Guitar World Magazine - October 2022

In this issue

ZIGGY STARDUST TURNS 50
Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust producer (and Beatles engineer) Ken Scott recalls the making of two of David Bowie and Mick Ronson’s most iconic albums.

MEGADETH
Dave Mustaine and Kiko Loureiro take us behind the scenes of their ferocious (and long-awaited) new album, The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! Plus, meet the newest addition to Gibson’s Dave Mustaine Collection!

This Year’s Model

AFTER SERIOUSLY REINING THINGS IN ON THE LATEST OFFERING BY HIS MAIN BAND, FROST*, PROG-ROCK STALWART JOHN MITCHELL BRINGS HIS AX TO THE FORE ON THE NEW LONELY ROBOT ALBUM, A MODEL LIFE

4 mins

Lindsay Ell

THE COUNTRY-POP STAR GEEKS OUT ON ANALOG GUITAR GEAR

2 mins

Bartees Strange

THIS D.C. ARTIST’S LATEST ALBUM IS A CONVINCING REMINDER TO REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM — WHETHER IT’S THE MUSIC YOU WERE RAISED ON OR THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE

2 mins

Lexi Rose

THIS PROLIFIC POSTER HAS AMASSED 500,000 FANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF SOME OF HER IDOLS. AND ALL IT TOOK WAS ONE KINGS OF LEON CONCERT

1 min

Charlie Worsham

HOW THIS SESSION SLINGER AND SINGER-SONGWRITER SWITCHES NASHVILLE’S GUITAR SCENE INTO OVERDRIVE

2 mins

The Meter Is Running Wild

MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST FAREES AND METERS GUITAR LEGEND LEO NOCENTELLI DISCUSS THEIR DEBUT COLLABORATION, “THE MELTING”

6 mins

GWAR

PUSTULUS MAXIMUS and BALSAC THE JAWS OF DEATH discuss exactly what you’d expect super-powered outer-space al iens to talk about: old-school vs. new-school gear

8 mins

JOHNSON AND JOHNSON

The Texas guitar great has concocted not one, but two albums bursting with new material — plus a few extras. “It feels good to clear out the vaults and to get everything out there…”

8 mins

STARDUST MEMORIES

Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust producer (and Beatles engineer) KEN SCOTT recalls the making of two of DAVID BOWIE and MARK RONSON’s most iconic albums.

7 mins

PLAY BALL

Sixty years ago, a man named ERNIE BALL forever revolutionized the guitar string industry — and the rest, as they say, is history…

10+ mins

LIFE & DEATH

THE STRENGTH. THE COURAGE. THE CRUSHING NEW ALBUM. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, MEGADETH MAIN MAN DAVE MUSTAINE WITH AN ASSIST FROM GUITARIST KIKO LOUREIRO TAKES YOU DEEP INSIDE THE SICK, THE DYING... AND THE DEAD!

10+ mins

The Badass Ambassador

DAVE MUSTAINE DISCUSSES HIS “BRAND AMBASSADOR” RELATIONSHIP WITH GIBSON — AND LET’S NOT FORGET HIS TWO NEW SIGNATURE FLYING V’S!

2 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.