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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Blake Ibanez’s New Trip • THE DALLAS RIFF MASTER RESURRECTED CROSSOVER THRASH WITH POWER TRIP; NOW HE’S BACK WITH FUGITIVE

INQUIRER JIM BABJAK • THE SMITHEREENS GUITARIST TALKS EMBARRASSING MOMENTS — AND WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE INFLUENCED KURT COBAIN

Andrea Benz • THIS SWISS-BORN GUITARIST MOVED TO NASHVILLE TO MAKE HER COUNTRY-SHRED DREAMS COME TRUE — AND THEY HAVE!

Katatonia • NOT THE WELSH CATATONIA WITH A C — THE SWEDISH ROCKERS RETURN WITH THE LESS-THAN-JOLLY SKY VOID OF STARS

Doll Spirit Vessel • SHAPE-SHIFTING PHILLY INDIE ROCK SHOEGAZERS DISCUSS THE ART OF COLLABORATION

MY PEDALBOARD FREDRIK ÅKESSON • WHAT THE BLAZING OPETH GUITARIST, GHOST CONTRIBUTOR AND ARCH ENEMY VETERAN SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

The Single-cut Strut • 10 YOUNG GUNS WHO ARE MAKING THE LES PAUL COOL AGAIN

The Boneshakers • ACCLAIMED SOUL/FUNK/ROCK/BLUES GUITARIST RANDY JACOBS JOINS FORCES WITH POWERHOUSE BLUES SINGER JENNY LANGER ON ONE FOOT IN THE GROOVE

Marcos Mena • FINALLY, SOME ULTRA-CLEAN TAPPING RIFFS AND COMPLEX CHORDS THAT YOU CAN DANCE (AND MARVEL) TO!

MAKIN' TRACKS DAVE DAVIES • THE KINKS LEGEND REVISITS TWO STARS OF THE BAND’S EARLY SEVENTIES OUTPUT, MUSWELL HILLBILLIES AND EVERYBODY’S IN SHOW-BIZ

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FROM THE GW ARCHIVES • Billy Corgan assesses Van Halen’s Fair Warning

ARCH ENEMY • “They said I ruined the band”: Michael Amott looks back on his days with Carcass and recounts the creation of Arch Enemy’s explosive new album, Deceivers

KEYS TO THE KINGDOM • INSIDE THE STRANGE WORLD OF KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD, THE MOST ECLECTIC AND PROLIFIC ROCK BAND IN OUR CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE

G.A.S. TRUTH OR FICTION? • IS GEAR ACQUISITION SYNDROME A REAL AFFLICTION OR A FICTITIOUS AILMENT COINED TO JUSTIFY THE URGE TO SPLURGE? GW CHECKS IN WITH EXPERTS AND SELF-PROCLAIMED GEAR ADDICTS TO FIND OUT IF G.A.S. EXISTS OR IS SIMPLY A FIGMENT OF OUR IMAGINATION

That Old Black Magic • MERCYFUL FATE, THE G.O.A.T.S OF OCCULT METAL, TAKE STOCK OF 40 YEARS OF HELLISH RIFFERY, THEIR STRAT-FUELED SOUND AND WHY THERE’S NO BETTER TIME THAN THE PRESENT FOR US TO COME TO THE SABBATH

CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE! • THE GUITAR RECEIVED ITS FIRST JOLT OF ELECTRICITY MORE THAN 130 YEARS AGO — AND IT’S BEEN HUMMING ALONG EVER SINCE. HERE ARE 50 MILESTONES WORTH CELEBRATING.

BOARD STIFF • Editors’ choice: Eight of our favorite pedalboards

Expanded Perspective • STRYMON V2 BLUESKY REVERBERATOR AND V2 EL CAPISTAN DTAPE ECHO

A Double Cut Above the Rest • D’ANGELICO DELUXE BRIGHTON LE SAGE

Encore Performance • JACKSON AMERICAN SERIES SOLOIST SL3

Buzz Bin Steel Panther 1987 Pedal

OBLIQUE WORKOUT • Getting the most from oblique bends, part 1

WINO MAN • A look at Pee Wee Crayton’s blues classic, “Win-o”

THE NEXT DAY • How to play “That Day Came,” part 2

BLUE AND FUNKY • How to play “Pusher,” part 1

Performance Notes • HOW TO PLAY THIS MONTH’S SONGS

“THE DYING SONG (TIME TO SING)” • Slipknot As heard on THE END, SO FAR

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