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Tales from the Deep

LOUIS HARDY AND MAX HARPER TALK 27 MILES UNDERWATER, THE SECOND OUTING BY U.K. HARDCORE SQUAD HIGHER POWER. BUT WAIT — ARE THEY REALLY HARDCORE?

Lillie Mae

FIVE QUESTIONS WITH THE ENIGMATIC NASHVILLE SPITFIRE — ON THE HEELS OF HER NEW ALBUM, OTHER GIRLS

THINGS A YOUTUBE GUITAR HERO SAYS

THINGS THE KING OF GUITAR YOUTUBE DOESN’T CARE IF YOU DON’T LIKE HIS CHANNEL. A decade after JARED DINES first joined the streaming platform, he’s got more than he ever could have expected: more than 2.7 million followers, more than half a billion total views, onstage guest spots with some of modern rock’s biggest bands and a huge network of friends and collaborators.

ROBERT CRAY

This Georgia-born axe-slinger’s style and Strat tone are instantly recognizable. He’s recorded with Eric Clapton, performed with a who’s who of blues legends, from Stevie Ray Vaughan to B.B. King to Hubert Sumlin, and he just released a funky new album called That’s What I Heard? But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…

Power to the “People”

THE 1975’S ADAM HANN DISHES ON THE UK POP-MEISTERS’ “FIRST PROPER ROCK SONG” AND HIS “SECRET WEAPON,” AN EBMM JOHN PETRUCCI SIGNATURE MODEL

Periphery Vision: PEAVEY INVECTIVE MH

THE PEAVEY INVECTIVE.120, designed with considerable input from Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor, is one of the most exciting amp heads to come along in the last few years.

let there be Sunlight

ENTOMBED GUITARIST UFFE CEDERLUND AND SUNLIGHT STUDIOS’ RECORDING WIZARD TOMAS SKOGSBERG LOOK BACK ON THE BIRTH OF SWEDISH DEATH METAL AND THE SUNLIGHT SOUND

You have to be spontaneous, and that requires confidence, which allows you to change directions on a whim

Rowdy rave-ups, poignant ballads, reggae rhythms and a touch of Nigel Tufnel. Joe Satriani takes you inside his aptly titled new album, Shapeshifting

LOST & FOUND

Stone Temple Pilots’ Dean and Robert DeLeo take you inside Perdida, a lush, densely layered, complex record that pushes the boundaries of what an “acoustic album” can be.

BUILT FOR SPEED

MEET MARTIN’S GAME-CHANGING NEW ROAD SERIES SC-13E – a sleek, loaded and affordable acoustic cutaway designed for electric guitarists

THE WIZARD OF OZZY

How 29-year-old ANDREW WATT — Post Malone producer and former California Breed guitarist — got an ailing OZZY OSBOURNE off the couch and into the studio to make Ordinary Man, a “life-saving” new album that co-stars Tom Morello, Slash, Duff McKagan and Chad Smith

Still Noisy After All These Years

FORMER SONIC YOUTH BASSIST/VOCALIST/GUITARIST KIM WILSON BREAKS DOWN HER SOLO DEBUT, A TRULY WILD RIDE CALLED NO HOME RECORD

Salvaged Sweetness

TAYLOR GUITARS BUILDER’S EDITION 324CE

Olivia Jean

FROM GARAGE BATS TO NIGHT OWLS, THIS QUIRKY ROCK ’N’ ROLLER’S NEW ALBUM IS PACKED WITH ANIMAL MAGNETISM — NOT TO MENTION SOME DANGEROUSLY CATCHY RIFFS

HIGH WATTAGE

ANDREW WATT details his Ordinary Man gear — and that time he took some feedback-related feedback from Tony Iommi

Deeper Horizons

PRS SE HOLLOWBODY STANDARD

BIG GUNS

SLASH AND GIBSON’S CESAR GUEIKIAN TALK US THROUGH THE COMPANY’S UNPRECEDENTED NEW SLASH COLLECTION OF SIGNATURE GUITARS, FEATURING LES PAULS IN APPETITE BURST, NOVEMBER BURST, VERMILLION BURST AND ANACONDA BURST — PLUS (FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER) TWO SLASH J-45 ACOUSTICS

BEHIND THERE'S ONE EVERY HELL OF A FAMOUS GUITAR TECH GUITARIST…

GUITAR TECHS WHOSE CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYERS INCLUDE METALLICA’S JAMES HETFIELD, MEGADETH’S DAVE MUSTAINE AND RUSH’S ALEX LIFESON — PLUS THE OFFSPRING, WHITESNAKE, ADELE, SLAYER, HOLE, JOURNEY, DEF LEPPARD, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA AND SCORES MORE — DISCUSS THE INS AND OUTS OF THE JOB, SURVIVAL ON THE ROAD AND LIFE 20 FEET AWAY FROM STARDOM

Andy Gill (1956-2020)

REMEMBERING GANG OF FOUR’S POST-PUNK GUITAR ICON

ADAM “NERGAL” DARSKI

When he’s not leading Polish extreme metallers Behemoth and agitating religious conservatives across the globe, he’s spinning eerie tales in his dark blues side project, Me and That Man. But what GW readers really want to know is... Interview by

TONGUE TWISTER

Three decades after its release, Steve Vai takes you inside the making of Whitesnake’s Slip of the Tongue, the album that sent the band into uncharted territory

John Paul & George's Guitar Revolution

Fifty years ago, amid the Beatles’ noxious breakup, John Lennon and Paul McCartney took six-string matters into their own hands just as George Harrison was reinventing himself as a slide guitar deity. Below, Guitar World drops in on 1970, a truly unique year in Beatles history.

MARCUS KING GOES SOLO

THE 23-YEAR-OLD “AMERICAN MUSICIAN” TOOK SOME TIME OFF FROM THE MARCUS KING BAND TO RECORD EL DORADO WITH THE BLACK KEYS’ DAN AUERBACH. BUT FEAR NOT — HIS TELETASTER AND ES-335 WERE ASKED TO TAG ALONG

Milwaukee's Best?

ON THEIR NEW ALBUM, TEN THOUSAND WATTS, THE ALTERED FIVE BLUES BAND’S JEFF SCHROEDL SERVES UP SOME OF MODERN BLUES’ MOST SATISFYING LICKS

Let There Be Darkness!

HOW DO YOU “DELIGHT, BEGUILE AND OFFEND” THOUSANDS OF ED SHEERAN FANS? JUST ASK JUSTIN AND DAN HAWKINS OF U.K. RIFF-MASTERS THE DARKNESS

SKY HIGH

WITH THEIR SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM, WALK THE SKY, ALTER BRIDGE CONTINUE REACHING NEW HEIGHTS AS ONE OF THE LEADING PURVEYORS OF AMERICAN ROCK. MARK TREMONTI AND MYLES KENNEDY GIVE GUITAR WORLD THE SCOOP ON WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME AFTER 16 YEARS TOGETHER

Nili Brosh: From Concept to Reality

HER NEW RECORD, SPECTRUM, IS A CONCEPT ALBUM THAT WORKS JUST AS WELL FORWARDS AS BACKWARDS, OR AT THE MERCY OF THE “SHUFFLE” BUTTON

DO THE MONKEY!

TONY IOMMI takes you inside his new signature guitar, an extremely limited replica of his classic-era BLACK SABBATH axe, a cherry red 1964 Gibson SG Special known as the THE MONKEY. The Godfather of Metal also discusses the horde of new riffs he’s stockpiling, the prospect of new music (with or without BRIAN MAY) — and a recent airport encounter with ROBERT PLANT

Cave In's Heartbreaker

SINGER/GUITARIST STEPHEN BRODSKY TAKES YOU INSIDE THE BOSTON ROCKERS’ BITTERSWEET MASTERPIECE, FINAL TRANSMISSION

Bumblefoot to the MMaXX

RON “BUMBLEFOOT” THAL EXPLAINS WHY SONS OF APOLLO’S NEW ALBUM — MMXX — LETS HIM TAP INTO HIS “INNER ALLAN HOLDSWORTH”