“RIDERS ON THE STORM”

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VOL.45|NO.1|JANUARY 2024

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Flaming Youth

EVAN STANLEY — AMBER WILD FRONTMAN AND SON OF KISS LEGEND PAUL STANLEY — DIDN’T HEAD DOWN THE GUITAR RABBIT HOLE UNTIL HE DISCOVERED NIRVANA’S “SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT”

FIVE QUESTIONS GIRLSCHOOL

WHY GUITAR IS MORE FUN THAN EVER FOR THE U.K. ROCKERS — 45 YEARS AFTER THEIR BIG BREAKTHROUGH

Ariel Posen

“QUALITY OVER QUANTITY” IS THE DRIVING FORCE THAT SHAPES THIS CANADIAN TRIPLE-THREAT’S EMOTIVE, MINIMALIST STYLE

LOST CLASSICS:Buzzcocks

GUITARIST STEVE DIGGLE WALKS US THROUGH THE MAKING OF THE BAND’S DEBUT ALBUM, 1978’S ANOTHER MUSIC IN A DIFFERENT KITCHEN

The ’Klok Strikes IV

WHICH FICTIONAL BAND WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT — DETHKLOK, GORILLAZ OR THE ARCHIES? LET’S JUST SAY DETHKLOK MASTERMIND BRENDON SMALL HAS SOME OPINIONS...

Welcome to the Club

TEENAGE FANCLUB’S NORMAN BLAKE AND RAYMOND McGINLEY DISCUSS MORTALITY, ENJOYING ICE CREAM WITH NIRVANA AND THE MIXED BLESSING OF NEVER QUITE HITTING IT HUGE

MY PE DALBOARD LAUR JOAMETS

WHAT THE FORMER STURGILL SIMPSON AND CURRENT LORE AND DRIVIN’ & CRYIN’ MAN SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

Fairfield Guitar Co.

ROB CAGGIANO, BEN COTE, FRANKIE LINDIA AND PHILIP SHOUSE COLLABORATE WITH FAIRFIELD ON ARTIST SIGNATURE STRAPS THAT UNIQUELY ADDRESS GUITARISTS’ NEEDS

End Reign

HOW DOMENIC ROMEO’S BLAZING NEW PROJECT BENEFITS FROM TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SHREDDING STYLES

Rack in the Box

UAFX EVERMORE, HEAVENLY, ORION AND 1176 GUITAR PEDAL S

No Frills

PRS GUITARS NF 53

Party Monster

EVH FRANKENSTEIN RELIC SERIES

Buzz Bin Danelectro ’59 Triple Divine

AT THE MOMENT, there are 25 Danelectro models

Mighty Mini

TAYLOR GS MINI SAPELE

SING THE SONG

Emulating vocals on guitar

TOOLS OF THE TRADE, PART 10

The 1969 Fender Stratocaster

THE NEXT LEVEL

How to play tshe “Winterland” solo

A GOOD REP

Using repetition as a phrasing device

Performance Notes

HOW TO PLAY THIS MONTH’S SONGS

NEWS OF THE (GUITAR) WORLD

SOPHIE LLOYD RELEASES LONG-AWAITED SOLO DEBUT

OUR FAVORITE GEAR OF THE YEAR

THERE WAS AN ONSLAUGHT OF NEW GUITAR PRODUCTS RELEASED OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT HAD US ALL TALKING

THE YEAR’S BEST GUITAR MUSIC

PRO PLAYERS WEIGH IN ON 2023’S BEST NEW SONGS, SOLOS, RIFFS, GUITAR MOMENTS, GUITARISTS OF THE YEAR AND MORE

THE GUITARISTS OF THE YEAR

Compiled by G U I T A R W O R L D S T A F F Words by A L I S O N R I C H T E R , A N D R E W D A L Y , C H R I S G I L L , A M I T S H A R M A & D A M I A N F A N E L L I

MASSIVE ATTACK

WOLFGANG VAN HALEN reveals the battle plan behind the huge sound of Mammoth II

“PATIENT NUMBER 9”

Ozzy Osbourne (featuring Jeff Beck)

“REBEL YELL”

Billy Idol

ELECTRO-HARMONIX ELECTRIC MISTRESS FLANGER/FILTER MATRIX CATEGORY: FLANGER PEDAL

THE EMERGENCE OF bucket-brigade device (BBD) integrated circuits