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From boogie riffs to alternate tunings, here are 14 ways to play like Aerosmith’s Joe Perry
By Jon Bishop published
Simply unbutton your shirt, wear your guitar low, and walk this way for a masterclass the Aerosmith guitarist's signature style

Aerosmith retire from touring due to Steven Tyler’s vocal injury – and say a full recovery is “not possible”
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The American rock institution have canceled the remaining dates on their farewell tour following Tyler’s vocal injury last year

Richard Fortus explains the simple tweaks used by Jimi Hendrix and Joe Perry that improved the Stratocaster
By Phil Weller published
Fortus has made the two relatively straightforward adjustments to his own signature Strat-style guitar, as he believes they both vastly improve a Stratocaster's tone

ZZ Top’s Elwood Francis on teching for Joe Perry, lying to Steve Vai – and the curse of his viral 17-string bass
By Andrew Daly published
The gear-trashing DIY enthusiast once had to choose between Vai and Joe Perry, before being fired and rehired by Guns N’ Roses – in a matter of days

Richard Fortus on how Aerosmith changed his life, and what he and Slash learned from Joe Perry
By Richard Fortus published
The GNR guitarist and Aerosmith super-fan explains what makes Joe Perry one of rock guitar's GOATs and the influence he and Brad Whitford had on him, sonically and sartorially

Here’s how to sound like Joe Perry, by our man on the inside, guitar tech Darren Hurst
By Jenna Scaramanga published
54 guitars. 8-gauge strings. A semi full of amps. Joe Perry's live rig is a changeable, often untameable beast, and Hurst has been in charge of it since 2019. With the Aerosmith juggernaut ready to pull in for good, he spills all of its secrets, from string gauge and intonation to a heck of a lot of gain stacking...

Joe Perry on the origins of Aerosmith’s greatest guitar moments – and his 600-strong collection
By Andrew Daly published
With the Peace Out Tour bringing the curtain down on America's greatest rock 'n' roll band, Joe Perry joins us to take us back to the start for a career-spanning interview

Joe Perry on the lost golden-era Aerosmith guitar he misses the most
By Phil Weller published
The Aerosmith icon says he’s never been into collecting guitars, but there’s one particular Strat that he wishes he still had, and it was used to record a staple rock hit

Joe Perry reveals all about the Gretsch Duo Jet from his ’87 GW cover story
By Andrew Daly published
On Guitar World’s December 1987 cover, Joe Perry – tagline “the Bad Boy who's badder than ever” – was rocking a ’57 Duo Jet. This is the story behind the guitar

“I don’t know what it is, but something happens to Joe when he picks up the 10-string B.C. Rich Bich...”: Joe Perry tech Darren Hurst on helping the Aerosmith rock icon re-discover his tone
By Andrew Daly published
After five years working with Peter Frampton, Darren Hurst became Joe Perry’s tech. Here he talks the secrets behind the guitar great's sound, and why his favorite Perry guitar isn't a Les Paul or the famous “Burned Strat”...
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