Andrew Daly
Andrew Daly is an iced-coffee-addicted, oddball Telecaster-playing, alfredo pasta-loving journalist from Long Island, NY, who, in addition to being a contributing writer for Guitar World, scribes for Bass Player, Guitar Player, Guitarist, and MusicRadar. Andrew has interviewed favorites like Ace Frehley, Johnny Marr, Vito Bratta, Bruce Kulick, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Morello, Rich Robinson, and Paul Stanley, while his all-time favorite (rhythm player), Keith Richards, continues to elude him.
Latest articles by Andrew Daly

By Phil Weller Published
Slash pivoted from Marshall to Magnatone in a high profile move back in 2023

By Andrew Daly Published
The Gibson devotee reveals why he's feeling excited about working with new lead player Sam Koltun, discusses the photo that made him want a Les Paul, explains why he won’t use amp modelers, and tells you why you should play drums

By Andrew Daly Published
He’s glad Yoko Ono stopped him playing John Lennon’s guitars at the age of 12, as he looks forward to touring the new Claypool Lennon Delirium album, using as little gear as he can get away with

By Phil Weller Published
The 14lbs beast needed some taming, and it taught Trucks a valuable history lesson

By Janelle Borg Published
As Klinghoffer embarks on a new era, the former Chili Peppers guitarist reflects on his tenure with the band and why he feels “slight disrespect” towards his legacy

By Phil Weller Published
The Britpop icon is reassessing his gear choices

By Jonathan Horsley Published
One minute you're getting your makeup on for a photo shoot with your new boss, the next your sitting down with Jimmy Page

By Andrew Daly Published
When the veteran guitarist filled in for Pat Smear, he had to learn 23 songs in four days

By Matt Owen Published
Medlocke rejoined Lynyrd Skynyrd as their new guitar player in the early 1990s, and one of his main responsibilities ever since has been to tackle Allen Collins’ legendary lead effort

By Andrew Daly Published
The Blizzard of Ozz bassist and co-writer on the time he was dismissed only to be re-hired days later – and his thoughts on Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde

By Andrew Daly Published
Mr Scary on how his heart melts for the 1990 ESP Custom Haji/Wicked Sensation from the cover of Guitar World's November 1990 issue

By Phil Weller Published
Gus G rocked up to the Ozzy gig with his Star guitar – a distinct stylistic departure from the guitars wielded by his predecessors

By Andrew Daly Published
She reflects on never having learned to play with a pick, using her late drummer’s kit to keep his vibe, her son’s influence as a bandmate, and the three quotes she’s given about retirement

By Andrew Daly Published
The Aerosmith guitarist shares the story behind his custom-made Dazzle guitars and his greatest gear modding mistakes

By Phil Weller Published
Every guitar is painstakingly ordered in his vault, but there's one he finds himself grabbing more than most

By Andrew Daly Published
Is 1982’s Shoot Out the Lights the best album Richard Thompson ever made? Fans think it is. His own opinion might surprise you

By Andrew Daly Published
Channeling Dickey Betts and using different gear paid off for the band in 1992. But it wouldn’t have happened if their label hadn’t been so supportive, guitarist Rogers Stevens says

By Janelle Borg Published
Turns out, the missing piece of his ideal tone was closer than he thought...

By Andrew Daly Published
The veteran hitmaker recalls attending guitar class without owning an instrument, and reveals why she decided to re-record the smash she wrote for Christina Aguilera

By Andrew Daly Published
The Aerosmith guitarist on the iconic Junior with the custom mother-of-pearl inlay, his desert island guitar – and why he reads Guitar World every month

By Janelle Borg Published
With eight solo records and four film scores under his belt, Coxon has looked back on the moment that led to his first solo record, 1998’s The Sky Is Too High

By Andrew Daly Published
The P-Funk veteran takes us inside his latest life stage, a much more mellow place than the frenzied funk days of his past

By Andrew Daly Published
Guitarist Richard Oakes arrived in the band as Bernard Butler's replacement – a relative rookie. Suede were supposedly cooked. And yet in songs like Trash and Beautiful Ones, they had something special indeed

By Jackson Maxwell Published
For Sean Lennon, the guitar was a means of connecting to the father who was taken from him when he was barely five years old. Though, he added in a new interview with GW, their playing styles are noticeably different
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