Jared Dines reveals the first songs he learned to play, his favorite riffs and what he thinks is the future of guitar

Before social distancing became the norm, Jared Dines stopped by Guitar World’s studio, with his Ernie Ball Artist Series Signature StingRay model in hand, to chat with GW’s own Paul Riario about his first and favorite electric guitar riffs, the future of the instrument and a variety of other topics.

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Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.