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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If music theory sounds scary and confusing, here’s a short lesson in scales and modes that’s easy to follow and gives you useful information.

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Metallica and Lady Gaga have shared the dress rehearsal footage of their “Moth into Flame” performance at the Grammy Awards on February 12.

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This Is Spinal Tap has been celebrated as the ultimate metal mockumentary. But not everyone got the joke.

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We’ve shown you guitars made out of frying pans, motorcycle parts, shovels, shotguns and more.

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It’s official: Bassists are more important than guitarists.

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Metallica’s sound has changed up from album to album, and there’s no better indicator of that than James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett’s guitar tone.

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Robert Plant and his band, the Sensational Space Shifters, were headliners for David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption last October, and their performance comes to AXS TV 10 p.m. EST March 5.

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It’s been more than a month since NAMM 2017, and the guys at Guitar Nerds have had a chance to assess all the guitar gear announced at the show.

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The Foo Fighters debuted a pair of new songs at a show Friday, February 24.

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Guitar comparison videos have become quite the thing these days.

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Looking for a crappy sound? Dr. No Effects is here to help.

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Metallica have written and recorded more than 100 songs in their 35-year career. Several of those have gone on to become staples at the group’s concerts.

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Dominic Fragman has been making a name for himself on YouTube with videos in which he simultaneously performs on guitar, drums and vocals.

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Joe Bonamassa is known for his collection of incredibly rare sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standards.

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Does body style make a difference to a guitar’s tone? Well, yeah. But let’s take a look anyway.

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Metallica have been lambasted for some of their production decisions over the years.

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A Hagstrom Deluxe solidbody electric guitar once owned by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is up for auction on eBay.

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A video that features all of James Hetfield’s vocals from Metallica’s Grammy performance with Lady Gaga is currently streaming.

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Three members of Ratt’s classic lineup reunited Saturday, February 11, to play their first official show.

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Metallica performed “Moth into Flame” with Lady Gaga at the 59th annual Grammy Awards Sunday, February 12, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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