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Guitar World Guitar World May 2025
Published 18th March
John Mayer and Bob Weir — the masterful yin-and-yang guitarists behind Dead & Company — come together for their first joint GW cover just in time for their residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. Expect plenty of venue, gear and Grateful Dead talk!
Plus Killswitch Engage, Talking Heads' Jerry Harrison, Cory Wong's new GW column, Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen and our belated tribute to Killing Joke's Geordie Walker. The issue also includes interviews with Joe Satriani, Orianthi, Zeal & Ardor, Echo & the Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Andy Fairweather Low, Cymande, the Chameleons and Marty Friedman.
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