Favorite Solos: Brad Tolinski (Editor in Chief)
1) Mahavishnu Orchestra “Birds of Fire”
2) Jimi Hendrix “Machine Gun”
3) Led Zeppelin “The Song Remains the Same”
4) Mitch Ryder and Detroit “Rock & Roll”
5) King Crimson “21st Century Schizoid Man”
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Brad was the editor of Guitar World from 1990 to 2015. Since his departure he has authored Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen, Light & Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page and Play it Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound & Revolution of the Electric Guitar, which was the inspiration for the Play It Loud exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2019.

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