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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Light Reading • GW CATCHES UP WITH DEVIN TOWNSEND, WHOSE PREDICTABLY UNPREDICTABLE 21ST SOLO ALBUM, LIGHTWORK, WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY LATER THIS MONTH

Molly Tuttle • EXPERIENCING A CREATIVE RUT? IT MIGHT BE A SIMPLE CASE OF BLUEGRASS TO THE RESCUE!

El Perro • WITH THIS NEW PROJECT, LONGTIME RADIO MOSCOW GUITARIST PARKER GRIGGS DOGGEDLY PURSUES HIS GROOVY, PSYCHEDELIC DREAM

MY PEDALBOARD SCOTT McKEON • WHAT TOM JONES’ GUITARIST SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

Rocky Mountain High • BOB WEIR AND COMPANY TAKE CLASSIC GRATEFUL DEAD SONGS TO BOLD NEW PLACES ON LIVE IN COLORADO, HIS FIRST LIVE ALBUM WITH THE WOLF BROS. ALSO UP FOR DISCUSSION? STAGE FRIGHT!

A Gigaton of Charm • JOSH KLINGHOFFER WAS A RED HOT CHILI PEPPER — AND NOW HE RECORDS WITH EDDIE VEDDER AND PERFORMS WITH PEARL JAM. WHAT IS IT ABOUT HIM THAT ALL THESE (HUGELY SUCCESSFUL) ACTS WANT?

Alexisonfire • DALLAS GREEN AND WADE McNEIL EXPLAIN WHAT’S CHANGED SINCE THE BAND’S LAST ALBUM — FROM 13 YEARS AGO! — INCLUDING THEIR GUITAR DYNAMIC

Pup • STEFAN BABCOCK AND STEVE SLADKOWSKI REVEL IN THE UNRAVELING OF PUP (THE BAND)

HOW TO CARRY A TUNE • Ten fool-proof ways to keep your guitar in tune — from floor pedals and clip-on devices to apps

WHEN JIMI MET SPOCK • IN 1968, JIMI HENDRIX BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN — ALMOST BURNED IT DOWN, IN FACT — IN CLEVELAND. BUT THE STARS WERE IN ALIGNMENT THAT DAY FOR A MIND-MELD WITH ANOTHER COSMIC AVATAR, LEONARD “MR. SPOCK” NIMOY

Poly Sci • On Remember That You Will Die, instrumental prog-rock’s resident devils achieve startling new levels of intricacy and wow-factor mayhem. Below, Polyphia’s Tim Henson and Scott LePage talk gear, practicing, their Steve Vai collab — and the album with the feel-good title of the year

Poly Vai • Want Steve Vai to play on your album?Polyphia’s Tim Henson and Scott LePage (and Steve Vai!) tell you how it’s done. Behold the epic saga of “Ego Death”

Thunders Lightning • THE LIFE AND TIMES OFJohnny Thunders, THE NEW YORK DOLLS AND HEARTBREAKERS GUITARIST WHO CRYSTALLIZED THE ESSENCE OF STREET-COOL ROCK ’N’ ROLL

Royal Flash • ERNIE BALL MUSIC MAN MAJESTY 8-STRING

Rockin’ Role Model • EVH 5150 ICONIC SERIES 40W 1X12 COMBO

The Cort of Public Opinion • CORT G290 FAT II

Buzz Bin Fender Paramount PD-220E Dreadnought

IN THE OPEN • Incorporating open-string drones into an improvised solo

IN THE CARDS • Revisiting Fleetwood Mac’s “Lazy Poker Blues” for Blues Deluxe, Vol. 2

THE BENDS, PART 2 • More approaches to expressive string bending techniques

SOLO HOEDOWN • More on the live version of “Triple J Hoedown”

Performance Notes • HOW TO PLAY THIS MONTH’S SONGS

“CALL ME LITTLE SUNSHINE” • Ghost As heard on IMPERA

“SEMI-CHARMED LIFE” • Third Eye Blind As heard on THIRD EYE BLIND

“SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND (PARTS 1-5)” • Pink Floyd As heard on WISH YOU WERE HERE

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