Guitar World - August 2020

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35 YEARS OF PRS GUITARS
Thirty-five guitarists — from Alex Lifeson to John Mayer to Dave Navarro to Carlos Santana — choose their favorite song (from their own catalogs) recorded with a PRS guitar.

ROGER McGUINN
GW revisits this 12-string pioneer's influential work with the Byrds, aka "America's answer to the Beatles"..

Out of the Silent Planet

HOW RADIOHEAD GUITARIST ED O’BRIEN GATHERED THE COURAGE TO STEP OUT ON HIS OWN — VOCALS AND ALL — ON HIS AMBIENT AND ACCESSIBLE DEBUT, EARTH

4 mins

5 Questions with Konvent Guitarist Sara Nørregaard

FANS AND CRITICS have called Konvent’s Puritan Masochism the doom metal highlight of 2020, an instant classic and/or pretty much everything in between.

2 mins

Emmanuel's Labors

ON THE BEST OF TOMMYSONGS, ACOUSTIC WIZARD TOMMY EMMANUEL REVISITS — AND REINTERPRETS — SOME OF HIS FAVORITE COMPOSITIONS (AND THROWS IN A HANDFUL OF FUTURE CLASSICS)

7 mins

Refused

SWEDISH POST-HARDCORE MASTERS FIND THE FUNK, THE PUNK AND THEIR VERY ESSENCE ON THEIR LATEST RELEASE, WAR MUSIC

2 mins

Life of Agony

GUITARIST JOEY ZAMPELLA TALKS MELODIC SOLOS, HIS UNUSUAL APPROACH TO RECORDING AND THE SOUND OF SCARS, THE VENERABLE ALT-METALLERS’ COMPELLING SEQUEL TO THEIR 1993 DEBUT, RIVER RUNS RED

2 mins

Better Off Live

Five times a live version was better than the original studio recording

3 mins

THE ARTIST'S WAY

IN CELEBRATION OF THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRS GUITARS 35 PLAYERS — FROM ALEX LIFESON TO JOHN MAYER TO DAVE NAVARRO TO CARLOS SANTANA — EXPLAIN HOW PRS INSTRUMENTS LED THEM ON A PATH TO HIGHER CREATIVITY

10+ mins

Dave Mustaine – "I think people do expect me to be invincible."

Fans were stunned when Dave Mustaine was diagnosed with cancer. Below, we find out how the Megadeth frontman took on his biggest battle yet – and won.

8 mins

CROWN JEWELS

MASSIVE GUITARS, SLIDE FOR DAYS, LED ZEP SWAGGER AND SABBATH-SIZED RIFFS. GUITARIST KEVIN COMEAU TAKES YOU INSIDE CROWN LANDS’ DARK, NORTH-OF-THE-BORDER BLUES ROCK

7 mins

THUNDERBYRD

SOME GUITAR HEROES ARE ESTEEMED FOR THEIR TECHNICAL FLASH. BUT THERE ARE OTHERS WHOSE GUITAR WORK IS UPSTAGED BY THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AS SONGWRITERS, SINGERS, TRENDSETTERS AND TASTEMAKERS — GUITARISTS WHOSE SOUND IS SO INEXTRICABLY WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF ROCK THAT THE WHOLE THING WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE WITHOUT THEM. THAT’S THE KIND OF GUITAR HERO ROGER McGUINN IS.

10+ mins

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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.