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

DEFENDERS/READER ART

The Gray Ghost • SESSION ACE BRENT MASON EXPLAINS WHY — AND HOW — HE OCCASIONALLY TRIES TO SOUND LIKE SOMEONE OTHER THAN BRENT MASON

INTRODUCING

Cobra Spell • FOR SONIA ANUBIS AND HER NETHERLANDS-BASED, ALL-FEMALE BAND, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE EIGHTIES — AND THEIR FANS ARE EATING IT UP

DieHumane • FORMER EXODUS GUITARIST RICK HUNOLT RE-EMERGES — SHARP AS EVER — ON THE GROTESQUE, A GENRE-MELDING METAL MASTERPIECE

Right-Hand Man • FORMER AUTOGRAPH GUITARIST STEVE LYNCH DISCUSSES THE ROOTS OF HIS TWO-HANDED TAPPING TECHNIQUE — AND, UM, WHAT VAN HALEN’S MANAGEMENT THOUGHT ABOUT IT...

LOST CLASSICS: Stiff Little Fingers • FRONTMAN/GUITARIST JAKE BURNS TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE PUNK LEGENDS’ CLASSIC 1979 ALBUM, INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL

Squid Gets Some Ink • HOW U.K. UPSTARTS SQUID OVERCAME IMPOSTER SYNDROME TO DEVELOP A MAGNETIC POST-PUNK GUITAR SOUND

MY PEDALBOARD YVETTE YOUNG • WHAT THE COVET GUITARIST SEES WHEN SHE LOOKS DOWN

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY • Activityguitarist and Trap Door Electronics head honcho TRAVIS JOHNSON thrives in that hard-to-find world where electronics and synths peacefully coexist with heavily effected guitars

GEORGE BENSON • One of the all-time jazz guitar greats on meeting Jimi Hendrix, how Peter Frampton changed the course of his career and what Paul McCartney thought of his Beatles tribute

DELUXE EDITION • JOE BONAMASSATALKS TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY CAREER STRUGGLES, THE LEAN-AND-MEAN BLUES-COVERS ALBUM THAT CHANGED HIS FATE IN 2003 – AND ITS BIGGER-BUDGET 2023 SEQUEL, BLUES DELUXE VOL. 2

A ’BURST OF ENERGY Eric Clapton • INVENTS THE MODERN ELECTRIC GUITAR SOUND AND FOREVER CHANGES HOW WE ALL PLAY GUITAR

GIVE ME STRENGTH Eric Clapton • PUTS ASIDE HIS GUITAR HEROICS, WEATHERS DRUG AND DRINK ADDICTIONS AND DEVELOPS A DEEPER, MORE WELL-ROUNDED ARTISTRY

PRESENCE OF THE KRAMER • LEGENDARY PRODUCER/ENGINEER EDDIE KRAMER DISCUSSES THE RECORDING OF DEREK AND THE DOMINOS’ OFTEN OVERLOOKED LIVE ALBUM, IN CONCERT

BLACK MAGIC • THE STORY OF ERIC CLAPTON’S ICONIC BLACKIE STRATOCASTER

GEORGE TERRY • SLOWHAND’S RIGHT-HAND MAN

MR. SLOWHAND’S WILD RIDE Eric Clapton • BOARDS A TRAIN WITH ANOTHER TICKET AND DISEMBARKS EIGHT YEARS LATER AS A FULLY-FLEDGED JOURNEYMAN

Fender Highway Series Dreadnought and Parlor

UAFX OX Stomp Dynamic Speaker Emulator

Jackson Guitars American Series Virtuoso

Buzz Bin Eventide Riptide

Donner HUSH-X solidbody guitar

SING THE SONG, PART 2 • More on emulating vocals with and without a slide

TOOLS OF THE TRADE, PART 11 • 1962/63 Gibson Les Paul/SG with Bigsby

POSITION PLAYER • Utilizing position shifts in “Ghost of You”

PUTTING IN THE REPS • More on using repetition as a phrase-building technique

“BAD LOVE” • Eric Clapton As heard on JOURNEYMAN

Performance Notes • HOW TO PLAY THIS MONTH’S SONGS

“I WANT MY CROWN” • Eric Gales (featuring Joe Bonamassa)As heard on CROWN

“JAILBREAK” • Thin Lizzy As heard on JAILBREAK

GRETSCH 6120 CHET ATKINS/NASHVILLE • CATEGORY: HOLLOWBODY ELECTRIC...