Christopher Scapelliti
Christopher Scapelliti is editor-in-chief of Guitar Player magazine, the world’s longest-running guitar magazine, founded in 1967. In his extensive career, he has authored in-depth interviews with such guitarists as Pete Townshend, Slash, Billy Corgan, Jack White, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren, and audio professionals including Beatles engineers Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott. He is the co-author of Guitar Aficionado: The Collections: The Most Famous, Rare, and Valuable Guitars in the World, a founding editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine, and a former editor with Guitar World, Guitar for the Practicing Musician and Maximum Guitar. Apart from guitars, he maintains a collection of more than 30 vintage analog synthesizers.
Latest articles by Christopher Scapelliti
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Add This “Magic Shape” to Your Musical Vocabulary for an Instant Fusion Sound
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Video This simple trick adds left-field fusion color to guitar riffs and solos
![Guitarist Derek Trucks of Tedeschi Trucks Band performs at PNC Music Pavilion on July 23, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y47WW7v7XgKRarJ3sskTPg-320-80.jpg)
Watch Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Spine-Tingling “I Am the Moon” Red Rocks Performance
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Video With tone, technique and passion in abundance, Derek Trucks’ slide guitar solo is breathtaking to behold
![David Bowie (1947-2016) and guitarist Mick Ronson (1945-1993) perform during Bowie's last appearance as Ziggy Stardust at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, on July 3, 1973.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9K7gFsiEuoPU8tLfGU3GNc-320-80.jpg)
Watch the Remastered 4K Version of David Bowie’s Monumental “Ziggy Stardust” Hammersmith Odeon Performance
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Video This newly upgraded film celebrating the concert’s 50th anniversary captures guitarist Mick Ronson’s anthemic riff-mastery at its finest in the heyday of glam rock
![(L-R) Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai perform at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on October 25, 1996.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D4yHVu9esNu2pqva9HnPJV-320-80.jpg)
Watch Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson’s Knockout “Going Down” Performance
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Video This incredible clip featuring the classic G3 lineup is a lesson in electric guitar virtuosity
![Keith Richards and Chuck Berry, still from the film 'Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll'](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UiLhwGzqPo8ZCw7YbhHega-320-80.jpg)
“You Wanna Get It Right, Let’s Get It Right!” Watch Chuck Berry Schooling Keith Richards in This Tense Scene
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Video The Father of Rock and Roll pulls no punches in this memorable moment from ‘Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll’
![Steve Howe - guitarist of prog rock band Yes in the studio with his 1955 Fender Telecaster](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SRZZLJJKQMEMnPUjQ6bEYf-320-80.jpg)
Steve Howe Reveals the Awesome Guitars Used on Yes’s Expansive New Album, ‘Mirror to the Sky’
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Video The prog rock guitar doyen gives the low-down on some of his most prized instruments