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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It’s Miller Time • THE HYBRID-PICKING MOLLY MILLER AIMS TO “BRING BACK THE INSTRUMENTAL”

Wheel • WITH THEIR BLAZING NEW EP, THESE FINNISH/ENGLISH PROG-METALLERS ROLL INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY

INQUIRER PETER BUCK • THE FORMER R.E.M. GUITARIST TALKS GEAR, EMBARRASSING ON-STAGE MOMENTS AND GUITAR SOLOS IN GENERAL...

MAKIN' TRACKS ORIANTHI • THE FORMER ALICE COOPER AND MICHAEL JACKSON GUITARIST WALKS US THROUGH FIVE OF HER CLASSIC TRACKS — AND FIVE FROM HER BRAND-NEW ALBUM, ROCK CANDY

Riding with the Kingfish • INSPIRED BY THE TONES OF GARY MOORE AND ALBERT COLLINS, CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM DEBUTS HIS FENDER KINGFISH TELE DELUXE

His Lordship • PRETENDERS GUITARIST JAMES WALBOURNE UNLEASHES THE ROCK ’N’ ROLL THUNDER WITH HIS NEW SIDE PROJECT — BUT DON’T CALL IT A SIDE PROJECT!

The Upside Down • JASON RICHARDSON — ONE OF GUITAR LAND’S MOST JAW-DROPPING SHREDDERS — RETEAMS WITH JAW-DROPPING DRUMMER LUKE HOLLAND FOR THEIR FIRST (YOU GUESSED IT) JAW-DROPPING ALBUM IN SIX LONG YEARS

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NEWS OF THE (GUITAR) WORLD • Sit back, crack open that broadsheet and get ready for the biggest, splashiest, wildest guitar-centric news stories of 2022!

OUR FAVORITE GEAR OF THE YEAR • Like the headline says, here’s a heapin’ helpin’ of new gear that struck our fancy over the past 12 months

ALL THE BEST • Pro players weigh in on 2022’s best new albums, songs, guitar moments, guitarists of the year and more

GUITARISTS OF THE YEAR • No matter how you slice it, these 19 guitarists left their mark on 2022

WOLFGANG’S MAMMOTH YEAR • WOLFGANG VAN HALEN PREVIEWS HIS NEXT ALBUM AND MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR HIS OWN SELECTION FOR GUITARIST OF THE YEAR

THE QUEST • SURE, NITA STRAUSS MADE THE VERY PUBLIC SHIFT FROM ALICE COOPER’S BAND TO DEMI LOVATO’S BAND, BUT SHE’S SO MUCH MORE THAN “SOMEONE ELSE’S GUITAR PLAYER”

THE BORN LEGACY • WOLFGANG VAN HALEN AND MATT BRUCK DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE EVH BRAND AND THEIR DEDICATION TO KEEPING EDDIE VAN HALEN’S VISIONARY IDEAS ALIVE

Time Machine • MERIS LVX MODULAR DELAY SYSTEM

All Things Groovy • FENDER AMERICAN VINTAGE II 1973 STRATOCASTER

Blast from the Past • ORANGE DISTORTION, PHASER AND SUSTAIN PEDALS

Buzz Bin Electro-Harmonix String9 String Ensemble

OPEN WATERS • Making the most of open strings when soloing

MINOR DETAILS • Soloing over a minor blues

THE BENDS, PART 4 • Targeting chord tones with string bends

SWITCHING GEARS • My varied soloing approaches on “Brown Gatton”

Performance Notes • HOW TO PLAY THIS MONTH’S SONGS

“BLUE ON BLACK” • Five Finger Death Punch (w/Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brantley Gilbert & Brian May) As heard ONLINE

“BLACK SUMMER” • Red Hot Chili Peppers As heard on UNLIMITED LOVE

“BADFISH” • Sublime As heard on 40 OZ. TO FREEDOM

1981-PRESENT BOSS SD-1 SUPER OVERDRIVE • CATEGORY: OVERDRIVE PEDAL