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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Manic Progression • QUICKSAND GUITARIST WALTER SCHREIFELS REFLECTS ON A LIFE IN HARDCORE

Malina Moye • THE UNCOMPROMISING STRAT-LOVING SOUTHPAW RETURNS WITH DIRTY, A LONG-PLAYER THAT REPRESENTS THE CONSTANT EVOLUTION OF HER SOUND

5 FIVE QUESTIONS DANIELE GOTTARDO • GETTING TO KNOW THE MAN STEVE VAI ONCE CALLED HIS “FAVORITE NEW YOUNG GUITAR PLAYER”

? INQUIRER HANK MARVIN • THE HERO TO AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF BRITISH GUITARISTS TALKS EMBARRASSING MOMENTS AND HIS FAVORITE SHADOWS RECORDINGS

Hermanos Gutiérrez • THIS SWISS DUO LEARNED TO TRUST THEIR INSTINCTS ON THEIR LATEST ALBUM OF HIGH-DESERT INSTRUMENTAL GUITAR JOURNEYS

MY PEDALBOARD GEORGE LYNCH • WHAT THE DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB, T&N, SWEET & LYNCH AND END MACHINE GUITARIST SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

Back on the Prowl • SATCHEL — STEEL PANTHER’S RESIDENT SHREDDER — DISCUSSES EVERYTHING FROM PAUL GILBERT’S PICKING METHOD, SUPER-EXPENSIVE STRATS, WHY HE DOESN’T USE AMPS IN THE STUDIO AND — LET US NOT FORGET! — THE BAND'S NEW ALBUM, ON THE PROWL

Jim “Kimo” West • MEET WEIRD AL YANKOVIC’S LONG-SERVING GUITARIST

H.C. McEntire • THE INDIE-ROCK VETERAN EXPLORES NEW GROUND ON HER LATEST ALBUM, EVERY ACRE

David Lindley (1944-2023) • HONORING ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST DISTINCT SLIDE PLAYERS AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALISTS OF ALL TIME

QUOTABLE

FREE BIRD • A personal tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ultimate survivor, GARY ROSSINGTON

Gimme 10 Songs • GARY ROSSINGTON dissects some of LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s greatest songs — and Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London”!

TOOLS OF THE TRADE • Guitar World’s guide to 10 accessories and tools every guitarist should have in their gig bag

CHRIS HOLMES • The often-overlooked former W.A.S.P. guitarist looks back on his early years, the height of fame and — oh, yes — that infamous scene in The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

The DEATH WISH TWO • After teaming up for a fiery EP late last year, celebrated blueser Samantha Fish and Texas troublemaker Jesse Dayton have returned with their first long-player, Death Wish Blues

LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL • PAUL GILBERT takes us on a deep dive through his latest album — a 12-track celebration of metal great Ronnie James Dio, who roped in guitar greats Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore and Vivian Campbell across various eras of his storied career

A BAND FOR ALL SEASONS • NEW MUSIC. A WORLD TOUR. TWO NIGHTS IN EVERY CITY, EACH WITH ITS OWN UNIQUE SETLIST. SURE, THERE’S BEEN A BIT OF A WAIT, BUT RIGHT NOW IT’S ALL SYSTEMS GO IN THE METALLICA CAMP. JUST BEFORE THE MALESTROM KICKS OFF, KIRK HAMMETT FILLS US IN ON THE BAND’S NEW ALBUM, 72 SEASONS, WHICH CHRONICLES THE METAL GIANTS EXPLORING NEW MEANS OF HEAVINESS IN THE MOST UNEXPECTED WAYS.

DIARY OF A BASS MAN • EIGHTY SEASONS (AKA 20 YEARS) INTO HIS CAREER WITH METALLICA, BASSIST ROBERT TRUJILLO TALKS US THROUGH THE WRITING AND RECORDING PROCESS FOR 72 SEASONS, REVEALING HOW CERTAIN MOMENTS REMIND HIM OF SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, BLACK SABBATH AND… CHEECH & CHONG?

MASTER OF DOWNSTROKES • IN THIS 2009 INTERVIEW (MAKING...