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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Room for Vroom • THE FORMER FRANK ZAPPA AND KING CRIMSON GUITARIST KEEPS PUTTING HIS DECADES-OLD KNACK FOR INVENTING NEW SOUNDS TO GOOD USE

INQUIRER ANDY POWELL • WHY THE LONGTIME WISHBONE ASH GUITARIST HAS BEEN BRUSHING UP ON HIS RAGTIME CHOPS

FIVE QUESTIONS McKINLEY JAMES • THE SOUL / BLUES / ROCK ’N’ ROLL AFICIONADO ON HOW HE FILLS OUT A DUO — AND WHY YOU’LL PROBABLY NEVER SEE HIM FEATURED IN OUR “MY PEDALBOARD” SECTION

Covet • YVETTE YOUNG MIGHT CALL IT A NEW BEGINNING, BUT HER PLAYING ON CATHARSIS IS AS BLINDING AS EVER

Two Dog Knights • CATCHING UP WITH WINERY DOGS RICHIE KOTZEN AND BILLY SHEEHAN

MY PEDALBOARD REBECCA LOVELL • WHAT THE LARKIN POE GUITARIST SEES WHEN SHE LOOKS DOWN

Full Spedding Ahead • BRITISH SESSION ACE CHRIS SPEDDING ON BEING ASKED TO AUDITION FOR THE ROLLING STONES, PRODUCING THE SEX PISTOLS’ EARLY DEMOS AND RECORDING HIS FINAL ALBUM WITH ROBERT GORDON

DevilDriver • LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR, DEALING WITH DEMONS VOL. II IS AN ALL-OUT WAR OF GUN-TURRET TREMOLO PICKING AND DARKLY ANTHEMIC CHORUSES

Sunny War • FOLK FINGERSTYLIST GROWS HER SOUND ON ANARCHIST GOSPEL

Green Energy • KIRK HAMMETT DISCUSSES THE LATEST FRUITS OF HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH GIBSON — TWO GREENYS AND A REPRODUCTION OF HIS ORIGINAL ’79 FLYING V

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RIK EMMETT • The former Triumph guitarist discusses everything from those pesky Rush comparisons, the advantages of jumpsuits and the uphill battle of cracking the U.S. market

BEST IN SHOW • No April Fools’ here: the NAMM Show was alive and well this past April, when gear manufacturers from around the world descended upon the Anaheim Convention Center to reveal the latest in guitars, amps, effects and more

TRANSFORMER • Sure, he made a massive imprint on David Bowie’s classic early Seventies albums. But Mick Ronson also worked with Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Elton John, Roger McGuinn, Morrissey, Ian Hunter and many others. GW profiles the post-Bowie career of rock ’n’ roll’s most quietly spoken guitar hero. Starring Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Slaughter and the Dogs’ Mick Rossi and the Cult’s Billy Duffy

THE RISING SON • BACK IN MARCH, EXTREME RELEASED A NEW SONG AND MUSIC VIDEO CALLED “RISE” (COMPLETE WITH A FREAKIN’ PHENOMENAL NUNO BETTENCOURT GUITAR SOLO). THE GUITAR-PLAYING COMMUNITY HASN’T QUITE BEEN THE SAME SINCE.

EXTREME SPORTS • HOW A THREE-MONTH STINT WITH RIHANNA TURNED INTO 14 YEARS, MULTIPLE TOURS AND A SUPER BOWL

BETTENCOURT OF PUBLIC OPINION • BRIAN MAY, ZAKK WYLDE, STEVE VAI, TOM MORELLO AND MORE EXPLAIN WHY NUNO AIN’T YOUR TYPICAL GUITAR HERO

RISE AND SHINE • NUNO BET TENCOURT ON THE FINER POINTS OF HIS “RISE” GUITAR SOLO — AND THE FIRESTORM IT HAS SPARKED IN GUITAR LAND

EXTREME MEASURES • LEARN FIVE WAYS TO SHRED (AND GET THE FUNK OUT!) LIKE NUNO BETTENCOURT

FURNISHED SOLOS FOR RENT • TEN OF NUNO BETTENCOURT’S MOST OVERLOOKED GUITAR SOLOS

NINE-TIME M.V.P. • NINE TIMES NUNO BETTENCOURT PROVED TO BE GUITAR’S M.V.P.

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