Christopher Scapelliti
Christopher Scapelliti is editor-in-chief of GuitarPlayer.com and the former editor of Guitar Player, 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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As Back to Black turns 20, the late singer’s love of the Stratocaster reveals a lesser-known side of her musical identity.

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Mitchell said her 1956 Martin D-28 helped create ‘Blue’ and her most beloved songs. Losing it changed her relationship with guitars forever.

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The “Come Out and Play” guitarist did not disclose the illness or who will fill in for him on the group’s upcoming shows

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The 100,000-square-foot attraction will recreate key moments in the band’s history, with sets and props from Sam Mendes’s upcoming four-film Beatles biopic

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The drummer’s last show with the band was in February 2020. Rehearsal photos point to his return for the group’s upcoming Hollywood Bowl concerts

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Summers contends the song was nothing without his iconic creation. And this recording bears him out

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EVH touched on the essence of his approach to soloing in this classic Guitar Player interview

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The guitarist recalls how U2 reinvented themselves as teenagers — and why, 50 years on, he believes their best songs and tours are ahead of them

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In a 2017 interview with Guitar Aficionado, the country-rock six-string ace revealed how a sad and deeply personal twist of events brought a prized '59 Les Paul into his life

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Think you know everything there is to know about the guitars of Eric Clapton? See where you end up on the leaderboard of the GP quiz…

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Her first proper solo album in 1995 marked a turning point in the iconic performer’s approach to performance

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Know everything there is to know about the guitars of The Beatles? See where you end up on the leaderboard of the GP quiz…

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The band paid tribute to its singer, whose distinctive high-register vocals helped define albums including Pampered Menial and At the Sound of the Bell.

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The former Van Halen frontman says he wants to reunite the band’s two eras, even as the brothers’ musical legacy remains a point of contention.

By Christopher Scapelliti Published
Jardine says he was “shocked” to see the 85-year-old singer struggling onstage at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium

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McCartney spotted a problem when he saw Paul Mescal and the other actors recreating the Abbey Road cover for Sam Mendes’ upcoming films

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Mercury dreamed up the song in the bath, then recorded the rhythm guitar and even attempted the solo before May had a chance to play on the track

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Users have joked that Creed must be paying Meta to promote the 1999 hit. Even Instagram’s own spokesperson says the song keeps showing up in their recommendations

By Christopher Scapelliti Published
The former Black Midi frontman addressed fliers accusing him of sexual assault, performed without his backing band and pledged the concert’s proceeds to an anti-violence organization.

By Christopher Scapelliti Published
The newly restored ‘Power to the People’ captures Lennon and Yoko Ono’s legendary 1972 Madison Square Garden shows, with a deluxe edition also including the ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ documentary.

By Christopher Scapelliti Published
Keyboardist Jonathan Cain addressed the crowd before the group resumed the show with Castronovo’s drum tech behind the kit

By Christopher Scapelliti Published
Teachers told her to play the masters instead of writing songs, but she was determined to create the sounds she heard in her head

By Christopher Scapelliti Published
The guitarist’s 17-minute performance came together after the musicians realized they had time for one more song at the end of Scaggs’ 1969 album sessions

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The Canadian rock singer and former Pinups bass guitarist has died at 65, prompting an outpouring of grief from musicians who knew and worked with her

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The Queen guitarist recalls Mercury’s haunting words after the band’s final show with him at Knebworth in 1986, and reflects on how the singer carried on with “confidence and energy” until the end.
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