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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Heavy-Duty Nostalgia • TAKING THE WORLD BY STORM WITH THEIR REFRESHING TAKE ON SOUNDS OF THE PAST, THE HEAVY HEAVY ARE HERE TO MAKE NOSTALGIA ACCESSIBLE AGAIN

MY PEDALBOARD DUANE BETTS • WHAT THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND GUITARIST SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

Frozen Crown • THE ITALIAN POWER METAL SHREDDERS RETURN WITH A NEW, THIRD GUITARIST ON THEIR IMPRESSIVE LATEST ALBUM

LOST CLASSICS Cacophony • IN A TRULY ONE-OF-A-KIND INTERVIEW, CACOPHONY’S JASON BECKER AND MARTY FRIEDMAN LOOK BACK ON THE MAKING OF 1988’S GO OFF! — ONE OF THE EIGHTIES’ MOST IN-YOUR-FACE GUITAR EXTRAVAGANZAS

Lizzard • FIVE ALBUMS IN, THE EUROPEAN ART-ROCK TRIO ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR NEW WAYS TO EXPAND THEIR SOUND

Repeat When Necessary • WHEN HE WASN’T BUSY RECORDING THAT ONE CLASSIC ALBUM WITH ROCKPILE, SESSION GREAT BILLY BREMNER WAS GUESTING ON COUNTLESS RECORDINGS, INCLUDING THE PRETENDERS’ LEARNING TO CRAWL AND NICK LOWE’S “CRUEL TO BE KIND”

INQUIRER TORSTEN KINSELLA • THE GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT GUITARIST ON THE TIME HE FORGOT HIS IN-EAR MONITOR SYSTEM, THEN HIS AMP DIED, THEN HIS BACKUP AMP DIED, ETC., ETC.

My Favorite Riffs: Eric Gales • THE INNOVATIVE SOUTHPAW CHOOSES THE FIVE RIFFS THAT STOPPED HIM IN HIS TRACKS — PLUS OPENING FOR ROBIN TROWER, MEETING SRV AND THE MAGIC OF BLUE ÖYSTER CULT

PEDAL PAWN • In what feels like no time at all, Pedal Pawn has become one of the hottest new names in the biz, and for all the right reasons. If you’re looking to nail the tones of Jimi and SRV, look no further

RANDY JACKSON • Forgotten heroes of 1980s rock, power-trio Zebra — led by singer/guitarist Randy Jackson — kept the spirit of Zeppelin, Hendrix and Cream alive. These days,family man Jackson is busy shaping up the group’s first album in two decades

THE ART OF Myles Kennedy • We’ve been saying it for years, but the man best known for his soaring vocals with Slash and Alter Bridge also happens to be one hell of a guitar player. On his new album, he busts out his riffs, his roar and his signature PRS

What Myles Kennedy — the guitarist — has learned from his 12 years with Slash and 20 years with Mark Tremonti

FAR BEYOND RELEVANT • An all-star panel of six-string superstars — including Zakk Wylde, Kerry King, Marty Friedman, Glenn Tipton, Alex Skolnick, Nita Strauss, Scott Ian, Bill Kelliher and Chris Broderick — explain why Dimebag Darrell is still so relevant 20 years after his tragic death

WE ARE THE ROAD CREW ! • Pantera’s OG “Crew from Hell” chime in

SHINY DIME • How Rita Haney, Dimebag’s soulmate and partner in crime, keeps the late guitarist’s memory burning more brightly than ever

MOUTH FOR WAR! • Meet the Dimebag mini Warhead 40-watt amp head

COVER MODELS

THE ART OF SHREDDING • Dime’s friends, bandmates, peers and admirers choose their favorite Dimebag Darrell guitar solo

A DATE TO REMEMBER • How Pantera producer Terry Date captured Dimebag Darrell’s six-string mastery on tape

MASTER THE MOMENT • How Dimebag’s “Floods” outro was re-recorded at (literally) the last minute

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