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.

JIMI: THE ULTIMATE INFLUENCER?

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READER ART OF THE MONTH

DEFENDERS of the Faith

Boris the Collaborator • WATA AND HER IMPOSSIBLE-TO-PIGEONHOLE BAND, BORIS, HAVE TEAMED UP WITH NYC INDUSTRIAL METALLERS UNIFORM. WE’LL LET HER EXPLAIN WHY...

INTRODUCING

INQUIRER AL JARDINE • THE BEACH BOYS CO-FOUNDER TALKS STRATS, SUPER REVERBS AND THE JOY OF PLAYING THE LATE CARL WILSON’S SOLOS ON TOUR

MY PEDALBOARD RICH ROBINSON • WHAT THE LONGTIME BLACK CROWES GUITARIST SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

Angel Vivaldi • THE VETERAN PROG METAL MAESTRO’S DAZZLING NEW EP HAS BEEN DESCRIBED (BY HIM) AS A SPRAWLING “SONIC ECOSYSTEM” — AND, SURE ENOUGH, IT’S ARGUABLY A PHENOMENON THAT EVERY GUITARIST SHOULD STUDY

FIVE QUESTIONS BUCK MEEK • THE BIG THIEF CO-GUITARIST STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT WITH A NEW SOLO ALBUM, HAUNTED MOUNTAIN By Emma Thumann

Page Two • NO, HE’S NOT JIMMY PAGE, BUT HE IS AN INCREDIBLE FACSIMILE. BEHOLD THE AMAZING TALE OF AKIO SAKURAI, AKA MR. JIMMY

Still King of the Underground • VELVET UNDERGROUND CO-FOUNDER JOHN CALE DISCUSSES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, HIS LATEST ALBUM, HIS VU AMP PREFERENCES AND HOW HE CHOOSES COLLABORATORS

Soen • THE SEASONED SWEDISH PROG-METAL PROS URGE YOU TO LOOK PAST THE SEEMING SIMPLICITY OF THEIR LATEST, HOOK-FILLED MATERIAL

Jon Dretto • IT TURNS OUT THERE’S A LOT MORE TO THE GUY WHO MAKES THOSE “PRETENDING TO BE A BEGINNER, THEN SHREDDING” VIDEOS

DAVE MENIKETTI • Y&T’s frontman on why he turned down Peter Frampton’s supergroup offer — and how Y&T might’ve been bigger if they just could’ve opened for themselves!

WHAT EVERYONE CAN LEARN FROM LUKATHER • Melodic maestro STEVE LUKATHER on the advantages of not being a shredder — and the wisdom behind releasing full-length works in the age of itty-bitty attention spans

A TREVOR’S DOZEN • TREVOR RABIN, the six-string wizard (and songwriter) behind “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” shares the stories behind six classic YES tracks and six tracks from his masterful new album, Rio

MAD SCIENTISTS • BARONESS guitarists JOHN BAIZLEY and GINA GLEASON concoct a new way forward on the band’s latest album, STONE

LIGHT YEARS AHEAD • WHY JIMI HENDRIX IS STILL INSPIRING THE LATEST GENERATION OF GUITARISTS — 53 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH

EXTRA JIMI’S • Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Mateus Asato, Towa Bird and others choose their favorite Hendrix moments

BOWLING FOR HOLLERS • The time a pre-fame Hendrix landed at the Hollywood Bowl

UNDER HIS WINGS • GW’S RESIDENT JIMI HENDRIX AUTHORITY, ANDY ALEDORT, DEMONSTRATES HOW THE LEGENDARY, GROUNDBREAKING GUITARIST STILL INFLUENCES THE MODERN ROCK, BLUES AND R&B STYLES OF SIX OF TODAY’S MOST ADMIRED PLAYERS

PLAY with fire • How Brian Jones, Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood shaped (and shape) the Rolling Stones

Second Wind • FENDER VINTERA II

History Repeating • BOSS DM-101 DELAY MACHINE

Unfolding Into View • CIARI GUITARS ASCENDER STANDARD

Buzz Bin Mod Electronics Phase/Off

BOOGIE ON • How to play “Sam’s Boogie,” redux, part 2

TOOLS OF THE TRADE, PART 9 • The 1964 Gibson Firebird V

THE BIG CHORUS • How...