Dave Navarro (guitarist: Jane’s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
HP Newquist (founder: National Guitar Museum)
Rick Nielsen (guitarist: Cheap Trick)
Ted Nugent (guitarist/singer)
Jas Obrecht (editor: Guitar Player magazine)
Jimmy Page (guitarist: Led Zeppelin)
Les Paul (guitarist, Gibson Les Paul designer, inventor)
Joe Perry (guitarist: Aerosmith)
Allison Robertson (guitarist: The Donnas)
Eric Sardinas (guitarist)
Joe Satriani (guitarist)
John A. Sepetys (guitarist: Hair of the Dog)
James “Munky” Shaffer (guitarist: Korn)
Paul Stanley (singer/guitarist: KISS)
Tommy Thayer (guitarist: KISS, Black ‘N Blue)
Erik Turner (guitarist: Warrant)
Steve Vai (guitarist: David Lee Roth, Frank Zappa)
Zacky Vengance (guitarist: Avenged Sevenfold)
Fernando Von Arb (guitarist: Krokus)
Patrick Whitley (production manager 1978–84)
Nancy Wilson (singer/guitarist: Heart)
Johnny Winter (guitarist/singer)
Zakk Wylde (guitarist: Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society)
Angus Young (guitarist: AC/DC)
Dweezil Zappa (guitarist)
Neil Zlozower’s rock photography spans more than 40 years and includes work with the Rolling Stones, Ted Nugent, Mötley Crüe, Aerosmith, Judas Priest, Zakk Wylde, Guns N’Roses, AC/DC, Motörhead, Tom Waits, Slipknot, and many others. He is the official photographer of the National Guitar Museum, and the author of the books Van Halen: A Visual History, Mötley Crüe: A Visual History, Fück Yöu: Rock and Roll Portraits, and Six-String Heroes: Photographs of Great Guitarists. He Lives in Los Angeles.
Slash is a guitar legend, songwriter, and founding member of Velvet Revolver and Guns N’Roses. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Eddie Van Halen
Contributors (in alphabetical order)
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