Guitar World Magazine - May 2023

In this issue

CHRIS HAYES: HUEY LEWIS’ GUITAR ACE
GW catches up with the guitarist whose stellar solos and riffs graced Huey Lewis and the News’ era-defining songs, including “I Want a New Drug” and “The Power of Love”.

SLADE, THE SWEET, DR. FEELGOOD...
...and Status Quo — four top U.K. bands that never made it big in America. Guitarists from all four groups explain why (featuring one of the late Wilko Johnson’s final interviews)..

Jared James Nichols

FOR HIS INTENSE NEW ALBUM, THE PENTATONIC ROCKER DIGS DEEPER INTO HIS PERSONAL EMOTIONS

2 mins

Will to Live

OBITUARY'S KEN ANDREWS AND TREVOR PERES TAKE GW THROUGH THE DEATH METAL INSTITUTION'S VITAL AND EVEN BLUESY - 11TH ALBUM, DYING OF EVERYTHING

5 mins

Gabriel Akhmad Marin

MEET A FUSION WIZARD WHO'S CHANNELING THE SOUNDS OF EASTERN EUROPE AND WESTERN ASIA THROUGH HIS FRETLESS AND MIDI BOARD

4 mins

CHRIS HAYES

GW catches up with the guitarist whose stellar solos and riffs graced Huey Lewis and the News' era-defining songs, including \"I Want a New Drug\" and \"The Power of Love\"

10+ mins

Τοm Verlaine 1949-2023

The cult hero who reconfigured guitar music and inspired generations of alternative rock bands

9 mins

SUPERNOVAS

HOW U.K. SENSATIONS NOVA TWINS CREATED THEIR HEAVY AND UNIQUE SOUND AND WHY THEIR PEDALBOARDS REMAIN A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET

8 mins

GENRE-NEUTRAL

MISHA MANSOOR, MARK HOLCOMB, and JAKE BOWEN take you deep inside their latest slice of trademark Periphery riffery, Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre

9 mins

AMERICAN DREAM

In the Seventies, four British bands achieved wild success pretty much everywhere - except the U.S. Below, SLADE'S NODDY HOLDER & JIM LEA, STATUS QUO'S FRANCIS ROSSI, the SWEET'S ANDY SCOTT and DR. FEELGOOD'S WILKO JOHNSON (in one of his final interviews) explain what did - and didn't — happen

10+ mins

THE PEDALS THEY CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

Pedals have provided some of the most thrilling guitar tones in history, from \"Purple Haze\" to \"Comfortably Numb.\" To celebrate decades of stellar sounds, we asked 60-plus guitar greats to choose their ultimate stompboxes

10+ mins

Super Freak

FENDER '48 DUAL PROFESSIONAL JB EDITION

3 mins

Tensile Strength

CORT KX700 EVERTUNE

2 mins

Proof of Concept

ABASI CONCEPTS ĒMI 7 MASTER SERIES

3 mins

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Guitar World Magazine Description:

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.