In this issue

40 GREATS WHO CHANGED OUR WORLD
Which guitarists have left their mark on our universe since 1980, the year GW was founded? Find out! We also present the results of GuitarWorld.com's recent "Best Guitarists Right Now" poll, plus a few more 40th-anniversary-themed GW staff recollections.

THE MAKING OF A DAVID BOWIE CLASSIC Bassist/producer Tony Visconti recalls Mick Ronson and the making of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World.

HOW TO PLAY SLIDE LIKE LOWELL GEORGE
By popular demand (check out those two Sounding Board letters), a lesson dedicated to the Little Feat luminary!

Right-Hand Man

FUNK RHYTHM MASTER CORY WONG GOES DEEP ON GEAR, PLAYING WITH VULFPECK AND THE FEARLESS FLYERS — AND HIS UNDYING FENDER STRAT LOVE

5 mins

Swan Dive

CATCHING UP WITH DANCE GAVIN DANCE’S WILL SWAN: “I DON’T WANT TO SOUND LIKE LIAM NEESON HERE, BUT I REALLY DO HAVE A SPECIFIC SET OF SKILLS!”

7 mins

Jasmine Star

Stevie Ray Vaughan, country, K-Pop, hip-hop – she's soloed over it all on her way to TikTok viraldom

3 mins

DevilDriver

GUITARISTS NEIL TIEMANN AND MIKE SPREITZER DISCUSS THEIR LESS ”SHREDDY” APPROACH TO THEIR NEW DOUBLE ALBUM — AND WHY YOU NEED A 5150 IN YOUR ARSENAL

2 mins

A Steady Diet of Riffing

Ian MacKaye of Fugazi – and now Coriky – talks Hendrix and harnessing what you have

7 mins

Kathleen Edwards

AFTER A SIX-YEAR BREAK SERVING UP COFFEE, SANDWICHES AND MUFFINS IN ONTARIO, THIS RESILIENT CANADIAN ALT-ROCKER IS BACK WITH A FRESH NEW RELEASE, THE APTLY TITLED TOTAL FREEDOM

2 mins

Are You the Guitarist of the Year?

Calling all guitars (and bassists)! It's time to enter the biggest guitar-based talent search of the year! Our star judges include John Petrucci, John Petrucci, John 5, Nita Strauss, Matt Heafy, Molly Tuttle, Lzzy Hale and more

3 mins

All The Madmen

Fifty years after its release, DAVID BOWIE bassist TONY VISCONTI recounts the making of The Man Who Sold the World — and the rocking influence of guitarist MICK RONSON

10 mins

STEVE HOWE TRACK BY TRACK

THE YES LEGEND UNCOUPLES FROM THE MOTHERSHIP TO DRIFT THROUGH EVER-SHIFTING LANDSCAPES, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, ON HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN NINE YEARS

10 mins

KVELERTAK

ON THE UBER-DYNAMIC SPLID, NORWAY’S FINEST RETURN WITH THEIR THREE-GUITAR ATTACK, A NEW SINGER AND A NON-STOP ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ASSAULT. BJARTE LUND ROLLAND AND VIDAR LANDA TELL ALL!

6 mins

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Guitar World Magazine Description:

For more than 31 years, Guitar World has served as North America's leading publication for rock guitarists, providing unique instructional content, exclusive photography and interviews with the genre's leading celebrity guitarists. Each month, Guitar World offers lessons that help players refine their craft, in-depth reviews of the latest guitars, amplifiers and effects, current happenings from around the rock scene, celebrity columnists and one-on-one conversations with artists ranging from iconic superstars to the young guns of today.