Guitar World Magazine - November 2024

In this issue

THE DECADE’S GREATEST GUITAR SOLOS, RIFFS & ALBUMS
AS CHOSEN BY WARREN HAYNES, PAUL GILBERT, MIKE CAMPBELL, SOPHIE LLOYD, TOMMY EMMANUEL, NILI BROSH, VERNON REID, DOUG ALDRICH & MORE!

INTERVIEWED!
JOE PERRY, FRANK MARINO, PAT TRAVERS, CARLOS ALOMAR, CLAPTON GUITARIST GEORGE TERRY & MORE

Seth Lee Jones

BUILDING AND RESTORING GUITARS HAS CAUSED THE TULSA BLUES-TWANGER TO FIND SOME IMPRESSIVE NEW WAYS TO PLAY

1 min

In the Studio with Anthrax

SCOTT IAN AND JONATHAN DONAIS: \"WE WANT THIS NEW RECORD TO PUNCH PEOPLE IN THE FACE\"

7 mins

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE!

In the Seventies, the guitar didn’t just come of age — it took over the music world. Welcome to the creation of heavy metal, Southern rock, glam, punk, funk, AOR, prog and a million, billion other genres!

3 mins

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

2 mins

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

10+ mins

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

10+ mins

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\"

9 mins

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

10+ mins

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

10+ mins

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

10 mins

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

10+ mins

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.

2 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.