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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SOUNDING BOARD

READER ART OF THE MONTH

DEFENDERS of the Faith

Sonic Blue Persuasion • LONGTIME STRAT ADDICT KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD UNVEILS HIS NEW SIGNATURE OFFERING FROM FENDER — AND A NEW LIVE DVD/ALBUM

WHAT'S ON MY PLAYLIST

Alter Bridge • MARK TREMONTI TALKS WALK THE SKY 2.0 AND “LAST RITES,” A BRAND-NEW TRACK WITH A JERRY CANTRELL VIBE

Khruangbin • EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DOES THIS ON-THE-RISE HOUSTON TRIO PLAY? GUITARIST MARK SPEER TAKES YOU UNDER THE WIG!

AXOLOGY

Hooks in You • IN HIS JUST-PUBLISHED FIRST BOOK, IRON MAIDEN STALWART ADRIAN SMITH SHARES A BOATLOAD OF BIG-FISH STORIES

Nervosa • HOW BRAZILIAN GUITARIST PRIKA AMARAL REBUILT HER THRIVING THRASH-METAL JUGGERNAUT FROM THE GROUND UP AND JUMPED HEAD FIRST INTO PERPETUAL CHAOS

New Music, Anyone? • THIS MONTH: SOME "DEVILISHLY GOOD STUFF" FROM WOLFGANG VAN HALEN, PLINI, WHEN RIVERS MEET AND MORE

BEN HARPER • WHYTHIS MULTIFACETED ARTISTKNEW ITWAS TIME TO LETHIS LAP STEELSHINE

PAGE TURNER • HOT ON THE HEELS OF HIS AMAZING NEW BOOK, JIMMY PAGE DISCUSSES HIS EVOLUTION AS A GUITARIST, HIS LEGENDARY GEAR, THE CREATIVE PROCESS THAT WENT INTO THE HOLY TRINITY OF LED ZEPPELIN SONGS — “WHOLE LOTTA LOVE,” “KASHMIR” AND “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN” — AND THE TIME HE PLAYED AT “FULL ACCELERATION” WITH THE ROLLING STONES

BLACK BEAUTY RIDES AGAIN • ONE FATEFUL DAY IN 1970, JIMMY PAGE HAD HIS 1960 LES PAUL CUSTOM BLACK BEAUTY STOLEN FROM HIM AT A MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT. IT TOOK NEARLY 50 YEARS, BUT THE GUITAR FINALLY MADE ITS WAY BACK TO ITS LEGENDARY AND RIGHTFUL OWNER. HERE’S THE INCREDIBLE STORY.

GW LESSON JIMMY’S JAMS • A QUICK LOOK ’ AT JIMMY PAGE S BLUES-INFLUENCED LEAD STYLE RIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF LED ZEPPELIN II

WELCOME TO THE BUNGLE • FOUNDING MR. BUNGLE GUITARIST TREY SPRUANCE — AND DELIGHTED NEWCOMER SCOTT IAN — REMINISCE, RE-EVALUATE & REIGNITE THE RAGING WRATH

CARRY ON! • CO-FOUNDING GUITARIST RICHARD WILLIAMS TALKS KANSAS: THE HIGHLIGHTS, THE HITS, THE CLASSIC GUITAR SOLOS AND THE NEW ALBUM THE ABSENCE OF PRESENCE

ZAK RIZVI • HOW A JERSEY BOY JOINS KANSAS

Beauty of a Beast • EPIPHONE JOE BONAMASSA BLACK BEAUTY LES PAUL CUSTOM

CHEAT SHEET

Beyond Bass • BOSS OC-5 OCTAVE

CHEAT SHEET

We’re all about color and style in memorable gear — here are ones that pop!

Buzz Bin

Engineer in a Box • DRYBELL UNIT67

CHEAT SHEET

STRING THEORY

IN DEEP

MOORE POWER

ACOUSTIC JOURNEY

PERFORMANCE NOTES • • • •HOW TO PLAY THIS MONTH’S SONGS• • •

“PREACHIN’ BLUES” LARKIN POE • As heard on PEACH

“LONDON CALLING” The Clash • As heard on LONDON CALLING

“SIMPLE MAN” Lynyrd Skynyrd • As heard on PRONOUNCED ‘LĔH-’NÉRD ‘SKIN-’NÉRD

“SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT” • NIRVANA | NEVERMIND, 1991 | GUITARIST: KURT COBAIN | STORY BY CHRIS GILL

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