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THE LONG AND WINDING RHOADS

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SOUNDING BOARD

DEFENDERS of the Faith

Return of the Jedis • COHEED AND CAMBRIA’S CLAUDIO SANCHEZ AND TRAVIS STEVER SHUTTLE YOU DEEP INSIDE THEIR LATEST SCI-FI JOURNEY, VAXIS II: A WINDOW OF THE WAKING MIND

INTRODUCING

A Like-New ’57 Teddy • ... AND OTHER NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Angie Swan • THE GUITARIST FOR DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES

INQUIRER TY TABOR? • THE KING’S X MAN STEPS OUT WITH A NEW SOLO ALBUM

WHAT'S ON MY PLAYLIST • TOM S. ENGLUND & HENRIK DANHAGE OF EVERGREY

Charlie Griffiths • FOR HIS FIRST-EVER SOLO OUTING, THE LONGTIME HAKEN GUITARIST TRADED IN HIS EIGHT-STRING FOR A SIX-STRING — “IT ALMOST DOES FEEL LIKE A TOY GUITAR”

Hot Water Music • THE GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, PUNK ROCKERS ADD A THIRD GUITARIST ON THEIR LATEST ALBUM, FEEL THE VOID

Ghalia Volt • FROM BUSKING IN BRUSSELS TO CREATING HER ONE WOMAN BAND, THIS SLIDE-RIPPING GUITARIST TAKES A FEARLESS APPROACH TO HER MUSIC

The Sixth Sense • TOBIAS FORGE, MASTERMIND OF SWEDISH OCCULT ROCK SENSATION GHOST, TAKES GW DEEP INSIDE THE WRITING AND RECORDING PROCESS FOR THEIR MULTIPLE-CHART-TOPPING FIFTH ALBUM, IMPERA

Åkesson the Axeman • HIRED GUN FREDRIK ÅKESSON TALKS US THROUGH HIS INVOLVEMENT ON GHOST’S IMPERA — AND THE GEAR USED TO DIAL IN HIS JAW-DROPPING TONES

AHOADS SCHOLARS • AN ALL - STAR PANEL OF SIX - STRING SUPERSTARS — INCLUDING DAVE MUSTAINE, KIRK HAMMETT, ZAKK WYLDE, NITA STRAUSS, MARK MORTON, TOM MORELLO, DOUG ALDRICH AND MANY MORE — EXPLAIN WHY AANDY AHOADS IS STILL SO RELEVANT 40 YEARS AFTER HIS TRAGIC DEATH

LICK LESSONS WITH GEORGE LYNCH • MR. SCARY’S TALE OF SUBBING FOR RANDY RHOADS AT MUSONIA

BULLSEYE! • ZAKK WYLDE ON PLAYING RANDY RHOADS’ SONGS AND SOLOS ON STAGE WITH OZZY

RANDY’S FAMOUS “ CHIP PAN” PEDALBOARD • WHAT WAS REALLY UNDER THE HOOD?

TRIPLE THREAT: RECORDING RANDY’S SOLOS • RENOWNED PRODUCER MAX NORMAN RECALLS RECORDING RANDY’S REMARKABLE LEAD WORK

TOTAL RECALL: AANDU’S PIVOT POINTS • RUDY SARZO DISCUSSES PIVOTAL MOMENTS IN THE METAMORPHOSIS OF HIS DEAR FRIEND, RANDY RHOADS

ANGULAR AX- CELLENCE • THE LEGACY AND LEGEND OF RANDY’S ICONIC JACKSON RHOADS GUITARS

PASSING IT ON • IN 1984, A STRANGE TWIST OF FATE PLACED A RARE RANDY RHOADS GUITAR IN THE HANDS OF AN ARDENT FAN. NOW, BY ANOTHER TWIST OF FATE, THE GUITAR WILL SOON HAVE A NEW OWNER

MISTER-Y SOLVED • OR IS IT? WE ASKED THOUSANDS OF GUITARWORLD.COM READERS — AND A PANEL OF EXPERTS — TO ANSWER THIS SIMPLE QUESTION: WHAT IS RANDY RHOADS’ GREATEST GUITAR SOLO?

SIX - STRING WIZARDRY • A LOOK AT RANDY RHOADS’ SIGNATURE PLAYING TECHNIQUES, ARTICULATION DEVICES AND USE OF SCALE PATTERNS AND MELODIC SHAPES

THE ARTIST’S WAY • THE UNSTOPPABLE RISE OF IBANEZ — THE IBANEZ THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE TODAY, THAT IS — STARTED 50 YEARS AGO. BELOW, CHRIS GILL DELVES INTO THE FASCINATING TALE OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP GUITAR BRANDS

A SHREDDER’S DOZEN • TWELVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM IBANEZ’S REMARKABLE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CUSTOM SHOP COLLECTION

Radical Roots • FENDER PLAYER PLUS METEORA HH

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