • THESE ANTSY SAN DIEGO ROCKERS PUT ON A SHOW YOU’RE NOT LIKELY TO FORGET — AND ALL WITHOUT THE AID OF A HIGH E STRING

Through Infinity and Beyond • BEN WEINMAN DISCUSSES THE UNEXPECTED RETURN OF THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN AND THE MAKING OF THEIR LANDMARK DEBUT ALBUM, 1999’S CALCULATING INFINITY

Come Together • THE BEATLES VS. THE ROLLING STONES? NOT SO MUCH! HERE’S OUR GUIDE TO 10 FRIENDLY — AND OCCASIONALLY EXCELLENT — COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN TWO LEGENDARY BANDS

Cameron Griffin • THIS FORMER CONSTRUCTION WORKER IS NO FAN OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS; HE JUST WANTS TO PLAY

Andy Aledort • THE VETERAN GUITARIST’S NEW ALBUM, IN A DREAM, FEATURES TEXAS GREAT DAVID GRISSOM, PLUS COVERS OF JIMI HENDRIX, CREAM AND ALBERT KING

The Devil’s Music • STRAY CATS LEGEND BRIAN SETZER DISCUSSES HIS SMOKIN’ LATEST, THE DEVIL ALWAYS COLLECTS, PLUS BLOWN SPEAKERS, GEAR, RIFF WRITING AND HOW HE STAYS INSPIRED

CARLOS CAVAZO • GW catches up with the guitarist who replaced Randy Rhoads in Quiet Riot, enjoyed massive success with Metal Health and shared the stage with Warren DeMartini in Ratt

+ SOUL + KITCHEN • ROBBY KRIEGER BREAKS DOWN THE SOUL SAVAGES’ NEW ALBUM AND EXPLAINS HIS STRUGGLES TO COME UP WITH HIS OWN SOUND DURING HIS TIME WITH THE DOORS

THE MAN OF THE HOUR • Sicilian guitar prodigy MATTEO MANCUSO discusses the fingerstyle techniques, arpeggios and tones that have made him one of the most exciting names in modern guitar

SOUTHERN HARMONY… … AND MUSICAL COMPANIONS • RICH ROBINSON discusses the one-for-all mindset of the reunited BLACK CROWES, what they look for in a guitarist, and how the band’s new album, HAPPINESS BASTARDS, came together

BRITISH STEEL • JUDAS PRIE ’S ICHI FAULKNER, ROB HAL OR AND GLENN TIPTON DISCUSS THE INS AND OUTS OF INVINC BLE SHIEL A BOLD N W ALBUM THAT LASHES OUT AT HUMAN FRAILTY

JUDAS PRIEST: TRACK BY TRACK • Richie Faulkner walks us through Invincible Shield

SUPER FRIENDS UNITE • A LONG TIME AGO ... TWO LONG ISLAND TEENAGERS NAMED JOE SATRIANI AND STEVE VAI RECORDED A DEMO CALLED “REFLECTIONS ON A YEAR AND A HALF.” NOW — MORE THAN 50 AND A HALF YEARS LATER — THESE GUITAR SUPERSTARS ARE FINALLY RETURNING TO THE CONCEPT OF RECORDING ORIGINAL MUSIC TOGETHER, AND...