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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Party People • ON THEIR NEW RECORD, FOSTER THE PEOPLE’S MARK FOSTER LAYS DOWN SOME CHIC-STYLE RHYTHMS OVER CLASSIC FUNK BASS, DISCO STRINGS AND KRAFTWERKIAN SYNTHS

MY PEDALBOARD BILLY CORGAN • WHAT THE SMASHING PUMPKINS MASTERMIND SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

Orange Goblin • THE VETERAN U.K. ROCKERS HAVE A NEW ALBUM AND A NEW BEER, BOTH OF WHICH UNDERSCORE THEIR “ENJOY YOURSELF AND GET ON WITH IT” CREDO

LOST CLASSICS: Andy Summers and Robert Fripp • POLICE MAN ANDY SUMMERS REVISITS THE MAKING OF I ADVANCE MASKED AND BEWITCHED, HIS TWO EIGHTIES COLLABORATIONS WITH KING CRIMSON'S FOUNDING GUITARIST

Byrdmaniax • CHRISTIAN PARKER’S TWO CONSECUTIVE ALBUMS OF BYRDS COVERS SHOWCASE THE BRILLIANCE OF ONE OF THE SIXTIES’ MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED GUITAR POWERHOUSES

Schenker Lets It Roll • ON HIS NEW ALBUM, MICHAEL SCHENKER — WITH SOME HELP FROM SLASH, AXL ROSE, JOEL HOEKSTRA AND OTHERS — REVISITS THE BEST OF HIS CLASSIC WORK WITH UFO

FIVE QUESTIONS JUDITH HILL • HOW PRINCE’S BACKUP SINGER REINVENTED HERSELF AS A HENDRIX-AND SRV-INSPIRED GUITAR SLINGER

Intervals • AARON MARSHALL — AKA WOLFGANG VAN HALEN’S FAVORITE GUITARIST — EXPLAINS HOW PLAYING IT “WITH YOUR CHEST” IS ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS, EVEN WHEN YOUR MUSIC IS DANGEROUSLY COMPLEX

Nails • WHILE LOSING HIS BANDMATES WAS INITIALLY UNSETTLING FOR TODD JONES, THE HARDCORE CALIFORNIANS’ LAST ORIGINAL MEMBER, IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BLESSING IN DISGUISE

My Favorite Riffs: Vernon Reid • THE LIVING COLOUR GUITARIST DISCUSSES THE SEVEN RIFFS THAT STOPPED HIM IN HIS TRACKS — AND HINTS AT HOW JIMI HENDRIX MIGHT HAVE INSPIRED THE “CULT OF PERSONALITY” RIFF

REVEREND GUITARS • Reverend’s Ken Haas and Joe Naylor talk tonewoods, their new Vernon Reid signature models, that bass contour knob and the magic of translating an artist’s ideas into physical gear

ERNIE ISLEY • The longtime Isley Brothers guitarist was just a kid when his older brothers scored hits with “Twist and Shout” and “Shout,” but by the time he joined the band, he was able to draw on firsthand experiences with Jimi Hendrix

CLASSIC BILLY • ON AGHORI MHORI MEI, THEIR WELL-RECEIVED NEW ALBUM, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS RECAPTURE THE VIBE, FEEL AND TONES OF THEIR CLASSIC EARLY NINETIES LPs. BELOW, BILLY CORGAN EXPLAINS HOW, WHY — AND WHAT TOOK ’EM SO LONG

PLAIN Jane • IN AN INTERVIEW THAT TOOK PLACE JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE JANE’S ADDICTION’S ONSTAGE SCUFFLE ON SEPTEMBER 13, DAVE NAVARRO EXPLAINS WHY HE RECONNECTED WITH THE ORIGINAL LINEUP OF THE BAND FOR A BACK-TO-BASICS TOUR, NEW MUSIC AND THAT OL’ “POTENTIAL TRAINWRECK” FEELING

THE BEAT GENERATION • Adrian Belew, Steve Vai and Tony Levin discuss the ins and outs of Beat, their Rooert Fripp-endorsed revival of King Crimson's Groundbreaking 1980s music

THREE OF A KIND • A quick guide to King Crimson's mesmerizing early Eighties output

LORD OF THIS WORLD • In a career now stretching close to six decades, BLACK SABBATH mastermind TONY IOMMI has laid down the groundwork for all kinds of heavy sounds, ultimately changing the world one riff at a time. In this...