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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Times’ New Roman • ON ALBUM NUMBER FIVE, JINJER GUITARIST ROMAN IBRAMKHALILOV IS LAYING DOWN SOME OF THE HARDEST-SWINGING RIFFS OF HIS CAREER

MY PEDALBOARD STEVE HACKETT • WHAT THE PROG-ROCK ICON SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

Yasmin Williams • A FOLK GUITAR VIRTUOSO BRANCHES OUT ON HER THIRD ALBUM, ACADIA

LOST CLASSICS: X • BILLY ZOOM RECOUNTS THE MAKING OF THE ICONIC L.A. PUNKS’ 1982 MAJOR-LABEL DEBUT, UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN

Martial Artists • COBRA KAI COMPOSERS ZACH ROBINSON AND LEO BIRENBERG TALK GEAR, SEASON 6 AND HOW THEY CONSCRIPTED TOSIN ABASI, CHARLIE ROBBINS AND POLYPHIA’S TIM HENSON INTO THEIR MUSICAL DOJO

MY LIFE IN THREE GUITARS: Paul Gilbert • THE TRIO OF AXES THAT HAVE MEANT THE MOST TO THE MR. BIG CO-FOUNDER AND RACER X WHIZ

Neon Nightmare • HOW SPIRIT ADRIFT’S NATE GARRETT CREATED A BRILLIANT ONE-MAN HOMAGE TO TYPE O NEGATIVE

Spiral XP • SHOEGAZE SUPERFAN MAX KEYES EMBRACES OPEN TUNINGS, PITCH BENDS AND MORE ON HIS LATEST ENDEAVOR

COVER MODELS

PEAVEY • Now celebrating six decades in the music business, Peavey offers something for every kind of player. CEO Courtland Gray looks back on the company’s most beloved products, including gear designed with Eddie Van Halen

BUCK DHARMA • Blue Öyster Cult co-founder Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser reveals how the classic “Reaper” riff came about and the secret recipe to his beloved CheeseBerger guitar

CIRCLING BACK • From an incomplete Gregg Allman track to appearances by former ABB bandmate Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes’ gripping new album oozes with Allman Brothers Band mojo

Seven Stringer • Spiritbox guitarist Mike Stringer dispels the illusion of the band’s “overnight success” while being stoked about their new album and playing to massive crowds

DREAM ON • Forty years into their career, Dream Theater have received a vital transfusion via the return of original drummer Mike Portnoy. John Petrucci takes you inside the reunion — and the band’s new album

EXTRA TEXTURE • An album-by-album guide to George Harrison’s greatest songs, solos, milestones and innovations

GEORGE’S OTHER MASTERPIECE • Living in the Material World, George Harrison’s 1973 follow-up to All Things Must Pass, is a moveable feast that’s ripe for rediscovery. Dhani Harrison dissects the making of the original album and producing the new 50th-anniversary box set

Wonderwall to Be Here • A Q&A with frequent George Harrison collaborator John Barham, whose arrangements sweetened everything from 1968’s Wonderwall Music to 1973’s Living in the Material World (and beyond)

Orange Dual Baby 100 and Gain Baby 100

Cort G250 SE

Mooer Ocean Machine II

Bare Knuckle Pickups PolyPaf Humbuckers

D’Angelico Premier SS

ROLLING THUNDER • More on neo-classical-style arpeggios

MOORE POWER • The enduring legacy of the great Gary Moore

FUN TO REED • A cool Jimmy Reed-inspired fingerpicked rhythm part

DEAD THUMB • How to thumb-pick bass notes while playing a melody

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