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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Guitar World's in-depth study of the gear and guitars used to record one of the greatest albums of all time.

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50 of the most classic wah riffs in a single take.

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A compressor pedal can be one of the most valuable tools you can have in your setup.

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Four easy solos that every beginner should learn.

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Five practical tips to help you survive a jam session and get called back for the next one.

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Four handy hacks that make working with guitar pedals easier.

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Mixing small chords into your blues licks is a great way to give your soloing a more polished sound.

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A star-studded celebration of The Beatles.

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Five things about Seymour Duncan and its products that you may not know.

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Expand your palette of tonal colors with these 10 chords.

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Five of Ibanez' most oddball creations.

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"Maybe it’s just something that they picked up on subconsciously," Ian Anderson once said of the similarities between these two particular tunes.

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Looking for a new challenge? See if you can play these 10 guitar chords.

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Page transforms a Chopin piano piece into a bluesy instrumental.

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A technique that can transform the playing of beginner guitar players.

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20 now-defunct guitar and amp brands whose gear is worth seeking out the next time you’re on eBay or at your local music store.

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How to visualize major triads in their root position using a handy reference sheet and a fretboard.

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Keef revisits the first song he ever learned on the guitar.

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A great opportunity to see some of Billy Gibbons’ guitars up-close with narration from the man himself.

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Whether you’re new to guitar or not, there’s probably something about the instrument you don’t know or fully understand.

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What ~not~ to do this holiday season.

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Learn how Peter Green got his trademark, "out-of-phase" sound from his 1959 Les Paul.

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Six crucial guitar effects, their history and how best to apply them.
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