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READER ART OF THE MONTH

If you’ve created a drawing, painting or sketch

DEFENDERS of the Faith

Michael Luna AGE: 53 HOMETOWN: Sacramento, CA GUITARS:

TUNE - UPS

Damon Johnson

Tone Tome

MEET PEDAL CRUSH, A NEW BOOK FOR THAT STOMPBOX FIEND INSIDE ALL OF US 

Mark Lettieri

THE IN-DEMAND SNARKY PUPPY/FEARLESS FLYERS GUITARIST DISCUSSES HIS NEW “DOES EVERYTHING AT 100 PERCENT”  SIGNATURE GUITAR, THE PRS FIORE

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

THE VINTAGE COOL OF GUITARIST JIMMY JAMES 

Addictively Unstable

TETRARCH’S DIAMOND ROWE AND JOSH FORE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THE GOLDEN ERA OF NU-METAL

Spiritual Awakening

HUGHES & KETTNER SPIRIT NANO SERIES AMPS

The J’s Have It

EPIPHONE INSPIRED BY GIBSON J-45 AND J-200

Precious

FENDER CHRISSIE HYNDE TELECASTER

STRING THEORY

I GOT RHYTHM, PART 17 Using a half-time

IN DEEP

AROUND THE BENDS, PART 5 More bending techniques

THE GRISTLE REPORT

TOM NOVIK PINCH ME! Exploring the wonderful world

MELODIC MUSE

SIMONE CECHETTI STEPPING TONES Targeting chord tones when

PERFORMANCE NOTES

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

“COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN”

LED ZEPPELIN | LED ZEPPELIN, 1969 | GUITARIST: JIMMY PAGE 

GLORY ROAD

IRON MAIDEN’S ADRIAN SMITH TEAMS UP WITH RICHIE KOTZEN TO TAKE A BLUESY, HARD-ROCKING SIDE TRIP

BORN FOR THE ONE THING

Joe Duplantier details the themes, tones and influences that led to Fortitude, GOJIRA’s cinematic, hard-hitting and uplifting new album (plus songcraft, Death, Whammy pedals and that fine-looking mahogany Charvel...)

FOR A

generation of young headbangers, GOJIRA are the new titans of groove metal: progressive, heavy-hitting riff giants continuing in the lineage of Metallica, Sepultura, Pantera, Lamb of God and others. And just like the six-string legends that preceded them — Hetfield, Cavalera, Dimebag and more — central to the French band’s success is a modern metal rhythm guitar hero:  Joe Duplantier. But good luck approaching him with that kind of praise

GRETA VAN FLEET

BATTLE READY

GVF’S EADG

ELEVEN QUESTIONS WITH GRETA VAN FLEET’S FLEET-FINGERED BASS

THE NEW WAVE OF CLASSIC ROCK

RIFFS FOR  DAYS!

Chasing A Devil’s Tale

A quest to solve the mysteries behind STEVE VAI’s enigmatic Crossroads Jackson guitar — the most famous guitar that was never heard

The Devil’s Butler

STEVE VAI discusses his role in Crossroads in this previously unpublished 2004 GW interview

“SITTIN’ ON TOP OF THE WORLD”

(LIVE AT GREY FOX BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 2019)

“SOUTH OF HEAVEN”

Slayer