YOU HEAR IT all the time in some circles: "The age of the guitar hero is dead" or "They just don't make guitar heroes the way they used to." It's all very interesting, and, in the end, all very false. The reality is, there's a whole new generation of "heroic" players out there people who gleefully (and with great, unmatched skill) spread the gospel of the guitar on a daily basis, people who inspire untold numbers of would-be guitarists to pick up that strange, six-stringed thing that sits in a darkened corner of Uncle Henry's living room. Anyone with interest and with access to a smartphone or a semi-smart computer - knows there are hordes of new guitar heroes out there, and for this issue we here at Guitar World proudly shine the spotlight on them. Our editorial staff, with help from the gang at Guitar World.com, crafted a list of nearly 75 "new generation" guitarists, i.e. talented players who weren't on our radar, say, six to eight years ago and who have had time to make a name - if not an entire online empire for themselves. [Editor's note: Obviously, someone like Wolfgang Van Halen has been appearing in GW's pages for years, but not as Mammoth MVH, who is essentially a new artist.] We then put the list to a vote on GuitarWorld.com - a poll that collected thousands of votes in the spring (and even let voters fill in their own picks). In this issue, you'll find the results of our poll. We highlight the top 22 vote earners and then present the rest of the top 50 in list form. Dive in!
1 JAKE KISZKA
The GRETA VAN FLEET guitarist - who dominated the hell out of our "hottest guitarist in the world right now" readers poll - discusses the state of guitar in mid '22, and what it's like to open for Metallica
BY JOE BOSSO
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TC Electronic TC 2290P Dynamic Digital Delay
THE MID EIGHTIES was a golden age for digital delay, thanks to the proliferation of pro- and studio-quality rack effects units from Eventide, Korg, Lexicon, Roland and Yamaha.
Danelectro Doubleneck
WHEN I THINK back to the Seventies, the famously coined “Me” decade, it seems the only surefire way you could leave audiences awestruck was to strap on a doubleneck guitar.
CARLOS ALOMAR
The former David Bowie guitarist talks Young Americans, Station to Station and the Berlin Trilogy, plus recording (and co-writing) \"Fame\" with John Lennon
GEORGE TERRY
It turns out Eric Clapton's Seventies guitarist (and co-writer of \"Lay Down Sally\") also played on ABBA's \"Voulez-Vous.\" Below, he looks back on a decade-plus of E.C., Bee Gees, Diana Ross and more
FRANK MARINO
The Mahogany Rush frontman charts the band's Seventies lows and highs, plus SG's, pickups and how he was definitely not visited by the ghost of Jimi Hendrix
DEWAYNE "BLACKBYRD" MCKNIGHT
The jazz/funk/fusion veteran on his smooth segue from Herbie Hancock sideman to full-on Funkdaledic member -plus his '70s gear and what he learned from Shuggie Otis
PAT TRAVERS
The Canadian-born virtuoso discusses the rise and fall of the Pat Travers Band, witnessing the U.K. punk revolution and the riotous roots of \"Snortin' Whiskey\"
JOE PERRY
The iconic guitarist looks back on Aerosmith in the Seventies, the decade that literally made and temporarily broke apart those Bad Boys from Boston
DAZED and CONFUSED
Providing more hits and misses than a vintage K-Tel Top 40 compilation, the guitar industry during the '70s was anything but boring
BEST 70s SOLOS, RIFFS and FORGOTTEN HEROES
A horde of guitar stars including Warren Haynes, Doug Aldrich, Sophie Lloyd, Frank Marino, Vernon Reid and Mike Campbell (not to mention Blackbyrd McKnight, Jared James Nichols, Steve Lukather, Steve Morse and Charlie Starr) choose the best stuff from the '70s
